USS ''Hammerberg'' (DE-1015), a , was a ship of the
United States Navy
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named for
Navy diver
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Francis P. Hammerberg
Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg (May 31, 1920 – February 17, 1945) was a United States Navy Diver (United States Navy), diver who received the Medal of Honor Posthumous recognition, posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers.
Biography
Hammerb ...
(1920–1945), of
Daggett, Michigan
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, who was awarded the
Medal of Honor
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posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers from a wreck in
Pearl Harbor
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.
''Hammerberg'' was
launched 20 August 1954 by
Bath Iron Works,
Bath, Maine
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, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Moss