&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Claxton_(DD-140)_underway_in_San_Diego_Harbor,_California_(USA),_on_7_October_1932_(NH_64526).jpg) Claxton in 1932
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Claxton |
| Namesake | Thomas Claxton |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 25 April 1918 |
| Launched | 14 January 1919 |
| Commissioned | 13 September 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 18 June 1922 |
| Commissioned | 22 January 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 5 December 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification | DD-140 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 5 December 1940 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Salisbury |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: I52 |
| Fate | Transferred to Canada September 1942 |
| Canada | |
| Name | Salisbury |
| Acquired | September 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 10 December 1943 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 26 June 1944 |
| Notes | In "care and maintenance" status from November 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,090 tons |
| Length | 314 ft (96 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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USS Claxton (DD-140), named for Thomas Claxton, was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Entering service in 1919, the destroyer saw intermittent use during the interwar period. During World War II, Claxton was transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Salisbury. The ship saw service in the Battle of the Atlantic before sold for scrapping in 1944.