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    USS Hammann (DE-131), 1943-1974

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    USS Hammann, a 1200-ton Edsall class escort ship, was built at Orange, Texas. Commissioned in May 1943, she served on convoy escort duties in the Atlantic throughout the remainder of the European part of World War II, protecting Allied shipping between the United States, North Africa and England against German submarines. Hammann tranferred to the Pacific in July 1945, but the war ended before she reached the combat zone. She returned to the Atlantic in September and was decommissioned in October 1945. From then until she was sold in January 1974, USS Hammann was laid up in the reserve fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida, and later at Orange, Texas.

    USS Hammann was named in honor of Ensign Charles H. Hammann, USNRF (1892-1919), who won the Medal of Honor for heroism during World War I.
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