Builder: Cramp Shipyard
Laid Down: November 11, 1919
Launched: September 2, 1920
Commissioned: December 30, 1920
Decommissioned:
Fate: Stricken November 16, 1945
We are seeking information on the USS John D. Ford and her crews. Files
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and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information
has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.
The Clemson Class as Constructed
Displacement: 1,190 tons (1,308 tons full load)
Length: 314 feet 4 inches
Beam: 30 feet 10 inches
Draught: 9 feet 10 inches
Machinery:
Performance: 27,000 shp for 35 knots
Bunkerage: 375 tons
Range: 2,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
Guns: four 4 inch; one 3 inch
Torpedoes: twelve 21 inch
USS John D. Ford DD 228
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