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DE 587 USS THOMAS F. NICKEL

CLASS - Rudderow
Displacement 1,450 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 40mm AA, 10 x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 Dc Racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; GE turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA. on December 15 1943.
Launched January 22 1944.
Commissioned June 9 1944.
Decommissioned May 31 1946.
Recommissioned September 22 1950.
Decommissioned February 22 1958.
Stricken December 1 1972.
Fate Sold September 6 1973 and broken up for scrap.

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Thomas F. Nickel 23k USS THOMAS F NICKEL (DE-587), taken while she was at anchor at Hollandia, New Guinea, in 1945. My father, then LCDR Claude S. Farmer, USNR, was her commissioning CO and was in command when she destroyed two Japanese midget submarine in about Aug 45. Claude S. Farmer, Jr.
CDR, USN retired

USS THOMAS F. NICKEL DE- 587 History
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