| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | AG 24 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 10 Jul, 1918 |
| Launched | 21 Dec, 1918 |
| Commissioned | 21 Feb, 1920 |
| End service | 2 Jun, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 17 July 1922 Loaned to the Coast Guard as CG-20 from 25 April 1932 till 20 April 1934 Recommissioned by the USN on 20 April 1934 Reclassified as Auxiliary AG-24 on 1 July 1935 Semmes became a test bed for sonar equipment and testing of anti submarine warfare tactics Decommissioned on 2 June 1946 Stricken on 3 July 1946 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 25 November 1946 |
| Noteable events involving Semmes include: 6 May, 1942 |