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DE- 400 USS HISSEM

CLASS: Edsall TYPE: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 6 October 1943, Launched 26 November 1943
Commissioned 13 January 1944, Decommissioned 15 June 1946
Reclassified and converted DER-400, 21 October 1955
Recommissioned 31 August 1956, Decommissioned 15 May 1970
Stricken 1 June 1975

Fate: sunk as target off California, 24 February 1982

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Hissem 77k 17 Jan 1957 US Navy photo
Hissem 67k undated wartime image US Navy photo /
DESA Archives
Hissem 77k Pearl Harbor 1967 Ramon Jackson

USS HISSEM DE- 400 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
USS Hissem Does Hold Reunions, Please Check Ship's Website
Hissem Reunion Website

Contact Name: Chuck Walsh
Address: 777 E Rialto Ave. / San Bernardino Ca 92415-0740
Phone: (760) 256-8060
E-mail: reunion@usshissem


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
USS Hissem Website

DER Group on MSN

Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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