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Hammann as completed, mid-1939 | Destroyers USS Tillman, USS Beatty, USS Hobson, USS Anderson, USS Hammann, and USS Mustin at Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, Jan 1942 |
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USS Hammann at Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, Jan 1942; note Measure 12 (modified) camouflage | As her own torpedo warheads explode aboard USS Lexington, an aircraft is blown over the side in the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942 at 1727 hours local time. Destroyer Hammann is backing down at left. |
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Explosion aboard USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 1 of 2; note USS Hammann nearby; seen from cruiser USS Minneapolis | Explosion aboard USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2; note USS Hammann nearby; seen from cruiser USS Minneapolis |
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Explosion amidships aboard USS Lexington, 1727 on 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 3 | Explosion amidships aboard USS Lexington, 1727 on 8 May 1942, photo 3 of 3 |
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Mushroom cloud rose above USS Lexington after an explosion, 8 May 1942; carrier Yorktown on horizon and destroyer Hammann to the left of photograph | Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown |
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Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown | Survivors of USS Hammann arriving at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii after Battle of Midway, 6 Jun 1942 |
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Commander Arnold True, commanding officer of USS Hammann during Battle of Midway, receiving Navy Cross award from William Halsey, Oct 1942 | |