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Hemminger

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-746
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Launched1943-09-12
Commissioned1944-05-30
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 17 June 1946. Another navy received her later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
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.

Hemminger
U.S. Navy. USS Hemminger (DE-746) underway at sea, circa in 1944.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hemminger, hull DE-746, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Western Pipe and Steel Company, at San Pedro, California, laid her down on 5 May 1943 and launched her on 12 September 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 30 May 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander John R. Bodler.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, the Marshall Islands, and Okinawa.

Her commissioned service ended on 17 June 1946. Another navy received her later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.