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DE-212 / APD-80 Hayter


USS Hayter also served as the South Korean Navy ship Jon Nam (PG-86)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 11 August 1943, as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston S.C.
  • Launched, 11 November 1943
  • Commissioned USS Hayter (DE-212), 16 March 1944
  • Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia PA, redesignated (APD-80), 1 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 19 March 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1966
  • Transferred to South Korea, 23 July 1967 and renamed Jon Nam (PG-86) in 1972 redesignated Escort Transport (APD-86)
  • Purchased outright by South Korea, 15 November 1974
  • Redesignated (APD-827) in 1980 and finally redesignated (DE-827) in 1982
  • Final Disposition, struck from the South Korean Navy 1986 and broken up for scrap
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t
    Length 306' (oa)
    Beam 36' 10"
    Draft 13' 6" (max)
    Speed 24 kts.
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement 186
    Troop Accommodations 162
    Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    three twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers 2 shafts, 12,000 shaft horsepower
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    Hayter 103k Hayter (APD-80) underway off Newport R.I., circa 1945 Joe Bergen
    USS Hayter web site
    Hayter 102k Hayter (APD-80) moored with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs FL. circa 1946 Joe Bergen
    USS Hayter web site
    View the Hayter (APD-80)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    2007 Reunion Information
    Place: Holiday Inn, 4701 Stelton Road., Piscataway, N.J.
    Date: 13 to 16 July 2007
    Contact: Joe Bergen
    E-mail: Hayter 2007 Reunion
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Hayter DE212/APD80 web site
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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    Last Updated 13 April 2007