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U.S.S. GILLIS

(AVD-12)


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AVD-12 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1918-Keel Date: 19 DEC 1918
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Fore River Shipyard
MAY1919-Launch Date: 17 MAY 1919
SEP1919-Commissioned: 24 SEP 1919
SEP1941-OCT1941Alaska
OCT1945-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