USS Hambleton

History
United States
Name	Hambleton
Namesake	Samuel Hambleton
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Laid down	16 December 1940
Launched	26 September 1941
Commissioned	22 December 1941
Identification	DD-455
Reclassified	DMS-20, 15 November 1944
Decommissioned	15 January 1955
Stricken	1 June 1971
Fate	Sold for scrap, 22 November 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 tons
Length	347 ft 11 in (106.05 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 2 propellers
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	272
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm) dual purpose guns, 4 × Bofors 40 mm guns, 5 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

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USS Hambleton (DD-455/DMS-20) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Purser Samuel Hambleton (1777–1851).

Hambleton was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey, on 16 December 1940 and launched on 26 September 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Nannie Hambleton Martin, great grandniece of Samuel Hambleton. The destroyer was commissioned on 22 December 1941.