USS Gwin, a 1125-ton Caldwell class destroyer built at Seattle, Washington, was commissioned in mid-March 1920. After brief service on the West Coast, the new ship transited the Panama Canal to begin operations in the western Atlantic. Decommissioned late in June 1922, during a general reduction of the active fleet's size, she was laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. USS Gwin remained a unit of "Red Lead Row" for nearly fifteen years before being stricken from the Navy list in January 1937. She was sold for scrapping in March 1939.
USS Gwin was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander William Gwin (1832-1863), who was mortally wounded while commanding USS Benton in action on the Yazoo River.
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