Books:
Destroyer Seaplane
Tenders
World War II
American Destroyer Seaplane Tenders
Clemson hull conversions
AVD-1 through AVD-14
a study in Blueprints
by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-028 $60.00 (Foreign
$90.00)(11"x17" soft cover soft cover book of
engineering drawings, 72 pages)
Ships of class: USS Childs (AVD-1)(DD-241)(AVP-14), USS Williamson
(AVD-2)(DD-244)(AVP-15), USS George E. Badger (AVD-3)(DD-196)(CG-16)(AVP-16)(APD-33),
USS Clemson (AVD-4)(DD-186)(AVP-17)(APD-31), USS Goldsborough
(AVD-5)(DD-188)(AVP-18)(APD-32), USS Hulbert (AVD-6)(DD-342)(AVP-19),
USS William B. Preston (AVD-7)(DD-344)(AVP-20), USS Belknap
(AVD-8)(DD-251)(APD-34), USS Osmond Ingram (AVD-9)(DD-255)(APD-35),
USS Ballard (AVD-10)(DD-267), USS Thornton (AVD-11)(DD-270),
USS Gillis (AVD-12)(DD-260), USS Greene (AVD-13)(DD-266)(APD-36),
and USS McFarland (AVD-14)(DD-237).