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                        Any info about the "USS HANFORD" WW2 USN destroyer-derivative?

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                        dpdelhoyo
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Australia
                        Any info about the "USS HANFORD" WW2 USN destroyer-derivative?
                        Posted by dpdelhoyo on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:39 AM

                        Hi pals!

                        Just by chance have seen an article in a recent issue of a RC Ship magazine (don't have the name, guess is an Aussie one) about a ship from WW2 called "USS HANFORD". Looked like a Fletcher-class destroyer with a catapult and seaplane amidships... weird!

                        Tried to find info in the web (Wikipedia, Haxegray, Dictionary of USN Ships, Google, etc) but to no avail, seems that only a "Patrol Boat" with that name ever existed (launched in 1943).

                        Can anybody help me with this quiz? Any info, much appreciated.

                        Cheers from DownUnder,

                        Diego.Cool [8D]

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                        EdGrune
                        • Member since
                          August 2005
                        • From: Mansfield, TX
                        Posted by EdGrune on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:21 AM

                        It was the HALFORD, not the Hanford.

                        The Halford was one of 5 Fletcher-class destroyers which were modified to have a cruiser catapult installed on the aftersuperstructure replacing the #3 5-inch gun.    This was an experiment to provide aircover for convoy support.    The experiment was not successful, and the catapult was removed and the ships were returned to Fletcher-class standard.

                        See NAVSOURCE

                        http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/480.htm

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                        dpdelhoyo
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Australia
                        Posted by dpdelhoyo on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:13 PM

                        So I misread the name... Sign - Oops [#oops] Thanks a lot for your help!

                        Cheers,

                        Diego.

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