USS Hammann (DE-131)
USS Hammann (DE-131) on 21 March 1944 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Namesake | Charles Hazeltine Hammann |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 10 July 1942 as Langley |
| Launched | 13 December 1942 as Hammann |
| Commissioned | 17 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 24 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1972 |
| Fate | Sold 18 January 1974, scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Edsall-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 306 feet (93.27 m) |
| Beam | 36.58 feet (11.15 m) |
| Draft | 10.42 full load feet (3.18 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 8 officers, 201 enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Hammann (DE-131) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.
She was named after Charles Hazeltine Hammann who was awarded the Medal of Honor, when, as a pilot of a seaplane 21 August 1918, off the coast of Italy, he dived down and landed next to a downed fellow pilot, brought him aboard, and although his plane was not designed for the double load, brought him to safety amid constant danger of attack by Austrian planes.
Hammann was laid down 10 July 1942 as Langley, renamed Hammann 1 August 1942, launched by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, 13 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Lilliam Rhode, sister of Charles Hammann; and commissioned 17 May 1943.