&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Williams_(DD-108)_in_San_Diego_Harbor,_circa_1919-1922.jpg) USS Williams underway
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Williams |
| Namesake | John Foster Williams |
| Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 25 March 1918 |
| Launched | 4 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 1 March 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 7 June 1922 |
| Commissioned | 6 November 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 24 September 1940 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
| Identification | DD-108 |
| Fate | Transferred to Canada, 24 September 1940 |
 Canada | |
| Name | St. Clair |
| Namesake | St. Clair River |
| Commissioned | 24 September 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: I65 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic 1943–44 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,191 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
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USS Williams (DD-108) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy entering service in 1919, and was the second ship to bear the name. Following a brief stint in active service, the ship was laid up for 17 years before being reactivated during World War II. Williams transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II as part of Lend-Lease and was renamed HMCS St. Clair (I65), surviving the war and being scrapped in 1946.