Allied Warships

USS Claxton (ii) (DD 571)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 571
Built by	Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	25 Jun 1941
Launched	1 Apr 1942
Commissioned	8 Dec 1942
End service	18 Apr 1946
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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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Herald Franklin Stout, USN	8 Dec 1942	6 Jul 1944
2	Lt.Cdr. Miles Hunter Hubbard, USN	6 Jul 1944	20 Nov 1944
3	T/Cdr. Maxim William Firth, USN	20 Nov 1944	21 Sep 1945
4	Lcmdr Kenneth George Robinson, USN	21 Sep 1945	18 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Claxton (ii) include:

24 Jan 1943
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises off Guantanamo Bay together with USS Claxton (Cdr. H.F. Stout, USN), USS Charles Ausburne (Lt.Cdr.L.K. Reynolds, USN) and USS Stanly (Cdr. R.W. Cavenagh, USN).

28 Jan 1943
USS R-12 (Lt.Cdr. E.E. Shelby, USN) participated in A/S exercises off Guantanamo Bay together with USS Claxton (Cdr. H.F. Stout, USN).