Could surplus destroyers become seaplane tenders?

Could surplus Clemson-class destroyers or similar ships have been converted into seaplane tenders?

Probably not; difficult destroyer-hull conversions offered little attraction when the Royal Navy already had similar hulls it had chosen not to convert.

Converting a destroyer hull into a tender was judged an awkward proposition. The Royal Navy already had V- and W-class destroyers available but had not used them for this role. Access to additional Clemson-class hulls would therefore offer little reason to pursue the same conversion.