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DE-746 Hemminger
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Cannon -
Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal.
1943/09/12 1944/05/30 1959/07/22
sold
Namesake: Ens Cyril Franklin Hemminger, USN; *1920/05/26, KIA 1942/08/09 onboard Astoria
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/06/20 44/08     HKG patrols with Kasaan Bay   66 
44/08 45/02     P.H. - submarine training duty   66 
45/02/28       HKG mission with Corregidor and CortDiv53 - search for LtGen Harmon whose plane disappeared   66 
45/03 45/04     Marshall Is. - patrol   66 
45/04/30 45/05/16     escort convoy from Marshalls to Okinawa   66 
45/05/16 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1     66 
45/05/25       damaging miniSS SE of Okinawa  
45/05/28 45/06/20 Iceber 32.1     66 
45/06 45/08   96.?/HKG KHG with Kasaan Bay   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1958/02/21 decom.
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: sold to Thailand > Pin Klao