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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 27 January 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 July 1922 |
| Recommissioned: | 4 November 1940, APD-3 |
| Fate: | Sunk in battle, 5 September 1942 |
| Struck: | 2 October 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,191 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 4 in (96 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 11 in (9. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 4 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 2 in (2. 8 m) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 34. 75 knots (64 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 141 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4"/50 (102 mm) guns, 1 3"/25 (76 mm), 4 x 3 x 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS Gregory (DD-82/APD-3) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and, as APD-3 World War II. Background With World War I now in its 2nd year and tensions between the United States of America and Germany increasing the U In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including She was named for Admiral Francis Gregory USN (1780–1866). Francis Hoyt Gregory ( October 9, 1780 – October 4, 1866) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Gregory was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts on 25 August 1917, launched on 27 January 1918 by Mrs. The Fore River Shipyard, more formally known as the Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company, was a shipyard in the United States from the late 1800s until 1986 Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George S. Trevor, great-granddaughter of Admiral Gregory and commissioned on 1 June 1918, Commander Arthur P. Fairfield in command. Commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vice Admiral Arthur Phillip Fairfield (October 29 1877 &ndash1946 was an officer in the United States Navy.
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World War I
Joining a convoy at New York, Gregory sailed for Brest, France, 25 June 1918. A convoy is a group of Vehicles (of any type but usually motor vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support The City of New York Brest (bʁɛst in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common She spent the final summer of the war escorting convoys from the French port to various Allied ports in Britain and France. In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located As the war neared its close, Gregory was assigned to the patrol squadron at Gibraltar 2 November 1918. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In addition to patrolling in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, Gregory carried passengers and supplies to the Adriatic and aided in the execution of the terms of the Austrian armistice. The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on November 11, 1918 After six months of this duty, the flush-deck destroyer joined naval forces taking part in relief missions to the western Mediterranean 28 April 1919. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In company with Arizona (BB-39), Gregory carried supplies and passengers to Smyrna, Constantinople, and Batum. Construction On 4 March 1913 Congress authorized the construction of Arizona, the second and last of the ''Pennsylvania'' class of "super-dreadnought" This article is on the Ancient Greek city of Smyrna principally in connection with the ruins remaining to this day Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS Batumi (ბათუმი formerly Batum or Batoum) is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and Capital of Adjara, an Autonomous She then sailed for Gibraltar with the American counsul from Tiflis, Russia and some British army officers. Tbilisi (ˌtbiˈliːsi in Georgian: თბილისი is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Debarking her passengers on the rocky fortress, Gregory sailed for New York reaching the United States 13 June 1919. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
After brief tours in reserve at Tompkinsville, New York, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Tompkinsville is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. The United States Navy Yard New York - better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY - is an American shipyard located The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, formerly Navy Yard, was the first Naval shipyard of the United States. Gregory sailed to Charleston, South Carolina, 4 January 1921. Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar A year of local training operations out of the southern port ended 12 April 1922 when Gregory entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. She decommissioned 7 July 1922 and went into reserve. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
World War II
As war broke again over Europe, threatening to involve the United States, Gregory and three other four-stackers were taken out of mothballs for conversion to high-speed transports. The DDs were stripped of virtually all their armament to make room for boats, while other important modifications were made for troops and cargo. Gregory recommissioned 4 November 1940 as APD-3 and joined Little, Colhoun, and McKean to form Transport Division 12 (TransDiv 12). Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History Little was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts, 18 June 1917; launched History Colhoun was launched 21 February 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss A History McKean was laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco California, 12 February 1918; launched 4 July 1918 None of these valiant ships were to live through the Pacific war—all but McKean were lost during the Solomon Islands campaign. The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II.
Gregory and her sister APDs trained along the East Coast for the following year perfecting landing techniques with various Marine divisions. On 27 January 1942, with war already raging in the Pacific, she departed Charleston for Pearl Harbor. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Pearl Harbor is a Harbor on the Island of O{{okina}}ahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Exercises in Hawaiian waters kept TransDiv 12 in the Pacific through the spring, after which they returned to San Diego for repairs. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the They sailed for the Pacific again 7 June, reaching Pearl Harbor a week later to train for the upcoming invasion of Guadalcanal, America's first offensive effort in the long Pacific campaign. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal, was fought between August 7, 1942, and February 9, 1943, in the The Pacific War was the part of World War II —and preceding conflicts—that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands and in East Asia, between
Departing Nouméa 31 July 1942, Gregory joined Task Force 62 (TF 62) (Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher) and steamed for Guadalcanal. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29 1885 &ndash April 25 1973 was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. Guadalcanal (local name Isatabu) is a 2510- Square mile (6500- km²) Island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon After sending her Marines ashore in the first assault waves 7 August, Gregory and her sister APDs remained in the area performing a variety of tasks in one of history's most desperately fought over areas. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. The versatile ships patrolled the waters around the hotly-contested islands—waters which were to gain notoriety as "Iron Bottom Sound"—and brought up ammunition & supplies from Espiritu Santo. " Ironbottom Sound " is the name given by Allied sailors to Savo Sound the stretch of water between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida For the island in the Gulf of California see Isla Espíritu Santo.
On 4 September Gregory and Little were returning to their anchorage at Tulagi after transferring a Marine Raider Battalion to Savo Island. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Tulagi, less commonly Tulaghi, is a small Island (55 km by 1 km in the Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Florida Island. The Marine Raiders were elite units established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct amphibious light infantry warfare For the United States Navy escort carrier see USS Savo Island (CVE-78. The night was inky-black with a low haze obscuring all landmarks, and the ships decided to remain on patrol rather than risk threading their way through the dangerous channel. As they steamed between Guadalcanal and Savo Island at ten knots (20 km/h), three Japanese destroyers (Yudachi, Hatsuyuki and Murakumo) entered the Slot undetected to deliver a "Tokyo Express" package of troops and supplies to Guadalcanal. For the United States Navy escort carrier see USS Savo Island (CVE-78. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Commanding Officers Chief Equipping Officer - Lt Cmdr Giichiro Nakahara - 15 July 1935&mdash1 November 1936 Lt See also List of World War II ships In popular culture In the anime Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, Murakumo is the name of one of the Absolute Angels. The Tokyo Express was the name given by Allied forces to the use of Imperial Japanese Navy ships at night to deliver personnel supplies and equipment to Japanese After completing the delivery, the destroyers prepared to bombard Henderson Field at Lunga Point. Henderson Field is the name of several airports Henderson Field (Guadalcanal on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands renamed to Honiara International At 00:56 on the morning of 5 September, Gregory and Little saw flashes of gunfire which they assumed came from a Japanese submarine until radar showed four targets—apparently a cruiser had joined the three DDs. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships While the two outgunned but gallant ships were debating whether to close for action or depart quietly and undetected, the decision was taken out of their hands.
A Navy pilot had also seen the gunfire and, assuming it came from a Japanese submarine, dropped a string of five flares almost on top of the two APDs. Gregory and Little, silhouetted against the blackness, were spotted immediately by the Japanese destroyers, who opened fire at 01:00. Gregory brought all her guns to bear but was desperately overmatched and less than 3 minutes after the fatal flares had been dropped was dead in the water and beginning to sink. Two boilers had burst and her decks were a mass of flames. Her skipper, Lt. Comdr. Harry F. Bauer, himself seriously wounded, gave the word to abandon ship, and Gregory's crew reluctantly took to the water. Harry Frederick Bauer ( 17 July 1904 &ndash 5 September 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy. Bauer ordered two companions to aid another crewman yelling for help and was never seen again; for his brave and gallant conduct he posthumously received the Silver Star. The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
At 01:23, with all of Gregory's and most of Little's crew in the water, the Japanese ships began shelling again—aiming not at the crippled ships but at their helpless crews in the water. All but 11 of Gregory's crew survived, 6 of them swimming through the night all the way to Guadalcanal. Gregory sank stern first some 40 minutes after the firing had begun, and was followed 2 hours later by Little. Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, in praising the courageous ships after their loss, wrote that "both of these small vessels fought as well as possible against the overwhelming odds . An Admiral of the Fleet or Fleet Admiral is a military Naval officer of the highest rank Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, USN, GCB ( February 24, 1885 &ndash February 20, 1966) held the dual command . . With little means, they performed duties vital to the success of the campaign. "
Gregory's name was struck from the Navy List 2 October 1942. The Naval Vessel Register ( NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Gregory received two battle stars for service in World War II.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships ( DANFS for short is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every Ship ever used The entry can be found here.
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