The USS Farenholt (DD-332) was a Clemson-class destroyer constructed for the United States Navy shortly after World War I. Built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Union Iron Works in San Francisco, she was laid down on September 13, 1920, launched on March 9, 1921, and commissioned on May 10, 1921. As a Clemson-class vessel, she featured the typical design characteristics of the class, designed for fleet duties in the interwar period. Farenholt's primary station was in San Diego, California, where she arrived in late May 1921 and became an active participant in fleet exercises along the Pacific coast. Her operations included gunnery drills, torpedo testing, acting as a plane guard for seaplane-carrying battleships and cruisers, and participating in fleet problems and war maneuvers with the Army. These activities ensured she was a vital component of the Pacific Fleet’s readiness during the 1920s. In addition to her coastal operations, Farenholt undertook several notable cruises. In 1924 and 1927, she transited the Panama Canal to participate in fleet concentrations in the Caribbean, with the 1927 cruise taking her as far north as Norfolk, Virginia, and Newport, Rhode Island, before returning to San Diego. During 1925, she visited the Hawaiian Islands for fleet exercises, then continued to Samoa, Australia, and New Zealand with the Battle Fleet, returning via Honolulu. Her operations in Hawaiian waters continued with large-scale exercises at Pearl Harbor in 1928. Farenholt’s last year of active service in 1929 saw her cruising along the West Coast with Naval Reserve personnel embarked for training, including visits to Victoria, British Columbia, and U.S. ports. She was decommissioned on February 20, 1930, and struck from the Navy List on July 12, 1930. Subsequently, she was partially scrapped and sold as a hulk on June 10, 1931, under the terms of the London Naval Treaty, marking the end of her service.

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