USS Abel P. Upshur
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USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard until transferred to the United Kingdom in 1940. During World War II, she served in the Royal Navy as HMS Clare.
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Abel P. Upshur during her 1930–1934 stint in U.S. Coast Guard service. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Abel P. Upshur |
Namesake | Abel Parker Upshur |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry-dock Co. |
Laid down | 5 April 1918 |
Launched | 4 July 1918 |
Commissioned | 19 July 1919 |
Decommissioned | 7 August 1922 |
Recommissioned | March 1928 |
Decommissioned | 5 November 1930 |
Stricken | 5 November 1930 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 5 November 1930 |
Acquired | 21 May 1934 (from U.S. Coast Guard) |
Recommissioned | 4 December 1939 |
Decommissioned | 23 September 1940 |
Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
Identification | DD-193 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 9 September 1940 |
United States Coast Guard | |
Name | USCGD Abel P. Upshur |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 5 November 1930 (from U.S. Navy) |
Commissioned | 5 November 1930 |
Decommissioned | 21 May 1934 |
Identification | CG-15 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 21 May 1934 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Clare |
Acquired | 9 September 1940 |
Commissioned | 9 September 1940 |
Decommissioned | August 1945 |
Identification | I14 |
Fate | Sold and scrapped 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,308 tons |
Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Speed | 35.18 knots (65.15 km/h; 40.48 mph) |
Complement | 122 |
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