The USS Hamner (DD-718) was launched as a Gearing Class Destroyer on November 24, 1945 by the Federal Ship Building and Drydock Company of Port Newark, NJ, and commissioned on July 12, 1946. The destroyer was named in honor of Lt. Henry R. Hamner II, who was killed in action on April 6, 1945 aboard the USS Howorth (DD-952), off Okinawa during a Kamikaze attack.
Author: Kenneth Ericksen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
Published: 12/27/2022
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9798887934853
Language: English
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