UNDERWAY! 2025 Wall Calendar / W.W. II SPECIAL EDITION NOW AVAILABLE - CLICK HERE |
|||||||
For RATING SHIRTS - Click on your Rating Abbreviation below: | |||||||
U.S.S. GILLIS
(AVD-12)Click to view crew list
AVD-12 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AVD-12 Shellback Initiation | Add a AVD-12 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DEC | 1918 | - | Keel Date: 19 DEC 1918 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Fore River Shipyard | ||
MAY | 1919 | - | Launch Date: 17 MAY 1919 | ||
SEP | 1919 | - | Commissioned: 24 SEP 1919 | ||
SEP | 1941 | - | OCT | 1941 | Alaska |
OCT | 1945 | - | Decommissioned: 15 OCT 1945 |
AVD-12 General Specifications
Class: Clemson-class destroyer
Named for: John P. Gillis
Complement: 120 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1190 tons
Length: 314 feet 4 inches
Beam: 31 feet 8 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 4 900 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrapping 29 January 1946