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DE- 212 / APD -80 USS HAYTER

CLASS - Buckley
Displacement 1,400 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 37' x 13' 6" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 8 x 20 mmAA, 3 x 21"TT (1x3) 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston Navy Yard on August 11 1943.
Launched November 11 1943.
Commissioned March 16 1944.
Reclassified and converted to APD -80, June 1 1945.
Decommissioned 19 March 1946.
Stricken December 1 1966.
Fate To South Korea July 23 1967.
Renamed Jon Nam.
Stricken and scrapped in 1986.

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Hayter 67k Commissioning, March 6, 1944. unknown
Hayter 46k wartime image, undated Joe Bergen

USS HAYTER DE- 212 / APD -80 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Holiday Inn South Plainfield, N.J. 07080
July 18 - 21 2003

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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