GREENE APD 36
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
- Clemson Class Dstroyer
- USS GREENE Destroyer No. 266
Commissioned May 9 1919 - Decommissioned March 1920
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
- USS GREENE DD-266
Recommissioned September 10 1921 - Decommissioned June 17 1922
Recommissioned June 28 1940
- USS GREENE AVD-13
Converted to Sea Plane Tender/Destroyer (AVD) April 6 1941
- USS GREENE APD-36
Converted to High-speed Transport (APD) February 1 1944
Grounded on Okinawa October 9 1945
Decommissioned November 24 1945
Wreck destroyed February 11 1946
Keel Laid June 3 1918 as ANTHONY
Name changed August 1 1918
Launched November 2 1918
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- Greene Covers Page 1 (1941-45)
Postmarks
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Post office established April 28 1941 - Disestablished November 24 1945
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Locy Type |
1941-05-20 |
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As AVD-13
First Day of Postal Service, Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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Locy Type |
1941-05-20 |
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As AVD-13
First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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Locy Type |
1941-05-20 |
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As AVD-13
First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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Locy Type |
1945-10-29 |
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As APD-36
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Locy Type |
1941-11-06 |
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As AVD-13
Other Information
GREENE received 3 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation for World War II service
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Task Group 21.12
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Invasion of Southern France
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Okinawa Gunto operation
NAMESAKE - Commander Samuel Dana Greene, USN (February 11 1839 – December 11 1884)
Greene was appointed Acting Midshipman September 21 1855. He was Executive Officer in MONITOR during her classic battle with Ironclad C.S.S. VIRGINIA March 9 1862 and assumed command after his Captain Worden was wounded. He was also Executive Officer in MONITOR in the engagements in the James River, Va., April-May 1862, and when she foundered in a gale. Commander Greene died December 11 1884 at Portsmouth, N.H., and was buried in Bristol, R.I.
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