USS Gregory (i) (APD 3)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	APD 3
Mod	High speed transport
Built by	Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	25 Aug 1917
Launched	27 Jan 1918
Commissioned	1 Jun 1918
Lost	5 Sep 1942
Loss position	9° 20'S, 160° 01'E

History	Decommissioned at Philadelphia on 7 July 1922 Converted into a high speed transport in 1939 Gregory was reclassified APD-3 on 2 August 1940 Recommissioned on November 4 1940 USS Gregrory (Lt Cmdr Harry Frederick Bauer) was sunk by Japanese destroyers off Guadalcanal in position 09º20'S, 160º01'E; 22 of the crew were killed and 43 wounded amongst those killed was the Commanding officer. The survivors were rescued by the USS Manley.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Arthur Philip Fairfield, USN	1 Jun 1918	??? (1)

2	Lt.Cdr. William Drane Brown, USN	4 Nov 1940	13 Dec 1941 (1)
3	Lt.Cdr. Harry Frederick Bauer, USN	13 Dec 1941	5 Sep 1942 (+) (1)

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