USS Herndon (DD-198)

HMS Churchill, underway, leaving a US Navy yard.
History
United States
Name	USS Herndon
Namesake	William Lewis Herndon
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Laid down	25 November 1918
Launched	31 May 1919
Commissioned	14 September 1920
Decommissioned	6 June 1922
Fate	Transferred to USCG, 1930
United States
Acquired	13 September 1930
Commissioned	7 March 1931
Decommissioned	28 May 1934
Fate	Returned to Navy, 1934
United States
Acquired	1934
Commissioned	4 December 1939
Decommissioned	9 September 1940
Stricken	8 January 1941
Fate	Transferred to UK, 9 September 1940
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Churchill
Acquired	9 September 1940
Commissioned	9 September 1940
Identification	Pennant number: I45
Fate	Transferred to USSR, 16 July 1944
Soviet Union
Name	Deyatelny (Деятельный)
Acquired	16 July 1944
Fate	Sunk in action, 16 January 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement	1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
Length	314 ft (96 m)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draft	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Installed power	26,500 shp (19,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 × geared steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range	4,900 nmi (5,600 mi; 9,100 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	122 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 cal guns, 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 cal guns, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Herndon (DD-198) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Herndon served in the United States Coast Guard as CG-17. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Churchill and still later to the Soviet Navy as Deyatelny.