USS Hanna
Service
- as USS Hanna (DE 449)27 January 1945 — 31 May 1946218 days of the war
- Name
- USS Hanna
- Laid down
- 23 March 1944
- Launched
- 4 July 1944
- Commissioned
- 27 January 1945
- Decommissioned
- 31 May 1946
- Struck
- 1 December 1972
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 3 December 1973 (1973)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,350 long tons (1,372 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Complement
- 215
USS Hanna was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid on 23 March 1944. She entered service on 27 January 1945, having been launched on 4 July 1944.
She was one of 81 ships of her class. The class followed the Rudderow-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Dealey-class destroyer escort.
She displaced 1,350 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 215.
She was in commission for 218 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 31 May 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1972.
She was broken up for scrap on 3 December 1973.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
- Armament
- 2-5 in, 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
Sister ships
- USS Abercrombie
- USS Albert T. Harris
- USS Bivin
- USS Cecil J. Doyle
- USS Charles E. Brannon
- USS Chester T. O’Brien
- USS Conklin
- USS Corbesier (DE-438)
- USS Cross
- USS Dennis
- USS Douglas A. Munro
- USS Doyle C. Barnes
- USS Dufilho
- USS Edmonds
- USS Edward H. Allen
- USS Edwin A. Howard
- USS Eversole (DE-404)
- USS Formoe
- USS French
- USS Gentry
- USS George E. Davis
- USS Gilligan
- USS Goss
- USS Grady
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Hanna on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-436788 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons