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DE- 449 USS HANNA

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 23 March 1944
Launched 4 July 1944, Commissioned 27 January 1945
Decommissioned 31 May 1946, Recommissioned 27 December 1950
Assigned to NRT, 11th Naval District at Long Beach CA, 26 November 1957
Decommissioned 11 December 1959, Stricken 1 December 1972

Fate: sold for scrapping 3 December 1973

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Hanna 59kb undated wartime image David Vanaman,
son of Ens. Clyde Vanaman
USS Hanna, WWII
Hanna 99kb undated wartime image David Vanaman,
son of Ens. Clyde Vanaman
USS Hanna, WWII
Hanna 64kb undated USN
Hanna 118kb underway off the Korean coast, 11 September 1951 National Archives
80-G-436788

USS HANNA DE- 449 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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


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