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USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067)


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Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal
Third Row: National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 stars
Fourth Row: Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 2 stars - Humanitarian Service Ribbon - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Fifth Row: Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)


Class: Knox (As Built)      FY / SCB No.: 64/199C
Displacement: 3020 tons (std), 4065 tons (full)    Dimensions: 438'(oa), 415" (wl) x 46' 9" x 24' 9"
Armament: 1 x 5"/54 Mk 42, 1 ASROC Mk16 (16 missiles), 4-324mm Mk 32 (4x1 fixed) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 CE 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots    Range: 4,500 nm @ 20 knots    Crew: 13 / 211
Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air), AN/SPS-58 threat warning in some ships
Sonars: AN/SQS-26CX, AN/SQS-35 IVDS in FF-1052, 1056, 1063-1071, 1073-1076, 1078-1097

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Todd Shipbuilding, San Pedro CA on 15 July 1967
Launched 11 May 1968, Commissioned 25 July 1971
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1067) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 2 July 1992, Stricken 11 January 1995

Fate: Contract for $2 million awarded to International Shipbreaking Ltd,
Brownsville TX on 29 November 2001 for towing / scrapping

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Francis Hammond 6k Francis Colton Hammond was born 9 November 1931, in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Harry C. Hammond and Elvira Jenkins Hammond. He attended George Washington High School in Alexandria for grades nine and ten before moving to Washington D.C. to live with his father. He remained in Washington for only one year, attending St. Johns High School, a Catholic Military Academy. Francis returned to Alexandria to live with his mother and his aunt, attending George Washington High for his final year, graduating with the class of January 1951. While still in High School, Francis worked for a construction company, which was owned by his future father-in-law. He also played guitar in a band, which would play at local affairs and parties in the Alexandria area. After graduating he worked with his father at Timbermans Pharmacy in Alexandria, which was owned by his uncle. With the Korean War still raging, Francis knew that eventually he would be drafted. He wanted to be a pharmacist, but with the thought of the draft looming into view he knew it would be much longer before that could be possible. After discussing his future with his family, Francis decided to enlist. He joined the Navy on 20 March 1951, going through basic training at Great Lakes NTC, Illinois. From there he was assigned to Mare Island, working in the base hospital. Soon after, he was given orders to Camp Pendleton, California, to train as a Hospital Corpsman. Knowing that he was to be shipped out to Korea, Francis requested, and was granted, permission to marry his High School sweetheart, Phyllis Ann Jenkins. They married on 19 June 1952. Married for less than a year and with a child on the way, Francis received orders to Korea. He arrived in Korea on 1 February 1953 and was assigned to 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (C/1/5). He was killed during intense fighting at Outpost Reno by a mortar round at approximately 0300hrs after refusing to leave during the withdrawal of his unit and continued to treat wounded marines from the relieving force of F/2/5 on 26 March 1953. This was just two weeks before Francis was to be rotated out of the combat area, and just 4 months prior to the end of the Korean War, 27 July 1953. Hospital Corpsman Francis Colton Hammond was laid to rest with full military honors in Section 33 of Arlington National Cemetery. For his devotion to duty and courage under fire Hospitalman Francis Colton Hammond was awarded the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart.

USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) was the first ship to be named in his honor.

(Photo courtesy of the US Army)
Bill Gonyo
Francis Hammond 83k undated P. N. Leenhouts
Commander, USN
Francis Hammond 91k February 1977: alongside a Japanese frigate off southern Honshu, Japan Tom Halfpap QM2
Francis Hammond 173k February 1977: alongside a Japanese frigate off southern Honshu, Japan
Francis Hammond 100k February 1977: alongside a Japanese frigate off southern Honshu, Japan
Francis Hammond 176k February 1977: alongside a Japanese frigate off southern Honshu, Japan
**Kirk / Hammond** 129k 14 September 1981: NavSta Subic Bay, PI - An aerial view of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) approaching Naval Facility Subic. In the floating dry dock in the foreground is the Spruance class destroyer USS David R. Ray (DD-971). Moored side-by-side at the pier are the Knox class frigates Kirk and USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067). (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-84-00330 by PHCS Steven Harris from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Francis Hammond 222k 25 November 1981: At sea - A starboard bow view of Francis Hammond underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04021 from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 199k 25 November 1981: At sea - A port view of Francis Hammond underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04018 from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 193k 25 November 1981: At sea - A port bow view of Francis Hammond underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04015 from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 113k undated © H.King, EWC USN (ret.)
Francis Hammond 111k undated Tim Williams EM2 (1979-1980)
Francis Hammond 99k undated Wendell R. McLaughlin, Jr.
Francis Hammond 130k 12 March 1982: At sea - A silhouetted port bow view of Francis Hammond on patrol in the Northern Sea of Japan. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-85-00271 by PH1 David MacLean from the DVIC) Navsource
Francis Hammond 93k 1 February 1983: At sea - An air-to-air left side view of three F-15 Eagle aircraft flying over Francis Hammond during the exercise Cope Diamond / Coral Aces. (US Navy photo DVID #DF-ST-83-10335 by Ssgt Steve McGill from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 225k 26 February 1983: At sea - A port bow view of Francis Hammond underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04013 from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 191k 26 February 1983: At sea - A starboard bow view of Francis Hammond underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04012 from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 169k 15 April 1987: Pusan, Korea - M-113 armored personnel carriers fill the pierside staging area next to Francis Hammond. The M-113s are being loaded aboard the Ready Reserve Force ship SS Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) for shipment back to the United States at the conclusion of the joint U.S. / South Korean exercise Team Spirit '87. (US Navy photo DVID #DA-ST-87-13035 by Ssgt. Arnold Kalmanson from the DVIC)
**Knox / Hammond** 122k 1 October 1987: At sea - Five ships of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) battle group steam alongside one another. The ships are, from left to right: the frigates USS Kirk (FF-1087), USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067), USS Lockwood (FF-1064) and USS Knox (FF-1052), and the guided missile destroyer USS Towers (DDG-9). (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-92-04059 from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 154k 1 June 1991: NavSta Pearl Harbor HI - Crew members man the rails aboard Francis Hammond as the ship departs from the naval station after a visit. Francis Hammond is en route to its home port of Naval Station, San Diego, Calif., after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-02882 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 133k 1 June 1991: NavSta Pearl Harbor HI - A port beam view of Francis Hammond departing Pearl Harbor through the channel. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-03666 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC)
Francis Hammond 103k 17 July 1998: Bremerton WA - Francis Hammond, USS Knox (FF-1052), USS Hepburn (FF-1055), USS Roark (FF-1053), and USS New Jersey (BB-62) at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pugvet Sound Naval Shipyard. (from the authors collection, photo taken from Warship Boneyards by Kit and Carolyn Bonner) Robert Hurst

The USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site is not available.

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Additional Resources

Tim Williams' Francis Hammond Site
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
USS Francis Hammond Page on Destroyers Online
USS Francis Hammond Page on Military.Com
USS Francis Hammond Page on Navysite

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