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DD-237 / AVD-14 McFarland

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 16 October 1942) - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
 Personnel Awards

Purple Heart (16 October 1942, 5-KIA, 6-MIA, 12-WIA)
Clemson Class Destroyer:
  • Laid down, 31 July 1918, as McFarland (Destroyer # 237) at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 30 March 1920
  • Commissioned USS McFarland (Destroyer # 237), 30 September 1920, at Boston, LCDR. Preston B. Haines, in command
  • Reclassified DD-237 in the Navy's fleet-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers, 17 July 1920
  • Redesignated AVD-14, 2 August 1940
  • Placed in full commission as USS McFarland (AVD-14), 5 October 1940
  • During World War II McFarland was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings, 7 to 9 August 1942 Capture and defense of Guadalcanal, August to February 1943

  • Redesignated Destroyer DD-237, 1 December 1943
  • Decommissioned, 8 November 1945, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 29 October 1946, to North American Smelting Co., Philadelphia, PA.
  • Gillis earned two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement; 1,190 t.
    Length; 314' 5"
    Beam; 31' 8"
    Draft; 9' 3"
    Speed; 35 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
    Propulsion; geared turbines, 26,500shp, two propellers
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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