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DD-236 / APD-12 Humphreys


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



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Clemson Class Destroyer:
  • Laid Down, 31 July 1918, at New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 28 July 1919
  • Commissioned at Philadelphia, PA., USS Humphreys (DD-236), 21 July 1920, CDR. W. Baggaley in command
  • Decommissioned, 10 January 1930, at Philadelphia
  • Recommissioned, 13 June 1932, at Philadelphia
  • Decommissioned, 14 September 1939, at San Diego, CA.
  • Recommissioned, 26 September 1939
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Redesignated (APD-12), 1 December 1942
  • During World War II Humphreys 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 operation
    Woodlark Island, 23 June 1943
    Lae occupation, 4 to 7 and 10 September 1943
    Finschhafen occupation, 22 and 30 September 1943     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 6 to 10 January 1945
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Arawe, New Britain, 15 December 1943
    Cape Gloucester landings, New Britain, 26 December 1943
    Admiralty Island landings, 29 February 1944     		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 8 March 1945
    Hollandia operation
    Humboldt Bay, 22 April 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (Keise Shima), 31 March to 3 April 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 18 to 21 October 1944     		.

  • Reverted to a Destroyer and redesignated (DD-236), 20 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 26 October 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to National Metals and Steel Corp, Terminal Island, CA.
  • Humphreys received 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
    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 two geared turbines, two propellers, 26,500 shp
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    Humphreys 24k Humphreys (APD-12) underway, circa 1943, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Humphreys 37k Humphreys (APD-12) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Ted Majusick and CWO3 Curt Clark, USN Ret.
    Secretary/Treasurer American APD Corporation
    Humphreys 37k one of Humphreys (APD-12) LCP(L)'s unloading troops, date and place unknown. Ted Majusick
    View the Humphreys (APD-12)
    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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