UNDERWAY! 2026 WALL CALENDAR is AVAILABLE - CLICK HERE


U.S.S. HAMMERBERG

(DE-1015)


Click to view crew list
 

DE-1015 Deployments - Major Events

Add a DE-1015 Shellback Initiation Add a DE-1015 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1953-Keel Date: 12 NOV 1953
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
AUG1954-Launch Date: 20 AUG 1954
MAR1955-Commissioned: 2 MAR 1955
SEP1961- Shellback Initiation - 1 SEP 1961 - Atlantic Ocean
OCT1962-OCT1962Cuban Missle Blockade
JUL1963-DEC1963UNITAS
AUG1963- Shellback Initiation - 26 AUG 1963 - Atlantic Ocean
SEP1963-DEC1963UNITAS
NOV1963- Shellback Initiation - 17 NOV 1963 - Pacific Ocean
FEB1965-AUG1965Matchmaker ONE
MAR1966-SEP1966UNITAS
SEP1966-Shellback Initiation - 18 SEP 1966 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1966- Shellback Initiation - 18 SEP 1966 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1967-JAN1968Mediterranean
AUG1968-NOV1968Mediterranean
MAR1971-OCT1973Mediterranean
DEC1973-DEC1973Decommisioning

DE-1015 General Specifications

Class: Dealey-class destroyer escort

Named for: Francis P. Hammerberg

Complement: 170 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1877 tons

Length: 314 feet 6 inches

Beam: 36 feet 9 inches

Flank Speed: 27 knots

Range: 6 000 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 14 June 1974