USS Hamner
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USS Hamner (DD-718) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She was named for Henry R. Hamner.
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USS Hamner off North Island in the 1950s | |
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United States | |
Name | Hamner |
Namesake | Henry Rawlings Hamner |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 25 April 1945 |
Launched | 24 November 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Henry Rawlings Hamner |
Commissioned | 12 July 1946 |
Stricken | 1 October 1979 |
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Motto | On The Way |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Sold to Taiwan, 17 December 1980 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Yun Yang |
Acquired | 17 December 1980 |
Commissioned | 15 May 1981 |
Reclassified | DDG-927 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-927 |
Decommissioned | 16 December 2003 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 6 September 2005 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.0 m) (overall) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 officers and enlisted |
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