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DD-125 / APD-19 Tattnall


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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) - American Defense Service Medal (with Destroyer clasp)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Wickes Class Destroyer:
  • Laid down, 1 December 1917, at New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 5 September 1918
  • Commissioned USS Tattnall (Destroyer No. 125), 26 June 1919, CDR. Gordon Wayne Haines in command
  • Designated (DD-125), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 15 June 1922, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego
  • Recommissioned, 1 May 1930, CDR. A. M. R. Allen in command
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Redesignated (APD-19), 24 July 1943
  • Decommissioned, 17 December 1945, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Struck From the Naval Register, 8 January 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 October 1946, to Pacific Metals and Salvage Co., Seattle WA.
  • Tattnall received three 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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    Tattnall 67k Tattnall (APD-19) underway, date and place unknown. CWO3 Curt Clark, USN Ret.
    Secretary/Treasurer American APD Corporation
    Greene 131k High-speed Transports (APD) at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, in late 1944. The APDs present, in center, are: Greene (APD 36) -- closest to camera; Osmond Ingram (APD 35) -- next inboard; Barry (APD 29); Roper (APD 20); and Tattnall (APD 19). At the extreme right is Hilary P. Jones (DD 427). This photograph was dated January 1945, but was taken at least a month earlier. Note old fort in the background.
    US Navy photo # 80-G-302954, now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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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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    Last Updated 21 December 2007