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USS CHILDS (DD-241 / AVP-14 / AVD-1)

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 March 19 1919.
Launched September 15 1920 and commissioned October 22 1920.
Reclassified Sea Plane Tender AVP-14 July 1 1938.
Classification changed to AVD-1 August 2 1940.
Decommissioned December 10 1945.
Stricken January 3 1946.
Fate Sold May 23 1946 and broken up for scrap.

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
No Photo Available	-	Earle W. F. Childs, born 1 August 1893 in Philadelphia, Pa., was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1915. As a lieutenant, he served in World War I in the submarine L-2. On board HMS H-5 as an observer, Lieutenant Childs was lost when H-5 sank with all hands after a collision with a merchantman off the English coast.		Robert M. Cieri
	60k	Western Mediterranean circa 1920.		Marc Piché
	132k	Photo 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
	171k	USS Bainbridge (DD-246) (outboard), and USS Childs (DD-241) backing out of drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, on 6 June 1925. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fred Weiss
	153k	4 June 1927, location unknown.		Joe Radigan
	78k	Miami, FL April 8 1928.		Marc Piché
	105k	The following 13 photographs are from the colection of H. P. Kreeft who served aboard the Childs Circa 1928-1929. This photo displays the aftermath of a collision with a schoner on April 4 1929.		Gene Kreeft
	101k	As above.		Gene Kreeft
	149k	As above. The new bow.		Gene Kreeft
	109k	A portion of the Childs crew.		Gene Kreeft
	86k	Firing torpedoes.		Gene Kreeft
	76k	On a full speed run.		Gene Kreeft
	73k	Christmas menu 1928.		Gene Kreeft
	66k	As above.		Gene Kreeft
	89k	Roster of the crew.		Gene Kreeft
	89k	Making a smoke screen.		Gene Kreeft
	51k	Three general views.		Gene Kreeft
	60k	As above.		Gene Kreeft
	107k	As above.		Gene Kreeft
	108k	Circa 1930's.		Marc Piché

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USS CHILDS DD-241 / AVP-14 / AVD-1 History
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