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DE-1015 USS HAMMERBERG

CLASS - DEALEY As Built
Displacement, 1314 Tons Standard, 1877 Tons Full Load, Dimensions, 315' x 36' 8" x 11' 10"
Armament, 4 x 3"/50 (twin) Mk 33, 1 Mk 108 ASW Rocket Launcher
6-324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 De Laval geared turbine; 20,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27 Knots, Range, 6,000 NM @12kts., Crew 173 (12 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME on 12 November 1953, Launched 20 August 1954
Commissioned 2 March 1955, Decommissioned (unknown)
Stricken 14 December 1973
Fate Sold for scrapping 14 June 1974

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Hammerberg 27k 1955 Post commissioning. Roger W. Kapes
Hammerberg 17k Cover from the original commissioning program brochure. Roger W. Kapes
Hammerberg 22k January 1971 entering Malta Harbor. Roger W. Kapes
Hammerberg 35k January 1971 about to drop anchor Malta Harbor.
Notice the trailers on the flight deck and fan tail! ITASS in its early trail stages.
Roger W. Kapes
Hammerberg 58k Ship's Patch Mike Smolinski

USS HAMMERBERG DE-1015 History
Not available at this time
DANFS History Archive
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

2003 Reunion for all Newport Based Dealeys
2 - 5 October 2003 at the Holiday Inn, 521 Greenfield Road, Lancaster PA
Chairman is Bob Kitchen (USS Lester 1957-59)
Co-Chairman is Charlie Holzachuh (USS Hartley 1961-63)
E-mail: contact through Newport Dealey link below


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
USS Hammerberg DE-1015 Alumni Association
Home of the Newport Dealeys

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