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DE- 212 / APD -80 USS HAYTER

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 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: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston NSY on 11 August 1943
Launched 11 November 1943, Commissioned 16 March 1944
Reclassified APD-80, 1 June 1945, converted by the Philadelphia NSY
Decommissioned 19 March 1946, Stricken 1 December 1966

Fate: to South Korea 23 July 1967, renamed Chun Nam (PG-86)
stricken and scrapped in 1986.

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Hayter 67k Commissioning, 16 March 1944 unknown
Hayter 46k undated wartime image Joe Bergen

USS HAYTER DE- 212 / APD -80 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

August 6 - 9, 2004
Comfort Inn
6639 Forest Hill Ave.
Gloucester VA 23061

Contact Name: Joe Bergen (Reunion Organizer)
Address: 34 Kate Terr. / Piscataway NJ 08854
Phone: (732) 985-1496
E-mail: DE212APD80WW2@aol.com

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
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, HAYTER
Joe Bergen's Web Site HAYTER

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