USS Gregory DD-82 / APD-3

Type:
Destroyer / High Speed Transport
Class:
Builder:
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Hull Number:
Destroyer #82
DD-82 (July 17, 1920)
APD-3 (Aug. 2, 1940)

Ordered:
December 26, 1916
Commissioned:
June 1, 1918
November 4, 1940 (as APD-3)

Keel Laid:
August 25, 1917
Decommissioned:
July 7, 1922
Launched:
January 27, 1918
Stricken:
October 2, 1942
Fate:
Sunk Sept. 5, 1942 by Japanese destroyers Murakumo (Lt. Cdr. Hideo Higashi),
Hatsuyuki (Lt. Cdr. Tatsuya Yamaguchi) and Yudachi (Cdr. Kiyoshi Kikkawa).

Location: South Pacific, 4 miles north of Lunga Point, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands.

22 men lost, survivors picked up by various ships and landed at Guadalcanal.
(Roll of Honor)
   
Notes:
Named in honor of Admiral Francis Hoyt Gregory (1789-1866).


Awards
Combat Action Ribbon
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with 2 Battle Stars)
World War II Victory Medal
World War I Victory Medal


Battle Stars
From
To
Engagement
Aug. 7, 1942
Aug. 9, 1942
Guadalcanal-Tulagi Landings
Sept. 4, 1942
Sept. 5, 1942
Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal


Builder's Data
Page published Oct. 23, 2015