USS Claxton (DD-571)
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USS Claxton, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Claxton, born in Baltimore, Maryland.
USS Claxton in a Dazzle camouflage paint scheme
Fletcher-class destroyer
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The Fletcher class is a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the
USS Claxton (DD-571)
…USS Claxton (DD-571), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Thomas Claxton, born in Baltimore, Maryland. Claxton was launched 1 April 1942…
USS Erben underway in the 1950s
Technical drawing of the Fletcher-class destroyer
Launch of Fletcher and Radford, 3 May 1942
127 mm MK 30 gun from a Fletcher-class destroyer (1942) Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden