Zerstörer 4, formerly USS Claxton (DD-571)
Claxton as Zerstörer Z-4. Ironically, in March 1943 while on her shakedowns, the Texas-built Claxton patrolled briefly in Casco Bay, Maine, awaiting the possible sortie of German battleship Von Tirpitz from Norwegian waters.
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