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USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE-416)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - V - Z
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/4 stars - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Class: John C. Butler      Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons    Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 DP, 4 (2x2) 40mm AA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots    Range: 6000 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 14 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 3 January 1944
Launched 7 February 1944, Commissioned 16 May 1944
Decommissioned 24 April 1946, Recommissioned 28 March 1951
Assigned to NRT, 1st Naval District at Providence RI, June 1958
Decommissioned 30 August 1960, Stricken 1 July 1972
Fate: sold for scrapping 3 October 1973
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M.R. Nawman 75kb undated wartime image Dave Caputo
M.R. Nawman 45kb undated wartime image Dave Caputo
M.R. Nawman 39kb undated wartime image Dave Caputo
Raymond 214k Summer 1953: Bergen, Norway - Four destroyer escorts make a Scandinavian port visit during a North Atlantic Midshipman Cruise. From left to right: USS Raymond (DE-341), USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE-416), and USS Chester T. O'Brien (DE-421), with a fourth unidentified DE aft. This photo is part of the CT-DESA exhibit which is displayed at our CT-DESA chapter events. (Photo from the Nick Palermo Collection) John N. Adriani
M.R. Nawman 99kb August 1960: Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne NJ (Photo © Richard Leonhardt) Richard Leonhardt
View the USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE-416), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
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