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HTMS Pin Klao off New York City on 6 August 1959
History
USS HemmingerUnited States
NameUSS Hemminger
NamesakeCyril Franklin Hemminger
BuilderWestern Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California
Laid down8 May 1943
Launched12 September 1943
Commissioned30 May 1944
Decommissioned17 June 1946
Recommissioned1 December 1950
Decommissioned21 February 1958
Stricken3 September 1974
FateLoaned to Thailand, 22 July 1959
USS HemmingerThailand
NameHTMS Pin Klao (DE-1) (DE-3) (DE-413)
NamesakeSecond King Pinklao
Acquired22 July 1959
General characteristics
Class and typeCannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard
  • 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full
Length
  • 306 ft (93 m) o/a
  • 300 ft (91 m) w/l
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Propulsion4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement15 officers and 201 enlisted
Armament
  • 3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 3 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

USS Hemminger (DE-746) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1958. In 1959, she was transferred to Thailand, where she serves as HTMS Pin Klao (Thai: เรือหลวงปิ่นเกล้า). She is the only Cannon-class destroyer escort still in service.

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