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==Service==
==Service==
''Claxton'' was commissioned on 13 September, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander [[Frank Thomson Leighton|Frank T. Leighton]] in command.
''Claxton'' was commissioned on 13 September, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander [[Frank Thomson Leighton|Frank T. Leighton]] in command.
===Transfer to Royal Navy===
She was transferred to Britain under the Lend/Lease program as '''H.M.S. ''Salisbury'''''.
==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Frank Thomson Leighton|nick=Frank T. Leighton|appt=13 September, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Frank Thomson Leighton|nick=Frank T. Leighton|appt=13 September, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Harry Dickson McHenry|nick=Harry D. McHenry|appt=December, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 38-39}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Harry Dickson McHenry|nick=Harry D. McHenry|appt=December, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 38-39}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric George Anderson Clifford|nick=Eric G. A. Clifford|appt=5 December, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|end=26 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Salisbury''|note=ship is now H.M.S. ''Salisbury''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Marcus Henry Reginald Crichton|nick=Marcus H. R. Crichton|appt=26 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|end=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Salisbury''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Graham Thompson|nick=Charles G. Thompson|appt=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|end=January 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Salisbury''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bernard Jasper de St. Croix|nick=Bernard J. de St. Croix|appt=January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|end=August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Salisbury''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Frank Capel Layard|nick=Arthur F. C. Layard|appt=August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|end=early 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4301}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Salisbury''}}
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 17 January 2022

U.S.S. Claxton (1919)
Hull Number: DD-140
Builder: Mare Island[1]
Laid down: 25 Apr, 1918[2]
Launched: 14 Jan, 1919[3]
Commissioned: 13 Sep, 1919[4]
Decommissioned: 18 Jun, 1922[5]
Sold: Oct, 1944[6]
Fate: as H.M.S. Salisbury

U.S.S. Claxton was one of one hundred and eleven Wickes class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Claxton was commissioned on 13 September, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander Frank T. Leighton in command.

Transfer to Royal Navy

She was transferred to Britain under the Lend/Lease program as H.M.S. Salisbury.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
  2. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
  3. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
  4. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
  5. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
  6. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 38-39.
  8. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Wickes Class Destroyer
Wickes Philip Woolsey Evans Little
Kimberly Sigourney Gregory Stringham Dyer
Colhoun Stevens McKee Robinson Ringgold
McKean Harding Gridley Fairfax Taylor
Bell Stribling Murray Israel Luce
Maury Lansdale Mahan Schley Champlin
Mugford Chew Hazelwood Williams Crane
Hart Ingraham Ludlow Rathburne Talbot
Waters Dent Dorsey Lea Lamberton
Radford Montgomery Breese Gamble Ramsay
Tattnall Badger Twiggs Babbitt De Long
Jacob Jones Buchanan Aaron Ward Hale Crowninshield
Tillman Boggs Kilty Kennison Ward
Claxton Hamilton Tarbell Yarnall Upshur
Greer Elliot Roper Breckinridge Barney
Blakely Biddle Du Pont Bernadou Ellis
Cole J. Fred Talbott Dickerson Leary Schenck
Herbert Palmer Thatcher Walker Crosby
Meredith Bush Cowell Maddox Foote
Kalk Burns Anthony Sproston Rizal
Mackenzie Renshaw O'Bannon Hogan Howard
  Stansbury Hopewell Thomas  
  Haraden Abbot Bagley  
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