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USS Heyliger (DE 510)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - H - L - Z

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense 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

Heyliger (DE 510) Building and Operational Data:

27 April 1944: Keel laid by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.

06 August 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Augusta Foss, mother of Private First Class George Heyliger

24 March 1945: Commissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Lcdr. Arthur F. Chace Jr., USNR, in command

20 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 1 year and 3 months of service

28 March 1951: Recommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla., assigned to NRT, 3rd Naval District, at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N. Y.

02 January 1958: Decommissioned at the U. S. Naval Supply Depot, Bayonne, N.J. after 6 years and 11¾ months of service; custody to CO, New York Group, U. S. Atlantic Reserve Fleet

01 May 1966: Struck from the NVR with a total of 8 years and 2¾ months of service

1969: Sunk as a target

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0651002	76k	date / location unknown	-
0651011	267k	09 April 1945: New York Harbor - Two views of USS *Heyliger* (DE 510), starboard bow and starboard quarter, on shakedown cruise. The ship has been configured with two twin 40mm mounts in place of the usual triple torpedo tube mount and carries MS21 camouflage scheme. She was returning to the Brooklyn Navy Yard after spending the previous night conducting gunnery practice anchored at Oyster Bay, N.Y. (U.S. Navy Photo, Catalog No. 19-N-80792 and 19-N-80793 from the United States National Archives)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0651012	228k		Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0651013	143k	05 May 1952: New York Harbor - USS *Heyliger* (DE 510) steams past the southern end of Manhattan Island, outbound from the New York Navy Yard. Note crew manning her rails. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-442917 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager
0651014	243k	29 July 1953: the Atlantic Ocean - USS *Heyliger* (DE 510) underway in the Newport, Rhode Island, area. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-625697 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
0651003	118k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - *Heyliger, Kyne* (DE 744), and *Snyder* (DE 745) on a port visit to the U.S. Sub Base in the Virgin Islands.	Rod Sienkiewicz
0651004	156k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - *Heyliger*'s forward 5"38 cal. gun mount and 40mm Mt. 41.
0651005	155k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - taking a break while performing maintenance on Mt. 41
0651006	142k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - *Heyliger*'s flying bridge
0651007	142k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - looking aft on *Heyliger, Kyne* (DE 744) lies to port.
0651008	134k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - *Heyliger*'s port side aft.
0651009	129k	March / April 1954: Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands - sailors enjoying swim call off *Kyne*'s fantail.
0651010	145k	1956: Halifax, Nova Scotia - motor whaleboat approaching *Heyliger. (Photo© Werner Grabner*)	Werner Grabner

Memorabilia
Matchbook Cover Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Heyliger History
View the USS Heyliger (DE 510) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Heyliger as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Heyliger's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 24 Mar. 1945 – 11 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. Arthur Freeborn Chace Jr., USNR (New York City, N. Y.)
2.) 11 Dec. 1945 – 08 Jun. 1946	Lcdr. Oscar David MacMillan, USN (USNA '41) (South Charleston, W. V.)
3.) 08 Jun. 1946 – 20 Jun. 1946	Ens. Hale Caterson Sweeny, USNR (OCS ‘44) (Charleston, S. C.)
4.) 1951 – 1954	Lcdr. John Lawrence Nuttall Jr., USN (Somerville, Mass.)
5.) .. .... 1954 – 18 May 1956	Lcdr. Samuel B. Warren, USN
6.) 18 May 1956 – 02 Jan. 1958	Lcdr. James Claire Caskey, USN

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 Heyliger

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