Destroyer of the Bristol class
| Navy | The 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 | |
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| 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. |
| Noteable events involving Hambleton include: 19 Mar, 1942
USS Hambleton picks up 6 survivors from the Honduran merchant Ceiba that was torpedoed and sunk on the 17th east of Cape Hattaras in position 35º43'N, 73º49'W by the German submarine U-124. 17 May, 1944
The German submarine U-616 was scuttled on 17 May, 1944 in the Mediterranean east of Cartagena, in position 36º46'N, 00º52'E, after fatal damages from depth charges from the US destroyers USS Nields, USS Gleaves, USS Ellyson, USS Macomb, USS Hambleton, USS Rodman, USS Emmons and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 36/K), after a 3 day-long hunt. (see map) |
