USS Hambleton  DD455

(Casualty List)

Navy US Navy
Type Destroyer
Class Bristol 
Pennant DD 455 
Built by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered  
Laid down 16 Oct 1940 
Launched 26 Sep 1941 
Commissioned 22 Dec 1941 
End service 15 Jan 1955 
Loss position  
 
History Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-20 on 15 November 1944.
Decommissioned 15 January 1955.
Reclassified back to destroyer DD-455 on 16 January 1955.
Stricken 1 June 1971.
Sold 22 November 1972 and broken up for scrap.