| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | AVD 12 |
| Mod | Sea plane tender |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 17 Dec 1918 |
| Launched | 29 May 1919 |
| Commissioned | 3 Sep 1919 |
| End service | 15 Oct 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned on 26 May 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Gillis (AVD 12)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Postell Heath, USN | 28 Jun 1940 | 28 Mar 1942 (1) |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Norman Farquhar Garton, USN | 28 Mar 1942 | 21 Aug 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Herman Lamar Ray, USN | 21 Aug 1942 | 4 May 1943 |
| 4 | T/Cdr. William Wilson Fitts, USN | 4 May 1943 | 2 Jan 1944 |
| 5 | Reuben Jacobsen, USNR | 2 Jan 1944 | 10 Jan 1945 |
| 6 | James C. Sullivan, Jr., USNR | 10 Jan 1945 | 19 Sep 1945 |
| 7 | Lt. Carl S. Goodbody, USNR | 19 Sep 1945 | 15 Oct 1945 |
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