| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | DD 240 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Nov, 1918 |
| Launched | 29 Jul, 1919 |
| Commissioned | 21 Sep, 1920 |
| Lost | 26 Apr, 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 30 January 1931 Recommissioned 9 March 1932 Decommissioned 20 November 1935 Recommissioned 26 September 1939 Struck mine and sank off Key West, Florida on April 26 1942 The minefield was American-laid 15 members of her crew were lost. |
| Noteable events involving Sturtevant (i) include: 6 Apr, 1942 USS Sturtevant also picks up 39 survivors from the American tanker Comol Rico that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-154 225 nautical miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico in position 20º46'N, 66º46'W. |