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DD-103 / APD-14 Schley


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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)
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (11)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
Wickes Class Destroyer:
  • Laid down, 29 October 1917, at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched, 3 March 1918
  • Commissioned USS Schley (Destroyer No. 103), 20 September 1918, CDR. R. C. Giffin in command
  • Designated (DD-103), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 15 June 1922, at San Diego, CA.
  • Recommissioned, 3 October 1940, at San Diego
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • During World War II Schley was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Pearl Harbor - Midway, 7 December 1941 Western New Guinea operation
    Consolidation of Southern Solomons Leyte operation
    New Georgia Group operation Luzon operation
    Bismarck Archipelago operation Manila Bay - Bicol operation
    Marshall Islands operation Okinawa Gunto operation
    Hollandia operation .

  • Designated (APD-14), 6 February 1943
  • Reverted to Destroyer (DD-103), 5 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 9 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1945
  • Final Disposition, released for scrapping, 29 March 1946, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia PA.
  • Schley earned 11 battle stars for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,060 t.
    Length 314' 5"
    Beam 31' 8"
    Draft 8' 6"
    Speed 36 kts.
    Complement 100
    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 track
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion geared turbines, two propellers, 24,200shp
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    Schley 127k Amidships looking forward plan view of Schley (APD-14) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 30 September 1943. Preble (DM-20) is outboard of Schely. Schley was in overhaul at Mare Island from 19 August until 1 October 1943. .
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6844-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Schley 132k Amidships looking aft plan view of Schley (APD-14) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 30 September 1943. Preble (DM-20) is outboard of Schely. Schley was in overhaul at Mare Island from 19 August until 1 October 1943. .
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6847-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Schley 73k Bows on view of Schley (APD-14) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 2 October 1943. Schley was in overhaul at Mare Island from 19 August until 1 October 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6909-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Schley 60k Broadside view of Schley (APD-14) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 2 October 1943. Schley was in overhaul at Mare Island from 19 August until 1 October 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6907-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Schley 59k Stern view of Schley (APD-14) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 2 October 1943. Schley was in overhaul at Mare Island from 19 August until 1 October 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6905-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Schley 69k Schley (APD-14) underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 2 Oct 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.    		 Martin Davis
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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
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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