Boilermaker Third Class (B3/C) Hams enlisted into the US Navy on January 24, 1944 and served during WWII until his discharge on June 5, 1946.
He was assigned to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 on March 9, 1944 as a Fireman Second Class. He also was assigned to the APA-158 attack transport USS Newberry and the AD-28 USS Grand Canyon a destroyer tender.
The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
He was assigned to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 on March 9, 1944 as a Fireman Second Class. He also was assigned to the APA-158 attack transport USS Newberry and the AD-28 USS Grand Canyon a destroyer tender.
The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
Boilermaker Third Class (B3/C) Hams enlisted into the US Navy on January 24, 1944 and served during WWII until his discharge on June 5, 1946.
He was assigned to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 on March 9, 1944 as a Fireman Second Class. He also was assigned to the APA-158 attack transport USS Newberry and the AD-28 USS Grand Canyon a destroyer tender.
The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
He was assigned to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 on March 9, 1944 as a Fireman Second Class. He also was assigned to the APA-158 attack transport USS Newberry and the AD-28 USS Grand Canyon a destroyer tender.
The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
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