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DD-239 / APD-23 Overton


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Destroyer clasp)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Clemson Class Destroyer:
  • Laid Down, 30 October 1918, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 10 July 1919
  • Commissioned USS Overton (Destroyer No. 239), 30 June 1920, CDR. Archibald D. Turnbull in command
  • Designated (DD-239), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned in May 1931
  • Recommissioned and assigned to Rotating Reserve in 1932
  • Decommissioned, 20 November 1937
  • Recommissioned, 26 September 1939
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Norfolk, VA.
  • Redesignated (APD-23), 21 August 1943
  • During World War II Overton was first assigned to the European Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Task Group 21.11 Marshall Islands operation
    . Marianas operation
    . Tinian capture and occupation
    . Leyte operation
    . Luzon operation
    . Manila Bay - Bicol operations
    . Okinawa Gunto operation

  • Redesignated (APD-23), 21 August 1943
  • Decommissioned, 30 July 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 August 1945
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 30 November 1945, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Overton earned 8 battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,215 t.(fl)
    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 track
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion two geared turbines, two propellers, 26,500 shp
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    Overton 52k Overton (APD-23) underway, date and place unknown. CWO3 Curt Clark, USN Ret.
    Secretary/Treasurer American APD Corporation
    View the Overton (APD-23)
    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