USS Hanna (DE-449)
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USS Hanna (DE 449)
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| Name: | USS Hanna (DE 449) |
| Laid down: | 23 March 1944 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 27 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 May 1946 |
| In service: | NRT, 11th Naval District, 26 November 1957 |
| Out of service: | 11 December 1959 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1972 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping 3 December 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,350/1,745 tons |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nm @ 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2-5 in (130 mm), 4 (2 × 2) 40 mm AA, 10-20 mm guns AA, 3-21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 1 Hedgehog, 8 depth charge projectors, 2 depth charge tracks |
USS Hanna (DE-449) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. She proudly returned home with five battle stars to her credit after she was reactivated for Korean War duty.
Hanna (DE-449) was named in honor of William T. Hanna who was killed in action 9 October 1942 while attached to the 1st Marine Division Reinforced on Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously.
She was launched 4 July 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newark, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. William P. Hanna, mother; and commissioned 27 January 1945, Lt. Comdr. Means Johnston, Jr., in command.
After shakedown out of Bermuda and Guantánamo Bay, Hanna returned to New York 24 March 1945. Departing New York 9 April she escorted Akutan (AE-13) to Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, then sailed via San Diego, California, arriving Pearl Harbor 4 May. After more intensive training and various escort missions in Hawaiian waters Hanna sailed 9 June for Eniwetok where she took up duty with Marshall-Gilberts Surface Patrol and Escort Group. This duty continued until 28 September after the Japanese surrender.
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