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| | USS Gilmer (APD-11 ex DD-233), converted Clemson-class flush-deck destroyer |
 | | The first Gilmer, Clemson-class Destroyer No. 233, was launched 24 May 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. |
 | | Thomas Walker Gilmer, born 6 April 1802 in Albemarle County, Va., served for many years in the Virginia House of Delegates, became Governor of Virginia in 1840, and was elected to Congress in 1841. |
 | | This varied duty was highlighted by a cruise to Nicaragua in 1926 to protect American lives and property during a civil war, an escort voyage to Havana guarding President Coolidge in battleship Texas (BB-35)in 1928, and disaster relief work in the Caribbean during the same year. |
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