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DD-233 / APD-11 Gilmer


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Romeo - Bravo
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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) - Navy Unit Commendation - Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal
Second Row - China Service (extended) - 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)
 Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (1-KIA, 3-WIA) 26 March 1945, Okinawa
Clemson Class Destroyer:
  • Laid Down, 25 June 1918, at New York Shipbuilding Co. Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 24 May 1919
  • Commissioned USS Gilmer (Destroyer No. 233), 30 April 1920, LTjg. Harold J. Wright in command
  • Designated (DD-233) 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned and laid up, 31 August 1938, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Recommissioned, 25 September 1939
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Seattle, WA. and redesignated (APD-11), 22 January 1943
  • During World War II Gilmer was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operations
    Lae occupation, 4 September 1943
    Finschhafen occupation, 29 December 1943
    Saidor occupation, 2 January 1944     		Tinian operation
    23 June to 12 August 1944
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 December 1943     		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 16 to 24 February 1945
    Hollandia operations
    Humboldt Bay, 22 April to 12 May 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 25 March to 9 April 1945
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 11 June 1944     		.

  • Decommissioned, 5 February 1946, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 3 December 1946
  • Gilmer received the Navy Unit Commendation in addition to seven battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,215 t.
    Length 314' 4"
    Beam 31' 8"
    Draft 9' 10"
    Speed 33.3 kts.
    Complement 130
    Boats 4 LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    DD-233
    four single 5"/51 single purpose gun mounts
    one single 3"/23 AA gun mount
    twelve 21" torpedo tubes
    APD-10
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    five single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge rack
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion two geared turbines, two propellers, 26,500 shp
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    Gilmer 169k Forward plan view of Gilmer (APD 11) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 27 November 1944. Gilmer was in the shipyard for overhaul from 23 September until 29 November 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7219-44    		 Darryl Baker
    Gilmer 128k Aft plan view of Gilmer (APD 11) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 27 November 1944. Gilmer was in the shipyard for overhaul from 23 September until 29 November 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7220-44    		 Darryl Baker
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    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
    Reunion Schedule
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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