USS Childs (DD-241)
USS Childs in 1944 as seaplane tender AVD-1
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| Namesake: | Earle W. F. Childs |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 19 March 1919 |
| Launched: | 15 September 1920 |
| Commissioned: | 22 October 1920 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 December 1945 |
| Struck: | 3 January 1946 |
| Fate: | sold 3 January 1946 |
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| Class and type: | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 feet 4 inches (95.81 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 9 feet 10 inches (3 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 137 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Childs (DD-241/AVP-14/AVD-1) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Earle W. F. Childs.
Childs (DD-241) was launched 15 September 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. E. W. F. Childs; and commissioned 22 October 1920, Commander I. H. Mayfield in command.
Arriving at Gibraltar 14 February 1921, Childs joined U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, to cruise in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, North, and Baltic Seas until 25 November, when she arrived at Constantinople. Here she joined the relief mission sent to Russia early in 1922, remaining in the Black Sea on diplomatic duties until 1 April. On 8 July, she departed from Cherbourg for Philadelphia, returning to the United States 29 July.
Childs conducted training operations, and joined other ships in fleet exercises along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean until 14 February 1925, when with the Scouting Fleet she stood out of Guantanamo Bay for large scale fleet exercises in the Hawaiian Islands and then returned to the U.S. East Coast. On 6 April 1929, she collided with the American four-masted schooner A. Ernest Mills in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina; the schooner sank.
In 1932, 1933, and 1934, the annual concentration of the Fleet for battle practice was again held on the West Coast, and Childs took part. With her home port changed to San Diego, California 9 November Childs served as flagship of Destroyer Division 8 Rotating Reserve, Scouting Force, 5 January-15 June when she was in full commission again. She spent the summer of 1935 cruising off the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
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