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DD-266 / AVD-13 / APD-36 Greene


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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) - Presidential Unit Citation
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Destroyer clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2)
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
Clemson Class Destroyer:
  • Laid down, 3 June 1918, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 2 November 1918
  • Commissioned USS Greene (Destroyer No. 266), 9 May 1919, CDR. R. A. Theobald USN in command
  • Designated (DD-266), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 17 June 1922, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 28 June 1940, at San Diego, CA.
  • Converted to a Seaplane Tender (Destroyer) at San Francisco, CA.
  • Redesignated (AVD-13), 6 April 1941
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.;
  • Redesignated (APD-36), 1 February 1944
  • During World War II Greene 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 21.12 (2 Stars) Okinawa Gunto operation (1 Star)
    Invasion of Southern France (1 Star) .

  • Ran aground at Kutaka, Okinawa as result of 9 October 1945 typhoon
  • Decommissioned, 23 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1945
  • Final Disposition, destroyed, 2 November 1946
  • Greene received the Presidential Unit Citation and three 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 track
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion; geared turbines, 26,500shp, two propellers
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    Greene 96k Greene (APD-36), date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 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
    View the Greene (APD-36)
    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