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DD-115 / APD-8 Waters


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Kilo - Xray
 NWKX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - World War I Victory Medal (with Destroyer clasp) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Wickes Class Destroyer:
  • Laid Down, 26 July 1917, at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, 3 March 1918
  • Commissioned, 8 August 1918, as USS Waters (Destroyer No. 115), LCDR. Charles F. Russell in command
  • Redesignated (DD-115) 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 28 December 1922
  • Recommissioned, 4 June 1930
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport and redesignated (APD-8), 19 December 1942
  • During World War II Waters was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Consolidation of Southern Solomons Marianas operation
    New Georgia Group operation Leyte operation
    Treasury - Bougainville operation Luzon operation
    Bismarck Archipelago operation .

  • Reverted to a Destroyer, redesignated (DD-115)
  • Decommissioned, 12 October 1945, at Terminal Island, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 24 October 1945
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 10 May 1946
  • Waters received seven battle stars for service during World War II
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,154 t.
    Length 314' 5"
    Beam 31' 8"
    Draft 9' 10"
    Speed 35.2 kts.
    Complement 122
    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 24,200 shp; two geared turbines, two propellers
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    Waters 69k Waters (APD-8) underway in 1944, place unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 81392 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.    		 CWO3 Curt Clark, USN Ret.
    Secretary/Treasurer American APD Corporation and the US Naval Historical Center
    Waters 111k Waters (APD-8) at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA., 2 February 1943. Note the depth charge racks on her fantail, propeller guards, and landing craft (probably LCPR types) on her davits.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-41230 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the Waters (APD-8)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    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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    Last Updated 231 December 2007