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DE 587 USS THOMAS F. NICKEL

CLASS: Rudderow TYPE: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 192

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA on 15 December 1943
Launched 22 January 1944, Commissioned 9 June 1944
Decommissioned 31 May 1946, Recommissioned 22 September 1950
Decommissioned 22 February 1958, Stricken 1 December 1972
Fate: Sold for scrapping 6 September 1973

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Thomas F. Nickel 23k Thomas F Nickel (DE-587), taken while she was at anchor at Hollandia, New Guinea, in 1945. My father, then LCDR Claude S. Farmer, USNR, was her commissioning CO and was in command when she destroyed two Japanese midget submarine in about Aug 45. Claude S. Farmer, Jr.
CDR, USN retired

USS THOMAS F. NICKEL DE- 587 History
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E-mail: None


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