USS Williamson

History
United States
Namesake	William Price Williamson
Builder	New York Shipbuilding
Laid down	27 March 1919
Launched	16 October 1919
Commissioned	29 October 1920
Decommissioned	8 November 1945
Stricken	19 December 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap, 30 October 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Clemson-class destroyer
Displacement	1,190 tons
Length	314 ft 4 in (95.81 m)
Beam	30 ft 8 in (9.35 m)
Draft	9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Propulsion	26,500 shp (20 MW); geared turbines, 2 screws
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km @ 28 km/h)
Complement	122 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21-inch (533 mm) tt.

USS Williamson (DD-244/AVP-15/AVD-2/APD-27) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commander William Price Williamson.

Williamson was laid down on 27 March 1919 and launched on 16 October 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, sponsored by Commander Williamson's widow, reclassified from Destroyer No. 244 to DD-244 in the Navy's fleet-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers on 17 July 1920, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 29 October 1920.