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USS Haas (DE 424)


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


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon
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
Haas (DE 424) Building and Operational Data:
  • 23 February 1944: Keel laid by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
  • 20 March 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Gladys Winifred Haas, widow of the late Chief Machinist Haas
  • 02 August 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr. A. M. White, USNR, in command
  • 31 May 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 1 year and 10 months of service having steamed 69,737 miles
  • 18 November 1946: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • 19 May 1951: Recommissioned at San Diego, Cal.
  • .. May 1951: Assigned to NRT, 8th Naval District at New Orleans, La.
  • 24 January 1958: Decommissioned at Charleston, S.C. after 6 years and 8 months of service
  • 01 July 1966: Struck from the NVR with a total of 8 years and 6 months of service
  • 06 September 1967: Sold for scrapping
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    0642401    		 244k John William Haas was born 14 June 1907 in Sioux City, Iowa. A member of the famed Torpedo Squadron 3, the chief machinist and pilot was lost in action 04 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway. In the face of tremendous anticraft fire and Japanese fighter opposition, Chief Haas joined his squadron in pressing home the attack on enemy forces until it became relatively certain that in order to accomplish his mission he would sacrifice his life. Undeterred by the grave possibilities of such a hazardous offensive, he carried on with extreme disregard for his personal safety until the gallant planes of Torpedo Squadron 3 had diverted Japanese planes and contributed importantly to the victory. For his self-sacrifice and valiant fighting effort, Chief Machinist Haas was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

    USS Haas (DE 424) (1944-1958) was the first ship to be named in his honor.

    (U.S. Navy photo #NH 95554 from the US Naval Historical Center)

    		Bill Gonyo
    Downey, Cal.

    Assoc. Researcher
    Navsource
    Haas
    0642402    		 45k undated George L. Whitehill Jr.(RM2/c)
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    0642403    		 278k 25 March 1944: Haas underway off the Boston Navy Yard.

    (All three photos courtesy of  Chris Wright)    		 Ed Zajkowski
    Narvon, Pa.
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    0642405    		 181k 07 August 1944: Houston, Tex.
    Haas
    0642406    		 436k 05 October 1944: Port bow view of the destroyer escort USS Haas (DE 424).

    (U.S. Navy photo #L45-115.01.01 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Haas History
    View the USS Haas (DE 424) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    View the official War History of USS Haas as submitted by the ship at war's end.
    Haas's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.) 02 Aug. 1944 - 26 Sep. 1944Lcdr. A. M. White, USNR (Comm. CO)
    2.) 26 Sep. 1944 - 08 Dec. 1945Lcdr. James A. Rector, USNR
    3.) 08 Dec. 1945 - .. .... 1946Lcdr. Richard Berrian Hadaway, USNR (Manchester, N.H.)
    4.) .. .... 1946 - 31 May 1946Lt.(jg) Laurie Walter Larson, USNR (Decomm. CO) (Rockford, Ill.)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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