&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Gilmer_(DD-233)_underway_in_Hampton_Roads,_Virginia_(USA),_in_October_1922_(NH_53732).jpg) USS Gilmer in 1922
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Thomas Walker Gilmer |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 25 June 1918 |
| Launched | 24 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 31 August 1938 |
| Recommissioned | 25 September 1939 |
| Reclassified | High-speed transport, APD-11, 22 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 5 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 25 February 1946 |
| Honors and awards | Seven battle stars for World War II |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 3 December 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Variant of 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 (3.00 m) |
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| Speed | 33.2 knots (61 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 130 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 x 5 in (130 mm), 1 x 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Gilmer (DD-233/APD-11) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer.