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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
Specifications:
Class: John C. Butler
Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1350 tons (light), 1745 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 cal. DP guns (2x1), 4 - 40mm AA (2x2), 10 - 20mm AA, 3 - 21" TT, 1 Mk10 Hedgehog, 8 Mk6 Depth Charge Projectors, 2 Mk9 Depth Charge Stern Racks
Complement: 14 / 201
Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416) Building and Operational Data:
  • 3 January 1944: Keel laid at the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
  • 16 February 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. R. B. Nawman mother of the late 2d Lt. Melvin R. Nawman
  • 16 May 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr F. W. Kinsley in command
  • 24 April 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal.
  • 28 March 1951: Recommissioned at San Diego, Lcdr P. H. Teeter in command, assigned to Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, at Melville, R.I.
  • June 1958: Assigned to NRT, 1st Naval District at Davisville, R.I., soon moving to Providence, R.I.
  • 30 August 1960: Decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 1 July 1972: Stricken from the NVR
  • 3 October 1973: Sold for scrapping
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    M.R. Nawman 60kb 16 February 1944: Houston, Tex. - Melvin R. Nawman is launched. Nick Tiberio
    M.R. Nawman 75kb undated wartime image Dave Caputo
    M.R. Nawman 45kb undated wartime image
    M.R. Nawman 39kb undated wartime image
    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, N.J. (Photo © Richard Leonhardt) Richard Leonhardt
    ***Coffman / M.R. Nawman*** 269k Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - A view of the Inactive Ship Basin at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Looking south from the Langley Ave. side, we see Whitehall (PC-856) and another unidentified PC alongside the the Intrepid Ave. quay. Further to the right, at the Constitution Ave. quay we see Oswald (DE 767), Melvin R. Nawman, Tabberer (DE 418), Coffman (DE 191), Rizzi (DE 537), and Edward H. Allen (DE 531). Jim Cunliffe
    ***Coffman / M.R. Nawman*** 287k Winter 1972 - Spring 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - A closer view from the corner of Intrepid Ave. and S. 16th St. Again we see Oswald (DE 767), Melvin R. Nawman, Tabberer (DE 418), and Coffman (DE 191). In this view we also see an unidentified decommissioned AGSS and Raymond (DE 341).
    View the USS Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
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