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DD-186 (AVP-17 - AVD-4 - APD-31)
USS CLEMSON

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
Basic repeat Wickes Class, with 35% more fuel capacity to improve endurance problems,
designed radius was 4900 nautical miles at 15 Knots.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding on May 11 1918.
Launched September 5 1918 and commissioned December 29 1919.
Decommissioned June 30 1922.
Reclassified Sea Plane Tender AVP-17 November 15 1939.
Recommissioned July 12 1940, classification changed to AVD-4 August 24 1940.
Reclassified back to Destroyer DD-186 December 1 1943.
Converted to High Speed Transport APD-31 March 7 1944.
Reclassified back to Destroyer DD-186 July 16 1945.
Decommissioned October 12 1945.
Stricken October 24 1945,.
Fate Sold November 21 1946 and broken up for scrap.
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Clemson 68kUndated, location unknown.Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans
Clemson 130kUndated, location unknown.Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans
Clemson 90kOctober 1942, location unknown.Robert Hurst
USS CLEMSON DD-186 (AVP-17 - AVD-4 - APD-31) History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Curt Clark, Secretary Four Stack APD Veterans
Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
Phone: 619-282-0971
E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
Next reunion: Oct 8-12 2003 Howard Johnson Inn, San Antonio, TX
Oct 6-10 2004 Oakbrook Marriott, Chicago, IL
Sep/Oct 2005 San Diego, CA

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource APD High-speed Transport Index
NavSource AVD Seaplane Tender (Destroyer) Index
NavSource AVP Small Seaplane Tender Index
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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