USS Welborn C. Wood

USS Welborn C. Wood was a Clemson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number I28. She was named for Welborn C. Wood. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company laid her keel on 24 September 1918. She entered service on 14 January 1921, having been launched on 6 March 1920.

Her class ran to 84 ships. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).

Displacement was 1,215 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 111.

Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as Welborn C. Wood until 9 September 1940. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Chesterfield from 9 September 1940. She was in commission for 1,965 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 8 August 1922. She was struck from the register on 1 October 1930.

She was broken up for scrap in 1948.

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