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DE- 746 USS HEMMINGER

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (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 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Western Pipe, San Pedro CA on 8 May 1943, Launched 12 September 1943
Commissioned 30 May 1944, Decommissioned 17 June 1946
Recommissioned 1 December 1950, Decommissioned 21 February 1958
Stricken 3 September 1974

Fate: To Thailand 22 July 1959, Renamed Pinklao
Still in service as of 1999

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Hemminger 111kb undated wartime image USN / Bud Taylor
Hemminger 98kb WWII photo, looking down on bow Robert Taylor
Hemminger 66kb WWII photo, looking aft toward bridge Robert Taylor
Hemminger 98kb WWII photo, looking aft from bridge Robert Taylor
Hemminger 51kb Hemminger and Tills (DE-748) in drydock, undated Robert Taylor
Hemminger 68kb USS Hemminger shortly after she was turned over to the Royal Thai Navy in 1959. Robert Taylor
Hemminger 39k 1998, Serving with the Royal Thai Navy under the name of Pinklao (413). She is serving as a training ship. Bud Taylor

USS HEMMINGER DE- 746 History
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: none
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: none


Note About Contacts.

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