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USS HAMNER was the ninth GEARING - class destroyer and was extensively converted as part of the Navy's FRAM I program from January 1962 - December 1962. A veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the USS HAMNER was both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on October 1, 1979. Transfered to Taiwan on December 17, 1980, the HAMNER was recommissioned as YUN HANG by the Taiwanese Navy and served there until decommissioned on December 16, 2003. The ship was sunk as a target by the Taiwanese Navy on September 6, 2005.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: 1942 |
| Keel laid: April 25, 1945 | |
| Launched: November 24, 1945 | |
| Commissioned: July 12, 1946 | |
| Decommissioned: October 1, 1979 | |
| Builder: Federal Shipbuilding, Newark, NJ | |
| FRAM I Conversion Shipyard: San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA | |
| FRAM I Conversion Period: January 1962 - December 1962 | |
| Propulsion system: General Electric geared turbines; 60,000 SHP | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 391 feet (119.2 meters) | |
| Beam: 41 feet (12.5 meters) | |
| Draft: 18.7 feet (5.7 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 3,400 tons full load | |
| Speed: 34 knots | |
| Aircraft after FRAM I: two DASH drones | |
| Armament after FRAM I: one ASROC missile launcher, two 5-inch/38 caliber twin mounts, Mk-32 ASW torpedo tubes (two triple mounts) | |
| Crew after FRAM I: 14 officers, 260 enlisted |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS HAMNER. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
back to top go to the end of the pageback to top go to the end of the pageAccidents aboard USS HAMNER:
| Date | Where | Events |
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| January 24, 1971 | Gulf of Tonkin | USS HAMNER collides with the USS CAMDEN (AOE 2) during a underway replenishment. |
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