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Thomas F. Nickel

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ClassRudderow class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-587
BuilderBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
Launched1944-01-22
Commissioned1944-06-09
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 26 February 1958. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-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.

Thomas F. Nickel
U.S. Navy. USS Thomas F. Nickel (DE-587) at anchor off Hollandia, New Guinea, in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Thomas F. Nickel, hull DE-587, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard laid her down on 15 December 1943 and launched her on 22 January 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 9 June 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Claude Smith Farmer.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Philippines, Lingayen, New Guinea, and Biak.

Her commissioned service ended on 26 February 1958. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.