USS Welborn C. Wood
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Welborn C. Wood |
| Namesake | Welborn C. Wood |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down | 24 September 1918 |
| Launched | 6 March 1920 |
| Commissioned | 14 January 1921 |
| Decommissioned | 8 August 1922 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1930 |
| Fate | Transferred to the US Coast Guard |
| United States | |
| Name | USCGD Wood |
| Commissioned | 15 April 1931 |
| Decommissioned | 21 May 1934 |
| United States | |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 9 September 1940 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Chesterfield |
| Commissioned | 9 September 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 17 January 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: I28 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 4+1⁄2 in (95.82 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.436 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Propulsion | geared turbines |
| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
| Complement | 111 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Welborn C. Wood (DD-195) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She served with the United States Coast Guard as USCGD Wood. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Chesterfield.