Image: USS Nicholas (DD‑311) — Clemson-class destroyer
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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.
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.