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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | William Price Williamson |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 27 March 1919 |
| Launched | 16 October 1919 |
| Commissioned | 29 October 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 8 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 19 December 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 30 October 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,190 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 8 in (9.35 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km @ 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 122 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21-inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Williamson (DD-244/AVP-15/AVD-2/APD-27) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commander William Price Williamson.
Williamson was laid down on 27 March 1919 and launched on 16 October 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, sponsored by Commander Williamson's widow, reclassified from Destroyer No. 244 to DD-244 in the Navy's fleet-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers on 17 July 1920, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 29 October 1920.