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DD-114 / APD-7 Talbot


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - 16 November 1943) - World War I Victory Medal (with Destroyer clasp)
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (9)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Wickes Class Destroyer:
  • Laid down, 12 July 1917, at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, 20 February 1918
  • Commissioned USS Talbot (Destroyer No. 114), 20 July 1918, LCDR. Isaac P. Dortch in command
  • Designated (DD-114), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 31 March 1923, at San Diego CA.
  • Recommissioned, 31 May 1930, at San Diego, CA.
  • Converted to High-speed Transport and redesignated USS Talbot (APD-7), 21 October 1942
  • During World War II Talbot was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operations
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vanunu occupation, 30 June 1943
    Vella Lavella occupation, 15 August 1943     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 18 October 1944
    Treasury-Bougainville operation
    Treasury Island landing, 27 October 1943
    Occupation of Cape Torokina, 17 November 1943     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Green Islands landing, 30-31 January and 15 February 1944     		Manila Bay-Bicol operations
    Nasugbu, 31 January 1945
    Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 February 1945
    Hollandia operations
    Aitape Humboldt Bay- Tanahmerah Bay, 22 April 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operations
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 22 to 30 April and 22 May to 6 June 1945
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June 1944     		.

  • Reverted to Destroyer (DD-114), 16 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 9 October 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 24 October 1945
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 30 January 1946, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Talbot earned nine battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,154 t.
    Length 314' 5"
    Beam 31' 8"
    Draft 9' 10"
    Speed 35.2 kts.
    Complement 141
    Boats 4 LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    three single 4"/50 gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    five single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge rack
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion geared turbines, two propellers, 24,200shp
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    Talbot 143k Forward plan view of Talbot (APD-7) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 11 March 1943. Talbot was at Mare Island from 6 February to 16 March 1943 for repairs.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1723-3-43, 3/11/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Talbot 138k Aft plan view of Talbot (APD-7) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 11 March 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1723-3-43, 3/11/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Talbot 70k Bow on view of Talbot (APD-7) off Mare Island, 12 March 1943. One of the yards YTL's is to the left apparently coming alongside to pick up the harbor pilot. Note the figure over the starboard side
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1746-3-43, 3/12/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Talbot 36k Talbot (APD-7) underway, date and place unknown. Stuart Hepburn
    Talbot 20k Talbot (APD-7) underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    American APD Corporation
    Four Stack APD Veterans

    Contact: CWO3 Curt Clark Secretary/Treasurer
    Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
    Phone: 619-282-0971
    E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
    Reunion Schedule
    2008 Reno, Nevada. Site and date to be determined
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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