USS Hammann (DD-412)

USS *Hammann*
Ship data
flag	United States
Ship type	destroyer
class	Sims class
Shipyard	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Kearny
Launch	February 4, 1939
Commissioning	August 11, 1939
Whereabouts	Sunk on June 6, 1942
Ship dimensions and crew
length	106.17 m ( Lüa )
width	10.97 m
Draft	Max. 3.91 m
displacement	Standard : 1570 ts ; maximum: 2330 tn.l.
crew	241 men
Machine system
machine	3 steam boilers; 2 sets of geared turbines
Machine ; performance	50,000 PS (36,775 kW)
Top ; speed	38.5 kn (71 km / h)
propeller	2
Armament
	5 × 127 mm- L / 38 - Sk ; 4 × 12.7 mm MG ; 8 × torpedo tube ∅ 533 mm; 2 × water bomb slides ; 10 × depth charges;

The USS Hammann (ID: DD-412) was an American destroyer the Sims class , which in the Pacific War was used. The keel was laid on January 17, 1938 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company - shipyard in Kearny . The launch took place on February 4, 1939, the commissioning on August 11, 1939.

During the Second World War , she was used in the Battle of the Coral Sea as an escort for the USS Lexington , which was damaged by Japanese torpedo bombers in the course of the fighting and then had to be self-sunk. The Hammann saved more than 500 crew men.

Sinking

Diorama of the torpedoing of the USS Hammann at the same time as the USS Yorktown in the Battle of Midway

The USS Hammann is sinking (view from Yorktown )

In the Battle of Midway , the ship was assigned to the combat group for the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown . After this was badly damaged by two air torpedoes on June 6, 1942, the destroyer again provided assistance. To do this, the ship went alongside the carrier. The Japanese submarine I-168 approached submerged and fired four torpedoes on Yorktown . While two missed their target and the third gave the Yorktown the capture shot , one of the torpedoes hit the Hammann . Shortly afterwards, the Hammann's depth charges exploded and the ship sank within four minutes. 80 men of the crew were killed.

Web links

Commons : USS Hammann - album with pictures, videos and audio files

USS Hammann at navsource.org (Eng.)