Hammann Photographs | World War II Database


Hammann as completed, mid-1939	Destroyers USS Tillman, USS Beatty, USS Hobson, USS Anderson, USS Hammann, and USS Mustin at Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, Jan 1942	USS Hammann at Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, Jan 1942; note Measure 12 (modified) camouflage	As her own torpedo warheads explode aboard USS Lexington, an aircraft is blown over the side in the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942 at 1727 hours local time. Destroyer Hammann is backing down at left.

Explosion aboard USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 1 of 2; note USS Hammann nearby; seen from cruiser USS Minneapolis	Explosion aboard USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2; note USS Hammann nearby; seen from cruiser USS Minneapolis	Explosion amidships aboard USS Lexington, 1727 on 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 3	Explosion amidships aboard USS Lexington, 1727 on 8 May 1942, photo 3 of 3

Mushroom cloud rose above USS Lexington after an explosion, 8 May 1942; carrier Yorktown on horizon and destroyer Hammann to the left of photograph	Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown	Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown	Survivors of USS Hammann arriving at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii after Battle of Midway, 6 Jun 1942

Commander Arnold True, commanding officer of USS Hammann during Battle of Midway, receiving Navy Cross award from William Halsey, Oct 1942