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Ship's Patch Courtesy of Charlie Fullam, RM3 (9/59-11/61)
Tab Courtesy of Harold Newbill

USS Haverfield (DE-393)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - K - K - B
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Cannon Lake"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Presidential Unit Citation - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row: Vietnam Service Medal w/ 5 stars - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross (palm) Unit Citation w/ 2 stars - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Class: Edsall      Type: FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse gear drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,200 tons (std) 1,590 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 12' 3" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 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: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots   Range: 9,100 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 8 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 1 July 1943, Launched 30 August 1943
Commissioned 29 November 1943, Decommissioned 30 June 1947
Reclassified and converted DER-393, 2 September 1954
Recommissioned 4 January 1955, Decommissioned 2 June 1969 at Pearl Harbor Naval Base.
Stricken 2 June 1969

Fate: Sold for scrapping 15 December 1971 to Chi Shun Hua Steel Co. Ltd.
of Kaoshiung, Taiwan for $35,000.00

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
48k	James Wallace Haverfield was born 11 April 1917 in Urichsville, Ohio. After receiving his B.A. from Ohio State University in 1939, Haverfield enlisted in the Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman 11 September 1940. He accepted an appointment as a midshipman 16 March 1941 and after completing his training at Northwestern University, was commissioned Ensign 12 June 1941. Ensign Haverfield reported to the battleship *Arizona* at Pearl Harbor 28 June, and remained there. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, Ensign James Haverfield was one of 46 officers and 1,057 men of *Arizona* lost when the valiant ship was sunk by the enemy. USS *Haverfield* (DE-393) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Photo from the Ohio State University Archives thanks to the assistance of the Ohio State University Alumni Association)	Bill Gonyo
26k	undated wartime image	Harold Newbill
83k	1 May 1944: location unknown	Robert Hurst
53k	1961: Guam, quarterdeck watch	Harold Newbill
44k	1961: Guam, Harold's step-dad, Gary B. Callahan, ET3
41k	1961: Guam
40k	1961: Guam
53k	1961: Guam
47k	1961: Guam
39k	1961: Guam
104k	1961: underway off Guam
98k	1961: underway off Guam
101k	1961: underway off Guam, ET3 Gary Callahan at the helm
108k	1962: underway in the Pacific
111k	1962: underway in the Pacific, rifle training on the fantail
158k	1962: tying up at Yokosuka, Japan
109k	12 February 1966: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Photo © Richard Leonhardt)	Richard Leonhardt

Haverfield Memorabilia
Ship's Lighter Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

View the USS Haverfield (DE-393), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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