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60k | Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg was born on 31 May 1920 in Daggett, Michigan. After enlisting in the Navy in July 1941 and receiving recruit training at Great Lakes, Illinois, he served on board USS Idaho (BB 42) and USS Advent (AM 83). Promoted to Coxswain in May 1943 and to Boatswain's Mate, Second Class, in October 1943, Hammerberg attended the Deep Sea Diving School at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., in 1944. He was then assigned to the Pacific Fleet Salvage Force. On 17 February 1945, during salvage operations in Pearl Harbor, he lost his life while heroically working to rescue two fellow divers. Boatswain's Mate Hammerberg was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at that time. USS Hammerberg (DE 1015) (1955-1973) was the first ship named in his honor. (U.S. Navy photo #NH101647 from the Naval History and Heritage Command) |
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46k | 1955, post commissioning | Roger W. Kapes | |
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84k | circa 1957 (Official U.S. Navy Photo; From "Jane's Fighting Ships, 1958 - 59") | Robert Hurst | |
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214k | 20 September 1962: New York, N.Y. - The trim lines of three destroyer escorts form a striking image along Pier 84. These ships (left to right) USS Van Voorhis (DE 1028), USS Hammerberg (DE 1015) and USS Joseph K. Taussig (DE 1030), are part of a six-ship group visiting the city before going back to sea. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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253k | March 1964: St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands (Photo by Ed Zajkowski) | Ed Zajkowski | |
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98k | August / September 1970: eastbound in the Atlantic - Hammerberg shown making her approach, and then breaking away from Seattle (AOE 3) after refuelling. Seattle pulled into Lisbon, Portugal before we entered the Med and these photos were on the roll just before my photos of Lisbon. | Chris Jensen RD3, USS Seattle (AOE 3) 1969 - 1971 |
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33k | January 1971, entering Malta Harbor | Roger W. Kapes | |
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52k | January 1971: Valleta, Malta - about to drop anchor Malta Harbor. Notice the trailers on the flight deck and fantail, ITASS in its early trial stage. | ||
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79k | 18 June 1974: the Dep't of Defense Bid List for the scrapping of ex-DE's 162, 180, 181, 1015, 1021, and 1022 (Levy, Trumpeter, Straub, Hammerberg, Courtney, and Lester). | Ed Zajkowski and Tim Rizzuto |
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176k | 1974: Two photos of Hammerberg in 1974 after she was sold, and ready for scrapping at the Kearny Scrap Yard in South Amboy, N.J. | Marc Arsenault | |
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| Hammerberg Memorabilia |
| Cover from the original commissioning program  Courtesy of Roger W. Kapes |
| Hammerberg's Commanding Officers Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves |
| Dates of Command | Commanding Officers |
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| 1.) 02 Mar 1955 - 1956 | Lcdr. Murray Edmond Draper |
| 2.) 1956 - 1958 | Lcdr. Michael J. Doyle |
| 3.) 1958 - 1959 | Lcdr. Avery Lee Willis |
| 4.) 1959 - 1960 | Lcdr. Danis-James J. Downey (ret. as Vadm) |
| 5.) 1960 - 1961 | Lcdr. Paul Clinton Boyd (ret. as Radm) |
| 6.) 1961 - 1963 | Lcdr. Robert Francis Schniedwind |
| 7.) 1963 -Jul 1964 | Lcdr. Lucien Capone Jr. (ret. as Radm) |
| 8.) Jul 1964 - Jul 1966 | Lcdr. Thomas Edward Lukas |
| 9.) Jul 1966 - 1967 | Lcdr. Siras D. Browning |
| 10.) 1967 - 1969 | Lcdr. James Eugene Tedder |
| 11.) 1969 - 1970 | Lcdr. Robert Heber Ailes (ret. as Radm.) |
| 12.) 1970 - Nov 1971 | Lcdr. Lawrence G. Anderson |
| 13.) Nov 1971- 14 Dec 1973 | Lcdr. William Earl Held, Jr. |
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