file created: 12/07/02 00:28:20 , last update: 06/08/00
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AVD-12 Gillis
United States Navy seaplane tender (destroyer)
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
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Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy,
1919/05/29 1919/09/03 1946/01/29
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Namesake: Adm Gillis, Commo Gillis
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms 1, 43: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07 42/02   ScoutForPac/PatWing4 Kodiak   66  114 
42/02/09 42/04?     PSNY - overhaul   66 
42/05/26     8.1     85 
42/06/03     8.1 Dutch Harbor   85 
42/06/09     8.1 arrived Adak to tender PatWing4 attacks on Attu & Kiska   81 
42/06/11 42/06/13   8.1 Nazan Bay, Atka   81 
42/07/20     8.1 attacked by planes off Adak   66 
42/08     8.1     81 
42/09 44/04/19     Aleutians   66 
42/12/17       Adak - recieved sick men from S-35   66 
44/04/2? 44/06     PSNY - overhaul   66 
44/06/13 44/11     San Diego - plane guard duty   66 
44/12/07       damaged - rammed by AO s/s Gulf Star 40 nm off Makapu Point, Oahu   85 
44/12/08 45/02/20     P.H. - plane guard duty for CVE Makassar Strait   66 
45/03 45/04/28 Iceber 50.5     66  86 
45/04/28 45/05 Iceber   sail Okinawa > Guam > San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/06/24 45/06/29 Iceber   escort Wake Island from Guam to Okinawa   66 
45/06/29 45/07/03     escort Wake Island from Okinawa to Guam   66 
45/07/03 45/07/08     Guam   66 
45/07/08 45/07/28     sail Guam > San Pedro, California   66 
45/07/28 45/10     San Pedro, California   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-260, 40/08/02 > AVD-12, 45/11/01 struck from Navy List
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