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Hanna

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-449
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Launched1944-07-04
Commissioned1945-01-27
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 11 December 1959. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Hanna
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-436788. USS Hanna (DE-449) underway at sea off Korea on 11 September 1951 (80-G-436788).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hanna, hull DE-449, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 23 March 1944 and launched her on 4 July 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 27 January 1945. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Means Johnston Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok and the Gilbert Islands. She was credited with 5 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 11 December 1959. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.