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U.S.S. HAMNER
(DD-718)ON THE WAY
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DD-718 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APR | 1945 | - | Keel Date: 25 APR 1945 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Port Newark | ||
| NOV | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 24 NOV 1945 | ||
| JUL | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 12 JUL 1946 | ||
| AUG | 1949 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 AUG 1949 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1955 | - | DEC | 1955 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1956 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1956 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1956 | - | FEB | 1957 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1956 | - | AUG | 1965 | First American Military to visit Brisbane Australia since 1947 |
| SEP | 1957 | - | MAR | 1958 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 SEP 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1958 | - | MAY | 1959 | West Pac |
| APR | 1959 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 APR 1959 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1960 | - | JUN | 1960 | shelling of kuemoy-matsu |
| JAN | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | FRAM modernization - San Francisco Ship Yard |
| MAY | 1963 | - | NOV | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1963 | - | MAY | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1965 | - | JUL | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | Dry Dock |
| JUN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1966 | - | JUL | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUL | 1966 | - | JUL | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | Russian Trawler - San Francisco CA to Aleutian Is Alaska |
| JUN | 1967 | - | JUN | 1967 | Rose Festival - Portland Oregon |
| OCT | 1967 | - | MAR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1968 | - | FEB | 1968 | Shellback Initiation - Pacific Ocean |
| MAY | 1968 | - | OCT | 1968 | Dry Dock |
| NOV | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | Underway Training |
| JUN | 1969 | - | NOV | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1969 | - | OCT | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 SEP 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1970 | - | MAR | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 SEP 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1972 | - | SEP | 1972 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1972 | - | SEP | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1972 | - | SEP | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1972 | - | SEP | 1972 | West Pac |
| APR | 1972 | - | MAY | 1972 | Easter Offensive 1972 Haiphong Do Son Peninsula |
| MAY | 1973 | - | JAN | 1979 | Transfer to Reserve Fleet |
| MAY | 1974 | - | JAN | 1979 | Transfer to Reserve Fleet |
| OCT | 1979 | - | OCT | 1979 | Decommisioning |
DD-718 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: Henry Rawlings Hamner
Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 3460 tons
Length: 390 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold to Taiwan 17 December 1980
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