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USS OVERTON (DD-239 / APD-23)

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 October 30 1918.
Launched July 10 1919 and commissioned June 30 1920.
Decommissioned February 3 1931, recommissioned 1932?.
Decommissioned November 20 1937, recommissioned September 26 1939.
Reclassified APD-23 August 23 1943.
Decommissioned July 28 1945.
Stricken August 13 1945.
Fate Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap.
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Overton 60kAs DD-239, undated, location unknown.Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans
Overton 150kAs DD-239, undated, location unknown.Curt Clark, The Four Stack APD Veterans
Overton 110kUndated, location unknown.-
Overton 112kUndated, location unknown. Operating as apart of DesRon 29 of the Asiatic Fleet.Robert Hurst
Overton 79kPhoto #: NH 78347, a French launch, under tow, transfers Vinh-Long survivors from USS Bainbridge (DD-246), from which the photograph was taken, to the French armored cruiser Waldeck Rousseau, off Constantinople, Turkey, 16 December 1922. Vinh-Long had burned in the sea of Marmora earlier that day. USS Lawrence (DD-250) and USS Overton (DD-239) are in the background, at left. Donation of Frank A. Downey, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Overton 132kPhoto of the USS Childs (DD-241), USS Strurtevant (DD-249), USS Overton (DD-239) and USS King (DD-242) from the San Diego Photo Shop dated March 20 1925.Ron Hanley
Overton 71kUSS Overton (DD-239) underway on 11 November 1942, location unknown. It presents a good example of the US Navy's Measure 13, Haze Grey System, while at the same time it reveals its 'Achilles Heel' when viewed from above against a dark sea background (US National Archives: 19-LCM-DD-239-36308). Photo from Naval Camouflage 1914-1945, by David Williams.Robert Hurst
Overton 88kJune 29 1943, while coming alongside for refueling during North Atlantic convoy escort operations.Robert Hurst
USS OVERTON DD-239 / APD-23 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 Overton APD-23
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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