The USS Hammann (DE-131) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Laid down on July 10, 1942, initially under the name Langley, she was renamed Hammann on August 1, 1942, and launched by Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas, on December 13, 1942. The vessel was sponsored by Mrs. Lilliam Rhode, sister of Charles Hazeltine Hammann, after whom she was named. She was commissioned on May 17, 1943. Physically, the USS Hammann was designed as a relatively small, yet vital escort vessel, tasked primarily with protecting larger ships and convoys from submarine and air attacks across the Atlantic. Her service record highlights her role in safeguarding transatlantic supply routes. After shakedown operations near Bermuda in June 1943, she began her convoy escort missions from July, operating mainly between the United States and North Africa. Her first four trips to Casablanca involved screening convoy groups alongside escort carriers, during which she conducted multiple submarine contact attacks, though she recorded no confirmed kills. Throughout 1944, Hammann made six additional convoy runs, primarily to Northern Ireland, ensuring the steady flow of war supplies to Europe. In early 1945, she continued her escort duties, including protecting convoys to Liverpool and responding to emergency situations such as the torpedo attack on SS Lone Jack on March 2, 1945, where she rescued 70 survivors and sent salvage parties aboard the damaged vessel. Following her Atlantic service, Hammann transitioned to training operations in the Caribbean in July 1945 before moving to the Pacific theater, arriving at Pearl Harbor shortly after the war ended. She then transported passengers to California and returned to Charleston, South Carolina, in September 1945. The destroyer escort was decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on October 24, 1945, and placed in reserve. She was stricken from the naval register in October 1972, sold in January 1974, and subsequently scrapped. The USS Hammann's operational history underscores her vital role in Atlantic convoy protection during World War II and her contribution to the Allied war effort.

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