USS Claxton (DD-140)

	Claxton in 1932
History
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
Armament	4 x 4"/50 caliber guns; 1 x 3 in (76 mm)/23 gun; 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

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.

Construction and career

The ship was

Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. F. W. Kellogg. Claxton commissioned

Claxton operated on the west coast until 18 June 1922, when she was

Battle Force, she was assigned to the Naval Academy

Duty with

destroyers-for-bases exchange. She was decommissioned 5 December 1940, and commissioned in the Royal Navy

HMS Salisbury, as a

Vancouver, British Columbia

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.