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USS Hamul (AD-20)
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USS Hamul (AK-30) (1941 - 1943)




November - Bravo - November - Xray NBNX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with "A" device)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (1)
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Taiwan Straits) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Hamul Class Destroyer Tender:
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Campaign and Dates Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 10 May to 30 June 1945
Korean War Campaign Campaign and Dates Third Korean Winter, 19 March 1953
Specifications:
Displacement 8,560 t.(lt) 14,800 t.(lim)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 9"
Draft 24' 9" (lim)
Speed 18.4 kts. (trial)
double De Laval Main Reduction Gear Ship's Service Generators
four Diesel-drive 300Kw 450V A.C.
three turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.
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US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-26434, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com Robert Hurst USS Hamul (AD-20)

19-N-38705 116k USS Hamul (AD-20) at Mobile, AL., on 4 January 1943 upon completion of conversion
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-38705 & 19-N-38704, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. Robert Hurst

19-N-38704 93k


USS Calcaterra (DE-390);
USS Pride (DE-323);
USS Falgout (DE-324);
USS Alger (DE-101) and
USS Eichenburger (DE-202), alongside at Bermuda in early 1944. Note HF/DF antenna visible on three of the five DEs, and the two-tone Measure 22 camouflage on four of the five DEs.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 86271, courtesy Captain D.L. Madeira Collection. Robert Hurst


US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # USN 1043637, courtesy Shipscribe.com. Robert Hurst

US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # USN 1043638, courtesy Shipscribe.com. Robert Hurst

USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752)
USS O'Brien (DD-725)
USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884)
USS Bausell (DD-845) and
USS Rogers (DD-876) Cyrus Dodd III for his father Cyrus C Dodd BM2 USN USS Hamul 1950-52




US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1957. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.



US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1962. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.


For more photos and information about USS Hamul, see;Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) MARAD Vessel History Database Photos from the collection of John E. Primeaux USS Hamul 1951-53
Commanding Officers
01 CDR. Tillson, Elwood M. 14 June 1941 to 18 December 1942 02 CDR. Deewall, Raymond Gregory :RADM 18 December 1942 to 3 October 1944 03 CAPT. Hoffner Jr., Carleton Crosby 3 October 1944 to 26 September 1945 04 CAPT. Fenn, Herbert Keeney 26 September 1945 to 6 October 1945 05 CDR. Brown, James Roll 6 October 1945 to May 1946 06 CDR. Day, Walter DeForest May 1946 to July 1946 07 CDR. Maurer, Richard Charles July 1946 to November 1946 08 CAPT. Maher, Arthur Laurence November 1946 to December 1947 09 CAPT. Guillot, James, Casimir December 1947 to February 1950 10 CAPT. Monroe Jr., Frank February 1950 to June 1951 11 CAPT. Dalton, Carl Malcolm ? June 1951 to ? July 1952 12 CAPT. Duborg, Francis Rahr July 1952 to June 1953 13 LCDR. Watson, Samuel Elijah June 1953 to September 1953 14 CAPT. Mccombs, Charles Edward September 1953 to July 1954 15 CAPT. Deewall, Raymond Gregory July 1954 to 1 May 1955 16 CAPT. Lewis, Porter 1 May 1955 to 1 August 1955 17 CAPT. Pieczentkowski, Herman Arnold :RADM 1 August 1955 to 5 May 1956 18 CAPT. Schoeni, Walter Paul :RADM 5 May 1956 to July 1957 19 CAPT. Kilmartin Alfred Dunn July 1957 to July 1958 20 CAPT. Combs Jr., Walter Vincent July 1958 to 1 July 1959 21 CAPT. Keithley, Roger M. 1 July 1959 to 2 July 1960 22 CAPT. Silk, Francis William 2 July 1960 to 21 July 1961 23 CAPT. Simpson, Eugene Howard 21 July 1961 to 1961 24 CAPT. Dickerson, Vincent Mansfield 1961 to 6 June 1962
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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