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USS Hamlin (AV-15)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Xray - Papa
 NAXP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Kenneth Whiting Class Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, WA; Launched, 11 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Hamlin (AV-15), 26 June 1944, CAPT. G. A. McLean in command
  • Decommissioned, 18 January 1947 at San Diego, CA
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, CA.
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, September 1962 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Stuck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1963
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 March 1962, to National Minerals & Alloys Corp.
  • USS Hamlin received three battle stars for service in World War II
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,510 t.(lt) 12,610 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 5"
    Draft 22'
    Speed 18.7 kts.
    Complement 1,077
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    two dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine, two boilers, one shaft, 8,500hp.
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    Hamlin 48k USS Hamlin (AV-15) at anchor, date and location unknown. Hamlin is painted in Measure 32/8Ax camouflage scheme in this photo. Haze Gray & Underway
    USS Hamlin (AV-15)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Commandi
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 28 September 2007