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USS HATFIELD (DD-231 / AG-84)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NEZV

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 5"/51, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding on June 10 1918.
Launched March 17 1919 and commissioned April 16 1920.
Decommissioned January 13 1931, recommissioned April 1 1932.
Decommissioned April 28 1938, Recommissioned September 25 1939.
Reclassified Auxiliary AG-84 October 1 1944.
Decommissioned December 13 1946.
Stricken January 28 1947.
Fate Sold May 9 1947 to National Metal & Steel, Terminal Island, CA and broken up for scrap.
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Available		-John Hatfield was appointed Midshipman 18 June 1812 upon the outbreak of war. He volunteered for duty under Commodore Isaac Chauncey on Lake Ontario where he served in Lady of the Lake. Midshipman Hatfield was killed during the attack on York, Canada, 27 April 1813.Robert M. Cieri
Hatfield 124kUndated, location unknown.-
Hatfield 98kUndated, New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ. Closest ship is USS Dickerson (DD 157). Next is USS Leary (DD 158), USS Schenck (DD 159), USS Herbert (DD 160), USS Brooks (DD 232), and USS Hatfield (DD 231). The last ship is USS DeLong (DD 129).Joe Radigan
Hatfield 100kUndated, USS Satterlee (DD-190), USS Hatfield (DD-231) and USS Breckinridge (DD-148) in Balboa, The Canal Zone.Paul Rebold
Hatfield 67kUndated, location unknown.Paul Rebold
Hatfield 154kU.S. destroyers moored side-by-side after a day's manoeuvers in Haitian Waters, circa the late 1920s or the 1930s. These ships are (from front to rear): USS Kane (DD-235); USS Hatfield (DD-231); USS Brooks (DD-232) and USS Lawrence (DD-250). The first three destroyers carry 5"/51 guns mounted on their sterns, while Lawrence has the normal 4"/50 gun mounted atop her after deckhouse, with a 3"/23 anti-aircraft gun on her stern. Note bedding airing on the ships' lifelines. U.S. Naval Historical Centre photo # NH 52227.Robert Hurst
Hatfield 198kCirca 1930 in San Francisco. Photo from the collection of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.Darryl Baker
Hatfield 85kCirca 1936.-
Hatfield 75kProbably May 1942.-
As AG-84
Hatfield 136kUndated, location unknown.Paul Rebold
Hatfield 78kAs AG-84 Seattle, WA October 1944.Marc Piché
USS HATFIELD DD-231 / AG-84 History
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Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

LT Nicholas Vytlacil    Apr 16 1920 - ?
LCDR Robert King Awtrey    ? 1923 - ?
CDR Robert Walton Fleming    ? 1939 - ?
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Norman Hildebrand
Address:
Phone: (850)244-0816
E-mail: metaborn@earthlink.net

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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Destroyer History Foundation
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Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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