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USS HAMBLETON (DD-455 / DMS-20)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NIXZ

CLASS - GLEAVES As Built.
Displacement 2395 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 348' 4"(oa) x 36' 1" x 13' 2" (Max)
Armament 4 x 5"/38AA, 6 x 0.5" MG, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 50,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 208.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding,Kearny NJ. December 16 1940.
Launched September 26 1941 and commissioned December 22 1941.
Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-20 November 15 1944.
Reclassified Destroyer, DD-455 January 16 1955.
Decommissioned January 15 1955.
Stricken June 1 1971.
Fate Sold November 22 1972 and broken up for scrap.

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Hambleton 82kArtist's conception of the Hambleton as she appeared in World War II by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Hambleton 66kUndated, location unknown. National Archives photo BS 54741.Joe Radigan
Hambleton 119kUndated but probably a view of the U-boat torpedo damage sustained on November 11 1942 while in French Morocco.-
Hambleton 119kGeorge Clymer (APA-27) moored pierside at Casablanca inboard of Hambleton (DD-455). The destroyer had been torpedoed amidships off Fedala, Morocco, 11 November 1942. Other ships present are Henry T. Allen (AP-30), at left, and the French merchant ship De La Salle, at right. US National Archives photo # 80-G-21886, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.Gary Priolo

USS HAMBLETON DD-455 / DMS-20 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: John Romolo
Address: 2814 Ridge Drive, Grand Junction, CO 81506
Phone: 970-254-0701
Fax: 970-254-0702
E-mail: docromolo@aol.com


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.


Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Minesweeper Pages, USS Hambleton (DMS-20)
Benson-Livermore Class Destroyers Website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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