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Laid down, 3 June 1918, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.,
Launched, 2 November 1918.
Commissioned USS Greene (Destroyer No. 266), 9 May 1919, CDR. R. A. Theobald USN in command .
Designated (DD-266), 17 July 1920.
Decommissioned, 17 June 1922, at
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
Recommissioned, 28 June 1940, at
Converted to a Seaplane Tender (Destroyer) at
Redesignated (AVD-13), 6 April 1941
Converted to a High-speed Transport at
Redesignated (APD-36), 1 February 1944.
Specifications: Displacement; 1,215 t.
Length; 314' 4".
Beam; 31' 8".
Draft; 9' 10".
Speed; 33.3 kts.
Complement; 130.
Boats; 4 LCP(L) landing craft.
Armament : three single 4"/50 gun mounts, two single 40mm AA gun mounts, five single 20mm AA gun mounts, one depth charge track, four depth charge projectors. Propulsion; geared turbines, 26,500 shp, two propellers.
One week after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor AVD 13 Greene sailed for
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