USS Claxton

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5″ guns

Fought at Empress Augusta Bay and Cape St. George. Hit by a kamikaze off Leyte in November 1944. Sold to West Germany in 1959.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Claxton (DD-571) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 13 May 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 16D. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × single depth charge throwers
2 × depth charge racks

Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	25 June 1941
Launched	1 April 1942
Commissioned	8 December 1942
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,080 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	329

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1 April 1942

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

Survived

1–2 November 1943

Battle of Cape St. George

Survived

25–26 November 1943