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DD-718 USS HAMNER


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NTXJ

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - GUY WIRE

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Newark NJ. April 25 1945.
Launched November 24 1945 and commissioned July 12 1946.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken October 1 1979.
To Taiwan December 17 1980, renamed ROCS Yun Yang.
Reclassified as Guided Missile Destroyer DDG-927
Decommissioned December 16 2003.
Fate Sunk by Hai Hu (SS-794) as a target off Ping Tung 0900 September 6 2005.
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Hamner 33kUndated, location unknown.Walter Ayers
Hamner 28kUndated, location unknown.Walter Ayers
Hamner 68kUndated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Mike Smolinski
Hamner 387kOff Point Loma, San Diego, CA on the Hamner's 10th anniversary July 12, 1956.Del Mancuso
Hamner 205kThis photo was originally published in the November 1960 issue of CruDesPac News. The four ships were manning the rail to salute President Eisenhower as he passed by in his barge. The President is standing topside in the barge, midships. The other ships in the picture are USS Wiltsie (DD 716), USS Morton (DD948), and USS De Haven (DD727). We were moored in San Diego Bay.Al Creasy, ENS USS Morton
Hamner 93kNaval Photographic Center photo UNU - Number KN - 21685, Unit CVA-60-2505-6-72 dated July 1972 by PH1 Coan.Adam Hamner
Hamner 57kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
On Taiwanese Service
Hamner 80kUSS Hanson (DDG-921) and USS Hamner (DDG-927) in Kellung April 2003.Michael from Taiwan
Hamner 81kIn Keelung Harbor August 17 2003.Michael from Taiwan
Hamner 102kHollister (929) and Hamner (927) in Keelung Harbor August 17 2003.Michael from Taiwan
Hamner 11kTorpedo hit by the Hai Hu (SS-794) off Ping Tung 0900 September 6 2005 as Hamner is used as a target.Waldo
USS HAMNER DD-718 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Billy Odle
Address: 1211 Ravne Place, Chula Vista, CA 91911
Phone: (619)421-0624
E-mail: None

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
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
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Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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