USS Claxton (DD-571)

USS Claxton (DD-571)
USS Claxton in a Dazzle camouflage paint scheme
History
United States
NameUSS Claxton
NamesakeThomas Claxton
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down25 June 1941
Launched1 April 1942
Commissioned8 December 1942
Decommissioned18 April 1946
Stricken1 October 1974
IdentificationDD-571
FateTransferred to West German Navy, 16 December 1959
West Germany
NameZerstörer 4
Acquired16 December 1959
Stricken1981
IdentificationD178
FateTransferred to Greece as spares donor ship
General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement2,050 long tons (2,080 t)
Length376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Propulsion60,000 shp (45 MW) ; 2 propellers
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement329
Armament

USS Claxton (DD-571), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Claxton, born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Claxton was launched 1 April 1942 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; sponsored by Mrs. A. D. Bernhard; and commissioned 8 December 1942, Commander Herald F. Stout in command.