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DD-455 / DMS-20 Hambleton


Gleaves Class Destroyer: Laid down, 16 December 1940 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny NJ; Launched, 26 September 1941; Commissioned USS Hambleton (DD-455), 22 December 1941; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper (DMS-20), 15 November 1944; Reclassified Destroyer (DD-455), and decommissioned, 15 January 1955 at Charleston SC; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange TX; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 347' 10"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 37 kts; Complement 272; Armament 4 single 5"/38 gun mounts, four 40mm, five 20mm, six dcp, two dct; Propulsion, 4 boilers, 2 steam turbines, 2 two shafts.
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Hambleton 49k Algiers, Algeria, 20 May 1954 Photo by Larry Bohn

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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