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USS Hayter (DE-212 / APD-80)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - U - A - G

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

Class: Buckley      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston NSY on 11 August 1943
Launched 11 November 1943, Commissioned 16 March 1944
Reclassified APD-80, 1 June 1945, converted by the Philadelphia NSY
Decommissioned 19 March 1946, Stricken 1 December 1966

Fate: To South Korea 23 July 1967, renamed ROKS Chun Nam (PG-86)
stricken and scrapped in 1986.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	67k	Commissioning, 16 March 1944		-
	46k	undated wartime image		Joe Bergen

View the USS Hayter (DE-212 / APD-80), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

USS Hayter Annual Reunion
13 - 16 July 2007 at the Holiday Inn
4701 Stelton Road - Piscataway NJ

Contact Name: Joe Bergen (Reunion Organizer)
Address: 34 Kate Terrace / Piscataway NJ 08854
Phone: (732) 985-1496
E-mail: DE212APD80WW2@verizon.net

Note About Contacts

Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has been
made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists or rosters available. Please see the Frequently Asked
Questions section on Navsource's Main Page for that information.

Additional Resources

Joe Bergen's USS Hayter Website
Navsource APD Pages, Hayter
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