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USS BALLARD (DD-267 / AVD-10)

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 December 7 1918 and commissioned June 5 1919.
Decommissioned July 17 1922, Recommissioned June 25 1940.
Converted to Sea Plane Tender AVD-10 August 2 1940.
Decommissioned December 5 1945.
Stricken January 3 1946.
Fate Sold May 23 1946 and broken up for scrap.
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Ballard 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
Ballard 93kUSS Ballard (DD-267) photographed in about 1920, probably while serving in European waters. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Joe Radigan
USS BALLARD DD-267 / AVD-10 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: C. M. Wilkinson
Address: 203 Baiston Lane, Hot Springs, AR 71913
Phone: (501)525-3308
E-mail: None

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 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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