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USS Hartley (DE-1029)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - P - F - Z
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Turner Town"


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal


Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York SB&DD Co., Camden NJ 31 October 1955
Launched 24 November 1956, Commissioned 26 June 1957
Decommissioned 8 July 1972, Stricken 8 July 1972

Fate: To Colombia 8 July 1972, Renamed ARC Boyaca (DE-16)
Stricken in 1994 and preserved as a museum ship at Guatape, Colombia

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Hartley 143k Henry Hartley (8 May 1884 - 6 March 1953) was born in Bladensburg, Md. and enlisted in the Navy 1 February 1901. He came up through the ranks and was commissioned lieutenant 3 August 1920. A specialist in salvage work, Hartley was instrumental in salvaging the sunken submarines 8-51 and 8-4, for which he received the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal. After establishing the Deep Sea Diving School at Washington, D.C., in 1928 and serving as its commander, Hartley continued his pioneer research in techniques of salvage work. As technical aid to Rear Admiral Cyrus Cole, he helped supervise the dramatic rescue and salvage work on the sunken submarine Squalus in 1939. During World War II, Hartley served first in the Mediterranean, where his transport Susan B. Anthony participated in the invasion of Sicily, and then shifted to the Pacific. As commander of Chester, flagship of Service Squadron 10, Hartley participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a major turning point of the war, and then engaged in bombardment and salvage work at Wake Island, Marcus Island, Iwo Jima, Haha Jima, and Okinawa. After commanding ServRon 10 for a year with the rank of Commodore, Hartley returned to Washington in March 1946 for special duty. After 46 years of service to his country, he retired with the rank of Rear Admiral 1 May 1947. Admiral Hartley died at Bethesda, Md., 6 March 1953.

USS Hartley (DE-1029) was the first ship named in his honor.

(Gen. Pershing & Capt. H. Hartley, Photo Digital ID: ggbain 37119 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Bill Gonyo
Hartley 43k 1961: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Picture was taken by the late Tommy J. Whipple, GM3, from on board USS Corry (DDR-817). David Whipple
Hartley 77k September 1963: Boston Harbor (Photo © Richard Leonhardt) Richard Leonhardt
Hartley 122k date / location unknown (from The Hartley Family web site) Bill Gonyo
Hartley 104k as ARC Boyaca (D-16), Colombian Navy Luis B. Castro
LT(r), Colombian Navy
Hartley 192k Spring 1976: Boyaca (ex-USS Hartley DE-1029) and ARC Santander DD-03 (ex-USS Waldron DD-699) and DD-02 ARC Caldas along side a US Navy tender with some patrol boats from the Colombian Customs Patrol.
hartley 82k 1 June 1979: A port beam view of the Colombian frigate Boyaca (DE-16) (ex-USS Hartley DE 1029), during exercise Unitas XX. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-82-09595 by Lcdr. A. Lopez from the Defense Visual Information Center) Orlando Gallardo, Jr.

View the USS Hartley (DE-1029), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

2008 Reunion for all Newport Based Dealeys
25 - 28 September 2008 at Nashville TN

Chairman: Marc Arsenault
Address: 98 Oxbow Road / Charlton MA 01507
Phone: (508) 248-5072
E-mail: marc-a@charter.net
or
contact through Newport Dealey link below

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