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USS HUMPHREYS (DD-236 / APD-12)

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
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 New York Shipbuilding on July 31 1918.
Launched July 28 1919 and commissioned July 21 1920.
Decommissioned January 10 1930, recommissioned June 13 1932.
Decommissioned September 14 1939, recommissioned September 26 1939.
Reclassified High Speed Transport APD-12 December 18 1942.
Reclassified DD-236 July 20 1945.
Decommissioned October 26 1945.
Stricken November 13 1945.
Fate Sold August 26 1946 and broken up for scrap.
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Humphreys 117kUndated, location unknown.Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans
Humphreys 112kUndated, location unknown.Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans
Humphreys 48kMare Island 10/27/39, Navy Day, ships are left to right by row: 1st row USS Humphreys (DD 236) and USS King (DD 242); 2nd row USS Buchanan (DD 131), USS Aaron Ward (DD 132) also the USS Lawrence (DD 250) and USS Sands (DD 243) are inboard and are hidden from view. Darryl Baker
USS HUMPHREYS DD-236 / APD-12 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

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 page for the USS Humphreys APD-12
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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