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DD-157 / APD-21 Dickerson


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Yankee - Oscar
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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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Wickes Class Destroyer:
  • Laid Down, 5 March 1918, at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 12 March 1919
  • Commissioned USS Dickerson (Destroyer No. 157), 3 September 1919, CDR. Frederick . V. McNair Jr. USN in command
  • Designated (DD-157) 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 26 June 1922, at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Recommissioned 1 May 1930
  • Converted to High-speed Transport at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Designated (APD-21), 21 August 1943
  • Final Disposition, lost to enemy action, 2 April 1945, hit by Japanese Kamikaze forcing her crew to abandon ship. Her hulk was towed to Kerama Retto and then out to sea and scuttled 4 April 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Dickerson earned six battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,060 t.
    Length 314' 5"
    Beam 31' 8"
    Draft 8' 6"
    Speed 36 kts.
    Complement 101
    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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    Dickerson 96k Dickerson (APD-21) underway, date and location unknown. .
    Dickerson 38k Dickerson (APD-21) at anchor, date and location unknown. .
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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