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DD-241 / AVP-14 / AVD-1 Childs

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Defense Medal
Clemson Class Destroyer:
  • Laid down, 19 March 1919, at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 15 September 1920
  • Commissioned USS Childs (DD-241), 22 October 1920, CDR. I. H. Mayfield in command
  • Converted to a Seaplane Tender at Navy Yard Philadelphia, PA., circa 1938-39
  • Reclassified Sea Plane Tender, Small AVP-14, 14 July 1938
  • Reclassified Sea Plane Tender, Destroyer AVD-1, 2 August 1940
  • During World War II Childs was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, 10 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 January 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 23 May 1946
  • Childs earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement; 1,215 t.
    Length; 314'4½"
    Beam; 31' "
    Draft; 9' 9¾"
    Speed; 34.72 kts.
    Complement; 130
    Boats; 4 LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    three single 5"/50 gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    five single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge track
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion; geared turbines, 26,500shp, two propellers
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    USS Childs (AVP-14)
    Childs 68k Childs (AVP-14) underway, circa late 1930's, location unknown. Marc Piché
    Childs 46k Childs (AVP-14) underway, circa late 1930's, location unknown. .
    USS Childs (AVD-1)
    Childs 79k Childs (AVD-1) underway, date and location unknown. .
    Childs 61k Childs (AVD-1) underway, 14 November 1944, location unknown. Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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