USS Gilmer (DD-233)
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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.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Gilmer.
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USS Gilmer in 1922 | |
History | |
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United States | |
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) |
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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 5 in (130 mm), 1 x 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
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