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USS HERBERT J. THOMAS (DD-833 / DDR-833)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NBBC

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - NEWS HAWK

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 Bath Iron Works, Bath ME October 30 1944.
Launched March 25 1945 and commissioned May 29 1945.
Reclassified DDR-833 March 18 1949, reverted to DD-833 April 1 1964.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken February 1 1974.
To Taiwan May 6 1974, renamed Han Yang.
Fate Decommissioned by Taiwan August 16 1999, to be sunk as artificial reef.
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Thomas 50kHerbert J. Thomas was born 8 February 1918 in Columbus, Ohio. From July to October 1941, he had enlisted service with the Army Air Corps. Sergeant Thomas enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 3 March 1942 at Charleston, W. Va., and after basic training was assigned to the 2d Marine Brigade. He was killed while serving with the 3d Marine Division during the battle at the Koromokina River, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 7 November 1943. Discovering a gun emplacement difficult to approach, he carefully placed his men around him in strategic positions from which they were to charge after he had thrown a grenade into the emplacement. When the grenade struck vines and fell back into the midst of his group, Sergeant Thomas deliberately flung himself upon it to smother the explosion, valiantly sacrificing his life for his comrades. For his heroic conduct he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Photo from the USMC History Division.Bill Gonyo
Thomas 109kNavy Photo 19841-1-54, forward plan view of USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD 833) at Mare Island on 13 January 1954. She was in overhaul at the yard from 14 September 1953 to 3 March 1954.Darryl Baker
Thomas 111kSan Francisco June 13 1957.Robert M. Cieri
Thomas 52k1965 off Point Loma, San Diego, CA. Official USN photo.Butch Hinton
Thomas USS Herbert J, Thomas (DD-833), USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649) and USS Henry A Wiley (DM-29) moored together at the San Diego inactive ship maintenance facility in 1971. The Thomas was sold to Taiwan three years after this photograph was taken and renamed Han Yang. The others were broken up the following year (Courtesy L.Cote).Robert Hurst
Thomas 68kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
USS HERBERT J. THOMAS DD-833 / DDR-833 History
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