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Filename : AVD

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DESTROYER SEAPLANE TENDERS (AVD)

Class:
Clemson Class DD.....14 ships, ex flush deck 1190 ton DDs
converted for seaplane tending duties
from 1938 to 1940.

Hull Date
No. Name Redesignated Disposition

1 Childs......... 01-OCT-40 Ex AVP-14; stricken 03-JAN-46.

2 Williamson..... 02-AUG-40 Ex AVP-15; Reverted to DD-244,
01-DEC-43.

3 G. E. Badger... 02-AUG-40 Ex AVP-16; Reverted to DD-196,
01-DEC-43.

4 Clemson........ 02-AUG-40 Ex AVP-17; Reverted to DD-186,
01-DEC-43.

5 Goldsbourough.. 02-AUG-40 Ex AVP-18; Reverted to DD-188,
01-DEC-43.

6 Hulbert........ 02-AUG-40 Ex AVP-19; Reverted to DD-342,
01-DEC-43.

7 W. B. Preston.. 02-AUG-40 Ex AVP-20; stricken 03-JAN-46.

8 Belknap........ 02-AUG-40 Ex DD-251; Reverted to DD-251,
14-NOV-43.

9 Osmond Ingram.. 02-AUG-40 Ex DD-255; Reverted to DD-255,
01-DEC-43.

10 Ballard........ 02-AUG-40 Ex DD-267; stricken 03-JAN-46.

11 Thornton....... 02-AUG-40 Ex DD-270; destroyed by
grounding, 13-AUG-45.

12 Gillis......... 02-AUG-40 Ex DD-260; stricken 01-NOV-45.

13 Greene......... 02-AUG-40 Ex DD-266; APD-36, 01-FEB-44;
wrecked in typhoon at Okinawa
09-OCT-45; stricken 05-DEC-45.

14 McFarland...... 02-AUG-40 Ex DD-237; Reverted to DD-237,
01-DEC-43.