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USS Hanna (DE 449)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - K - O - X

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row: Korean Service Medal w/ 5 stars - United Nations Korean Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

Specifications:
Class: John C. Butler
Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1350 tons (light), 1745 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 cal. DP guns (2x1), 4 - 40mm AA (2x2), 10 - 20mm AA, 3 - 21" TT, 1 Mk10 Hedgehog, 8 Mk6 Depth Charge Projectors, 2 Mk9 Depth Charge Stern Racks
Complement: 14 / 201

Hanna (DE 449) Building and Operational Data:

23 March 1944: Keel laid at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Port Newark, N.J.

04 July 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. William P. Hanna, mother of Private Hanna

27 January 1945: Commissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y., Lcdr. Means Johnston, Jr., in command

31 May 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 1 year and 4 months of service having steamed 55,006 miles

27 January 1947: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet

27 December 1950: Recommissioned at San Diego, Cal., Lcdr. W. C. Ward in command, assigned to Escort Squadron 9 at San Diego, Cal.

26 November 1957: Assigned to NRT, 11th Naval District at Long Beach, Cal.

11 December 1959: Decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal. after 9.0 years of service

01 December 1972: Struck from the NVR after 10 years and 4 months of total service

03 December 1973: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
(0644902)	74k	undated wartime image	David Vanaman son of Ens. Clyde Vanaman USS Hanna, WWII
(0644903)	99k	undated wartime image	David Vanaman son of Ens. Clyde Vanaman USS Hanna, WWII
(0644904)	61k	undated	-
(0644905)	398k	11 September 1951: USS *Hanna* operating off the Korean coast. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #80-G-436788 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Navsource
(0644906)	543k	Korean War Era Image	Tim Rizzuto Executive Director USS Slater (DE 765) Memorial
(0644907)	793k	early 1952: the Western Pacific - Taken on the WestPac / Korean War Cruise of 26 June 1952 to 26 March 1953. The photo shows USS *Essex* (CV 9) with CVG-5 embarked, consisting of the following squadrons: VF-51 "Screaming Eagles" flying the F9F-2 Panther, VF-172 "Night Owls" flying the F2H-2 Banshee, VF-53 "Blue Knights" in the F4U-4 Corsair, and VF-54 "Hell's Angels" in the AD-2 Skyraider, among others. View shows USS *Hanna* (DE 449) in the left background	Robert M. Cieri
(0644908)	237k	Undated Postwar Image: *Hanna* is shown passing Point Loma outbound from San Diego. This appears to be a ship portrait from Marine Photos of San Diego, Cal.	Navsource
(0644910)	164k	Undated Postwar Image: *Hanna* is shown entering Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 95963 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
(0644911)	242k	Undated Postwar Image: *Hanna* is shown underway slowly off the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 95964 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
(0644909)	245k	Undated Postwar Image	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
(0634204)	311k	1973: Vallejo, Cal. - 4 DE's (left to right: ex-*Gentry* DE 349, ex-*Kendall C. Campbell* DE 443, ex-*Hanna* DE 449, ex-*Richard W. Seusens* DE 342), all heading to the scrap yard. Photo from the DOD sealed bid offering dated 14 November 1973.	Ed Zajkowski and Tim Rizzuto

Hanna Memorabilia
Launch Button Courtesy of Tom Kermen

Hanna History
View the USS Hanna (DE 449) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Hanna as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Hanna's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1) 27 Jan. 1945 - 31 May 1946	Lcdr. Means (Mike) Fernandis Johnston Jr., USN (USNA ‘39) (Schlater, Miss.) (Ret. as Adm.)
2.) 27 Dec. 1950 - 20 Feb. 1952	Lcdr. William Charles Ward
3.) .. .... 1955 - .. Jun. 1956	Lcdr. Herbert C. Bahner Jr.
4.) .. Jun. 1956 - .. Feb. 1958	Lcdr. John Jerome Herrick (USNA ‘44) (Superior, Wis.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Hanna

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