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{{Short description|Clemson-class destroyer}}
{{other ships|USS McDermut}}
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1929}}
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|Ship namesake=[[David McDermut]]
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|Ship builder=[[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Squantum Victory Yard]]
|Ship laid down=20 April 1918
|Ship launched=6 August 1918
|Ship commissioned=27 March 1919
|Ship decommissioned=22 May 1929
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|Ship struck=11 November 1931
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|Ship fate=Sold for scrap, 25 February 1932
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|Ship class={{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement=*{{Convert|1290|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} (standard)
*{{Convert|1389|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length={{convert|314|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|30|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|10|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts, 2 [[steam turbines]]
|Ship speed= {{Convert|35|kn|lk=in}} (design)
|Ship range={{convert|2500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|20|kn}} (design)
|Ship power=*{{Convert|27000|shp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}}
*4 [[water-tube boiler]]s
|Ship complement=6 officers, 108 enlisted men
|Ship armament=*4 × single [[4"/50 caliber gun|4-inch (102&nbsp;mm) guns]]
*2 × single [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom|1-pounder]] [[AA gun]]s '''or'''
*2 × single [[3"/23 caliber gun|3-inch (76&nbsp;mm) guns]]
*4 × triple [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s
*2 × [[depth charge]] rails
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'''USS ''McDermut'' (DD-262)''' was a {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}} in service with the [[United States Navy]] from 1919 to 1929. She was scrapped in 1932.

==Description==
The ''Clemson'' class was a repeat of the preceding {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer|4}} although more fuel capacity was added.<ref name=gg3>Gardiner & Gray, p. 125</ref> The ships displaced {{convert|1290|LT|t|0}} at [[Displacement (ship)|standard]] load and {{convert|1389|LT|t|0}} at [[deep load]]. They had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|314|ft|4|in|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|30|ft|11|in|1}} and a [[draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|10|ft|3|in|1}}. They had a crew of 6 officers and 108 enlisted men.<ref>Friedman, pp. 402–03</ref>

Performance differed radically between the ships of the class, often due to poor workmanship. The ''Clemson'' class was powered by two [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by four [[water-tube boiler]]s. The turbines were designed to produce a total of {{convert|27000|shp|lk=in}} intended to reach a speed of {{convert|35|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried a maximum of {{convert|371|LT|t|0}} of [[fuel oil]] which was intended gave them a range of {{convert|2500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|20|kn}}.<ref>Friedman, pp. 39–42, 402–03</ref>

The ships were armed with four [[4"/50 caliber gun|4-inch (102&nbsp;mm) guns]] in single mounts and were fitted with two  [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom|1-pounder]] guns for anti-aircraft defense. In many ships a shortage of 1-pounders caused them to be replaced by [[3"/23 caliber gun|3-inch (76&nbsp;mm) guns]]. Their primary weapon, though, was their torpedo [[Artillery battery#Naval usage|battery]] of a dozen [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s in four triple mounts. They also carried a pair of [[depth charge]] rails. A "Y-gun" depth charge thrower was added to many ships.<ref>Friedman, pp. 44–45</ref>

==Construction and career==
''McDermut'', named for [[David McDermut]] was laid down 20 April 1918 by [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Squantum, Massachusetts]]; launched 6 August 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Eugene G. Grace; and commissioned 27 March 1919. Assigned to the [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]], ''McDermut'' departed [[Boston, Massachusetts]] 28 May for [[Brest, France|Brest]], [[France]]. She returned to the east coast 24 July only to sail for the west coast in the fall, arriving at [[San Diego, California]] the day before Christmas. During the next 8 and a half years, with few exceptions, she operated in the eastern Pacific, steaming along the coast from [[Panama]] to [[Canada]], and among the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. In 1924, she had a small part in the silent film ''The Navigator'', starring [[Buster Keaton]] and [[Kathryn McGuire]].

In 1924 and 1927 she transited the [[Panama Canal]] for abbreviated duties in the [[Caribbean]] and [[Gulf of Mexico]] and in 1925 took part in a good will visit to [[Samoa]], [[Australia]], and [[New Zealand]]. On 22 March 1927 ''McDermut'', returning from a cruise to Panama, arrived at the San Diego Destroyer Base, where she decommissioned 22 May 1929. Struck from the Naval Register 11 November 1931, she was scrapped and sold, 25 February 1932, in accordance with the terms of the [[London Naval Treaty|London Treaty for Naval Disarmament]].

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1982|isbn=0-87021-733-X}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/mcdermut-i.html}}

==External links==
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*http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/262.htm
*[http://www.harvard-diggins.org/Burbank/Julsen_Scrap_Books/Book_2/print_Mare_Island.htm ''Mare Island Navy Yard''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419080807/http://www.harvard-diggins.org/Burbank/Julsen_Scrap_Books/Book_2/print_Mare_Island.htm |date=2010-04-19 }} - 1928. [[Elbridge Ayer Burbank]] pencil sketch.

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