USN · AP
Gregory
Photos and infoWickes-class destroyer converted to a high-speed transport, APD-3. The later Gregory is DD-802. She sent Marines ashore in the first assault waves at Tulagi on 7 August 1942. On 5 September 1942 Yudachi, Hatsuyuki, and Murakumo sank her and Little. Not credited to one ship.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
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| Hull | APD-3 |
| Builder | Fore River, Quincy |
| Commissioned | 1918-06-01 |
| Fate | Sunk. Wickes-class destroyer, DD-82, converted to the high-speed transport APD-3. This is not the later Gregory, DD-802. Sunk off Guadalcanal on 5 September 1942 by Yudachi, Hatsuyuki, and Murakumo, with Little. Not credited to one ship. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Gregory (APD-3) in port, early 1942, in Measure 12 (Modified). This is the high-speed transport, not the later destroyer. U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.
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Command
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · high-speed transport. Sent Marines ashore in the first assault waves
