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DD-266 / AVD-13 / APD-36 USS GREENE

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 Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Squantum Ma. on June 3 1918.
Launched November 2 1918 and commissioned May 9 1919.
Decommissioned June 17 1922, Recommissioned June 28 1940.
Converted to Sea Plane Tender AVD-13 August 2 1940.
Reclassified DD-266 December 1 1943.
Converted to High Speed Transport APD-36 February 1 1944.
Grounded on Okinawa October 9 1945.
Decommissioned November 24 1945.
Fate Wreck destroyed February 11 1946.

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Greene 14kSamuel Dana Greene, born 11 February 1839 in Cumberland, Md., was appointed acting midshipman 21 September 1855. He was executive officer in Monitor during her classic battle with ironclad C.S.S. Virginia 9 March 1862 and assumed command after his Captain Worden was wounded. He was also executive officer in Monitor in the engagements in the James River, Va., April-May 1862, and when she foundered in a gale. Commander Greene died 11 December 1884 at Portsmouth, N.H., and was buried in Bristol, R.I.Bill Gonyo
Greene 127kVictory Destroyer Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts. View of the open dock, with destroyers fitting out, including USS Shubrick (DD-268, builder's # 348), Ballard (DD-267, builder's # 347) and (probably) Greene (DD-266, builder's # 346). Note destroyer mast, with crow's nest, lying on the pier at left. Photographed between 27 April and 3 May 1919 by Monks & Johnson, Boston, Mass. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Greene 68kPhotographed in 1919-22, U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Joe Radigan
Greene 72kUndated, As configured as a Sea Plane Tender-

USS GREENE DD-266 / AVD-13 / APD-36 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: Myrtle Beach, SC 7-10 October 2001

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
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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