CLASS - GEARING As Built. Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max) Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5). Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336. Operational and Building Data Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Newark NJ. April 25 1945. Launched November 24 1945 and commissioned July 12 1946. Decommissioned (?). Stricken October 1 1979.To Taiwan December 17 1980, renamed Yun Hang. Reclassified as Guided Missile Destroyer DDG-927 Fate Decommissioned December 16 2003.
This picture of the DD 718 USS Hamner, as built
DD 718 USS Hamner, as Framed in 1962 when I worked on her.