USS Gilmer (DD-233)
![]() USS Gilmer in 1922
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Namesake | Thomas Walker Gilmer |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 25 June 1918 |
Launched | 24 May 1919 |
Commissioned | 30 April 1920 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 1938 |
Recommissioned | 25 September 1939 |
Reclassified | High-speed transport, APD-11, 22 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | 5 February 1946 |
Stricken | 25 February 1946 |
Honors and awards | Seven battle stars for World War II |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 3 December 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Variant of Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,215 tons |
Length | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
Beam | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
Draft | 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33.2 knots (61 km/h) |
Range | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km at 28 km/h) |
Complement | 130 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 4 x 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Gilmer (DD-233/APD-11) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer.
Construction and commissioning
Gilmer was launched 24 May 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmer Miles, Secretary Gilmer's granddaughter; and commissioned 30 April 1920.[1]
Service history
From 27 August 1920 to 11 August 1923, Gilmer made two round trip transatlantic voyages out of New York to European and Mediterranean ports.
Decommissioned at
World War II
Gilmer was at sea off
On 5 April, Gilmer sailed from
On 12 May the ship sailed from Hollandia to embark underwater demolition teams (UDT) at Pearl Harbor and debarked them 14 June 1944 at the initial assault on
Gilmer sailed from Tinian 12 August for Pearl Harbor and until January 1945 conducted demolition and reconnaissance training with UDT teams in Hawaiian waters. She sailed 10 January as flagship for rehearsal exercises at
Following antisubmarine screening assignments for convoys bound from the Philippines to Okinawa, Gilmer moored at
Fate
Decommissioned 5 February 1946, her name was struck from the Navy list 25 February 1946. She was sold for scrapping 3 December 1946.[1]
Awards
Gilmer received seven
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Gilmer I". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
- ^ "The Hobart Sampson Butcher Photo Collection". Navsource.org. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Svonavec, Stephen. "The United States Fleet October 1, 1939 Atlantic Squadron". Fleet Organization. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Svonavec, Stephen. "Vessels assigned to Naval Districts, November 1, 1940". Fleet Organization. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Morison, Samuel Eliot, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume IV: Coral Sea, Midway, and Submarine Actions, May 1942–August 1942, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1988, p. 173.
- ^ "IJN Submarine I-55: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "IJN Submarine I-6: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "USS Gilmer NUC". destroyerhistory.org. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-56311-475-5.
- ^ Bureau of Naval Personnel (1953). Navy and Marine Corps Award Manual (NavPers 15,790, Rev 1953) (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy. p. 42. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
External links
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- "USS Gilmer (DD-233 / APD-11)". Navsource.org.