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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/USS_Greene > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/USS_Greene.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Greene > Source revision: 1326727462 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy}} {{Use American English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=USS Greene (DD-266) at anchor, in 1919-1922 (NH 70868).jpg |image_caption=USS ''Greene'' }} |section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States |flag={{USN flag|1945}} |name= |namesake=[Samuel Greene](/source/Samuel_Greene_(naval_officer)) |ordered= |builder=[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation](/source/Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation), [Squantum Victory Yard](/source/Squantum_Victory_Yard) |laid_down=3 June 1918 |launched=2 November 1918 |acquired= |commissioned=9 May 1919 |decommissioned=23 November 1945 |in_service= |out_of_service= |struck=5 December 1945 |reinstated= |honours= |fate=Wrecked 9 October 1945; wreck destroyed 11 February 1946 |notes= }} |section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= [''Clemson''-class](/source/Clemson-class_destroyer) [destroyer](/source/destroyer) |displacement=1,215 tons |length={{convert|314|ft|4+1/2|in|m}} |beam={{convert|30|ft|11+1/2|in|m}} |draft={{convert|9|ft|4|in|m}} |propulsion=*26,500 shp (20 MW); *geared turbines, *2 screws |speed=34 [knot](/source/knot_(unit))s (63 km/h) |range=*4,900 [nm](/source/Nautical_mile) @ 15 kn *(9,100 km @ 28 km/h) |complement=122 officers and enlisted |sensors= |EW= |armament=4 × [{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}](/source/4%22%2F50_caliber_gun) guns, 1 × [{{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}}](/source/3%22%2F23_caliber_gun) gun, 12 × [21 inch (533 mm)](/source/American_21_inch_torpedo) [torpedo tube](/source/torpedo_tube)s |armour= |armor= |aircraft= |aircraft_facilities= |notes= }} }} '''USS ''Greene'' (DD-266/AVD-13/APD-36)''' was a [''Clemson''-class](/source/Clemson-class_destroyer) [destroyer](/source/destroyer) in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) in service from 1919 to 1922. She was recommissioned in 1940 and wrecked in a storm in October 1945. ==History== ''Greene'' was named for [Samuel Greene](/source/Samuel_Greene_(naval_officer)) and launched 2 November 1918 by the [Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation](/source/Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation)'s [Fore River Shipyard](/source/Fore_River_Shipyard) in [Quincy, Massachusetts](/source/Quincy%2C_Massachusetts); sponsored by Mrs. John Stevens Conover, the namesake's daughter; and commissioned 9 May 1919. ===Destroyer (1919-1922)=== ''Greene'' sailed from [Newport, Rhode Island](/source/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island) 5 June 1919 for [Brest](/source/Brest%2C_France) via [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth), [England](/source/England), and returned to [New York](/source/New_York%2C_New_York) 27 July. Underway again 18 August, she put in at [San Diego, California](/source/San_Diego%2C_California), 22 December and decommissioned there in March 1920. Remaining in the Reserve Destroyer Force until 10 September 1921, she sailed from San Diego that date for the [Puget Sound Navy Yard](/source/Puget_Sound_Navy_Yard). ''Greene'' returned shortly thereafter to [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California), arriving 2 December 1921, and decommissioned there 17 June 1922. ===Seaplane tender (1940-1944)=== Recommissioned 28 June 1940 at San Diego, ''Greene'' was towed to San Francisco and was redesignated '''AVD-13''' 6 April 1941 following conversion. She sailed 27 April for the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) and conducted training and tended [seaplane](/source/seaplane)s off [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico) and [Bermuda](/source/Bermuda). One week after the Japanese [attacked Pearl Harbor](/source/attack_on_Pearl_Harbor), ''Greene'' sailed for [Brazil](/source/Brazil). Until the summer of 1942 she served as [seaplane tender](/source/seaplane_tender) at [Natal](/source/Natal%2C_Brazil) with one call at [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro) for repairs in February 1942. She returned to [Charleston, South Carolina](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina) 18 July 1942. She escorted a convoy from [Norfolk, Virginia](/source/Norfolk%2C_Virginia) to Bermuda and operated in the South Atlantic for the next 6 months as a convoy escort, making two voyages to Rio de Janeiro. Back at Norfolk 26 February 1943, she steamed from there to [NS Argentia](/source/Naval_Station_Argentia), [Newfoundland](/source/Dominion_of_Newfoundland), to operate with {{USS|Bogue|CVE-9|2}}, one of the new [escort carrier](/source/escort_carrier)s designed to hunt [German](/source/Germany) [submarine](/source/submarine)s in the North Atlantic. Both warships sailed 23 April to escort a convoy to [Londonderry Port](/source/Londonderry_Port), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland), and made the eastward passage without incident. On the return leg of the voyage, however, one of the first major engagements between carrier-based aircraft and submarines attempting a rendezvous for mass attack occurred 21 May – 22 May, when ''Bogue''{{'}}s planes made six attacks on submarines and sank {{Ship|German submarine|U-569||2}} in 50-40 N., 35-21 W. Twenty-four Germans were captured. During a second antisubmarine patrol from 31 May to 20 June 1943, ''Bogue'' and her escorts, including ''Greene'', sank further submarines: {{Ship|German submarine|U-317||2}} 5 June in 30-18 N., 42-50 W., and {{Ship|German submarine|U-118|1941|2}} in 30-49 N., 33-49 W. one week later. For these two successful antisubmarine operations ''Greene'' received the [Presidential Unit Citation](/source/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)). The ''Bogue'' group was the first of a series of offensive antisubmarine warfare patrols in response to the U-boat assault in the Atlantic. Subsequently, until the fall of 1943, ''Greene'' escorted a fast troop convoy from Norfolk to the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) and return, and operated off Bermuda. On 5 October she sailed as carrier escort for {{USS|Core|CVE-13|2}} in company with {{USS|Belknap|DD-251|2}} and {{USS|Goldsborough|DD-188|2}}. On 20 October the group sank {{Ship|German submarine|U-378||2}} in 47-40 N., 28-27 W. ===High-speed transport (1944-1945)=== thumb|''Greene'' in January 1945. ''Greene'' returned to Charleston 19 January 1944 for conversion to high speed transport, and was designated '''APD-36''' on 1 February 1944. After intensive training, she stood out 12 April for [Oran](/source/Oran), [Algeria](/source/Algeria), to take part in [Operation Dragoon](/source/Operation_Dragoon), the invasion of Southern [France](/source/France). On 14 August, when she left the staging area at [Propriano](/source/Propriano), [Corsica](/source/Corsica), and landed American and Canadian troops on the [Levant](/source/Levant_Island) and [Port-Cros](/source/Port-Cros) islands off the coast of France between [Toulon](/source/Toulon) and [Cannes](/source/Cannes). ''Greene''{{'}}s troops were assigned to the mission of seizing the strategic islands and silencing long range coastal batteries thought to be emplaced there. That day, the islands were secured - many of the German "guns" turned out to be stove pipes - and the stage was set for 15 August assault on the mainland. With her tasks accomplished, ''Greene'' served on escort duty in the [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean) until departing Oran 6 December 1944 for Norfolk, where she put in 21 December. Underway once more 29 January 1945, the warship steamed via [Panama](/source/Panama) to reach [Ulithi](/source/Ulithi) 31 March and commenced escort duties. During April she escorted four carriers to [Okinawa](/source/Okinawa_Island) while the battle for that island was underway. She returned to [Guam](/source/Guam) to meet another Okinawan convoy, and stood antisubmarine picket line duty off Okinawa. Until the fall of 1945, ''Greene'' continued escort duties between Okinawa, [Saipan](/source/Saipan), and the [Philippines](/source/Philippines). After the war's end, she evacuated ex-prisoners of war from [Nagasaki](/source/Nagasaki%2C_Nagasaki) after that port had been razed by the second [atomic bomb](/source/atomic_bomb) dropped on Japan, and moored at Okinawa 24 September. ===Fate=== ''Greene''{{'}}s long career came to an end during [Typhoon Louise](/source/1945_Pacific_typhoon_season) on 9 October 1945 at Okinawa. Winds in excess of 100 knots drove her aground on the northwest coast of [Kudaka](/source/Okinawa_Islands), damaging her beyond economic repair. All useful material from the ship was salvaged. She decommissioned 23 November 1945. ''Greene'' was struck from the Navy List 5 December 1945. Her wreck was destroyed with explosives on 11 February 1946. ==Awards== ''Greene'' received three [battle star](/source/battle_star)s and the Presidential Unit Citation for World War II service. ==References== * {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/greene.html}} ==External links== {{Commons category|USS Greene (DD-266)}} * https://www.navsource.net/archives/05/266.htm {{Clemson class destroyer}} {{Flush-decker high speed transport}} {{October 1945 shipwrecks}} {{1946 shipwrecks}} {{coord missing|Pacific Ocean}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene (Dd-266)}} Category:Clemson-class destroyers Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Category:Seaplane tenders of the United States Navy Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Category:Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts Category:1918 ships Category:Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean Category:Shipwrecks of Japan Category:Maritime incidents in October 1945 Category:Maritime incidents in 1946 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [USS Greene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Greene) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Greene?action=history)). 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