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	56k	Henry Rawlings "Pete" Hamner was born 13 March 1922 in London, England. Appointed to the Naval Academy from Virginia, he graduated and gained his commission in June 1942. Hamner served to fit out and commission several new ships during the war, in addition to serving in the Twelfth Naval District and at Norfolk. He was appointed lieutenant in July 1944. Lieutenant Hamner died 6 April 1945 in USS Howorth, when his ship was crashed by a kamikaze during the suicidal Japanese "kikusui" massed attack of that day off Okinawa where "the fleet had come to stay". Lieutenant Hamner stayed at his post performing his duty as gunnery officer even as a Kamikaze flew straight into his position. His last words were "target angle zero." Lt. Henry K. Hamner was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. Other awards included the World War II Victory Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. Photo courtesy of the USS Hamner (DD-718) Association.		Bill Gonyo/CDR Gene Maresca USN (Ret.)
	33k	Undated, location unknown.		Walter Ayers
	28k	Undated, location unknown.		Walter Ayers
	68k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	105k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	199k	Undated, location unknown. USN Photo, US National Archives, San Bruno, Mare Island/Hunter's Point photo collection.		Robert Hurst
	131k	Undated, seen from the fantail of the Adventuress, flagship of the Golden Fleet, with Mayor John F. Shelley embarked in the destroyer Hamner. Hamner steams into San Francisco Bay to the greeting of fireboats. in the foreground is the Admiral's barge of RADM John Taylor.		Tommy Trampp
	102k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	129k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	131k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	214k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	387k	Off Point Loma, San Diego, CA on the Hamner's 10th anniversary July 12, 1956.		Del Mancuso
	107k	Hamner (DD-718) underway in the South China Sea while enroute to Bombay, 08 April 1960. USN photo 1050082 by PH2 D.J. Abeyta.		Dave Wright
	205k	This photo was originally published in the November 1960 issue of CruDesPac News. The four ships were manning the rail to salute President Eisenhower as he passed by in his barge. The President is standing topside in the barge, midships. The other ships in the picture are USS Wiltsie (DD 716), USS Morton (DD948), and USS De Haven (DD727). We were moored in San Diego Bay.		Al Creasy, ENS USS Morton
	124k	USS Hamner (DD-718) underway to Yokosuka, Japan, in heavy weather, in 1969. U.S. Navy photo from the USS John R. Craig (DD-885) 1969 cruise book.		Robert Hurst
	173k	A Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopter hovering near the Gearing-class destroyer USS Hamner (DD-718), circa 1970. Official U.S. Navy photograph from the Official U.S. Navy photograph from the USS Hamner (DD-718) 1970-71 Cruise Book.		Robert Hurst
	115k	USS Hamner (DD-718) underway circa 1971. Official U.S. Navy photograph from the USS Hamner (DD-718) 1970-71 Cruise Book.		Robert Hurst
	223k	USS Hamner (DD-718) underway circa 1971. Official U.S. Navy photograph from the USS Hamner (DD-718) 1970-71 Cruise Book.		Robert Hurst
	141k	From the USS Hancock between mid-November 1970 and early May 1971, location unknown.		Fabio Peņa
	168k	USS Hamner (DD-718) from USS Ashtabula (AO-51), Gulf of Tonkin, March 30 1972.		Glenn R. Sirkis
	93k	Naval Photographic Center photo UNU - Number KN - 21685, Unit CVA-60-2505-6-72 dated July 1972 by PH1 Coan.		Adam Hamner
	57k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	76k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	119k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	33k	Ship's Zippo.		Tommy Trampp
On Taiwanese Service
	80k	Liao Yang (DDG-921, ex Hanson) and Yun Yang (DDG-927, ex Hamner) at Keelung, April 2003.		Michael from Taiwan
	81k	In Keelung Harbor, 17 August 2003.		Michael from Taiwan
	102k	Shao Yang (DDG-929, ex Hollister) and Yun Yang (DDG-927, ex Hamner) in Keelung Harbor, 17 August 2003.		Michael from Taiwan
	11k	Ex-Hamner is sunk as a torpedo target off Pingtung by Hai Hu (SS-794), 0900 06 September 2005.		Waldo
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