The Clemson-class Destroyer is a lowpoly model of a U.S. Navy destroyer from the interwar period (1920–40). This version represents the early, pre‑WWII configuration without later wartime modifications.
A total of 156 Clemson-class destroyers were built between 1919 and 1922, making it the second most numerous destroyer class ever built worldwide — surpassed only by the Fletcher class.
Model FeaturesMain guns and torpedo launchers are separate objects and can be animated.
Optimized geometry suitable for mobile games, RTS, and large-scale scenes.
Accurate hull and superstructure silhouette characteristic of the Clemson class.
Image: USS Nicholas (DD‑311) — Clemson-class destroyer
Source: Wikipedia — USS Nicholas (DD‑311)
License: Public Domain
The Clemson-class destroyers were built between 1918–1922, totaling 156 ships.
List of Clemson-class destroyers - Wikipedia
Several ships were lost in the Honda Point Disaster — the largest peacetime navigational accident in U.S. Navy history.
Honda Point disaster - Wikipedia
USS Reuben James (DD‑245) was the first US Navy ship to be sunk by hostile action in the European Theater of World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Reuben James (DD-245) - Wikipedia
Clemson-class destroyers, together with the visually almost identical Wickes-class, formed the absolute majority of US Navy destroyers during the interwar period.
Only in the mid‑1930s did the U.S. Navy begin to replace them with newer destroyer types — making the Clemson an ideal “starting destroyer” for global strategy games set in the late 1930s, where the player develops the nation’s economy, technology, army, and fleet on the eve of World War II.
Hog Islander Type A, in its civilian transport configuration (resource logistics) or naval auxiliary variant (fleet ammunition supplier), also fits perfectly into such projects.
GCZK 3D - Retro Cargo Ship — Hog Islander Type A (Design 1022) - Distribution / Product Discussion - Epic Developer Community Forums
Source: U.S. Navy historical archives License: Public Domain
This model also fits perfectly for port and naval base scenes, such as San Diego in 1924.
Note: The large ship in the center of the photo is most likely not a Hog Islander Type A, but an Altair-class Destroyer Tender (based on EFC Design 1079). However, Hog Islander Type A can be used as a suitable substitute in similar scenes.
