Clark's prewar service included operations on the Atlantic coast, in the Caribbean, and from Pearl Harbor, her home port from 1 April 1940. From 3 March to 10 April 1941, she joined in a cruise to Samoa, Australia, and Fiji. At the outbreak of World War II, she lay in overhaul at San Diego, California. Clark departed the west coast 27 December, escorted two convoys to Pearl Harbor, then took up antisubmarine patrol off Pago Pago, Samoa, and in February and March 1942 joined a carrier task force for air raids on New Guinea
World War IIedit
From April through May 1942, Clark escorted four convoys on their passage between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco, California, continuing to Midway on the last. She returned to San Diego and Balboa, where she joined the escort of a convoy bound for Wellington, New Zealand. Between 12 August and 8 September, she sailed out of Nouméa, New Caledonia, screening oilers fueling carrier task forces, and then returned to Auckland for a month of duty escorting convoys from New Zealand to South Pacific island bases. After a final month of local escort and patrol duty at Nouméa, Clark sailed 11 December 1942 to report at Balboa as flagship for Commander, Southeast Pacific Force.
Until 10 August 1944, Clark patrolled out of various South American ports, sailing then for an east coast overhaul. Between 4 September 1944 and 11 April 1945, she guarded the passage of six transatlantic convoys to ports in the United Kingdom and France.
On 15 June 1945, she arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was decommissioned 23 October 1945 and scrapped 29 March 1946.
Awardsedit
Clark received two battle stars for World War II service.
clark, other, ships, with, same, name, clark, first, porter, class, destroyer, united, states, navy, named, charles, clark, historyunited, statesnameclark, namesakecharles, clarkbuilderbethlehem, shipbuilding, corporation, fore, river, shipyard, quincy, massac. For other ships with the same name see USS Clark The first USS Clark DD 361 was a Porter class destroyer in the United States Navy She was named for Charles E Clark USS Clark DD 361 HistoryUnited StatesNameClark DD 361 NamesakeCharles E ClarkBuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation s Fore River Shipyard Quincy MassachusettsLaid down2 January 1934Launched15 October 1935Commissioned20 May 1936Decommissioned23 October 1945Stricken16 November 1945Honours andawards2 battle starsFateScrapped 29 March 1946General characteristicsClass and typePorter class destroyerDisplacement1 850 tons 2 597 tons fullLength381 ft 116 m Beam36 ft 11 m Draught10 ft 3 0 m Propulsion50 000 shp 37 285 kW Geared Turbines 2 screwsSpeed35 knots 65 km h Range6 500 nm 12 knots 12 000 km 22 km h Complement194 officers and enlistedArmamentAs built 1 x Mk 33 Gun Fire Control System 8 x 5 127 mm 38 cal SP 4x2 8 x 1 1 28 mm AA 2x4 8 x 21 inch 533 mm torpedo tubes 2x4 2 x Depth Charge Stern Racks c1945 1 x Mk 37 Gun Fire Control System 6 x 5 127 mm 38 cal SP 3x2 4 x Mk 51 Gun Directors 12 x Bofors 40 mm guns 2x4 2x2 6 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannons 6x1 8 x 21 533 mm torpedo tubes 2x4 2 x Depth Charge Stern RacksClark was launched 15 October 1935 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation s Fore River Shipyard Quincy Massachusetts sponsored by Mrs S Robinson and commissioned 20 May 1936 Commander H Thebaud in command Contents 1 Service history 1 1 World War II 2 Awards 3 ReferencesService history editClark s prewar service included operations on the Atlantic coast in the Caribbean and from Pearl Harbor her home port from 1 April 1940 From 3 March to 10 April 1941 she joined in a cruise to Samoa Australia and Fiji At the outbreak of World War II she lay in overhaul at San Diego California Clark departed the west coast 27 December escorted two convoys to Pearl Harbor then took up antisubmarine patrol off Pago Pago Samoa and in February and March 1942 joined a carrier task force for air raids on New Guinea World War II edit From April through May 1942 Clark escorted four convoys on their passage between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco California continuing to Midway on the last She returned to San Diego and Balboa where she joined the escort of a convoy bound for Wellington New Zealand Between 12 August and 8 September she sailed out of Noumea New Caledonia screening oilers fueling carrier task forces and then returned to Auckland for a month of duty escorting convoys from New Zealand to South Pacific island bases After a final month of local escort and patrol duty at Noumea Clark sailed 11 December 1942 to report at Balboa as flagship for Commander Southeast Pacific Force Until 10 August 1944 Clark patrolled out of various South American ports sailing then for an east coast overhaul Between 4 September 1944 and 11 April 1945 she guarded the passage of six transatlantic convoys to ports in the United Kingdom and France On 15 June 1945 she arrived at Philadelphia Pennsylvania where she was decommissioned 23 October 1945 and scrapped 29 March 1946 Awards editClark received two battle stars for World War II service References editThis article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships The entry can be found here Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Clark DD 361 amp oldid 1184089898, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
