Allied Warships

USS Claxton (ii) (DD 571)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFletcher 
PennantDD 571 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Jun 1941 
Launched1 Apr 1942 
Commissioned8 Dec 1942 
End service18 Apr 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 18 April 1946.
Transferred to West Germany on 16 December 1959 being renamed Z-4.
Z-4 was Transferred to Greece in February 1981, she was cannibalized to provide spare parts.

 

Commands listed for USS Claxton (ii) (DD 571)

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CommanderFromTo
William Van Hamilton, USN13 May 1944
1Cdr. Herald Franklin Stout, USN8 Dec 1942

2Cdr. Miles Hunter Hubbard, USN13 May 194420 Nov 1944
3Lt.Cdr. Maxim William Firth, USN20 Nov 194421 Sep 1945
4Albert Peter Stello, USN21 Sep 194518 Apr 1946

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