USS ''Timmerman'' (DD-828/EDD-828/AG-152) was a in service with the

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from 1952 to 1956. She was an experimental design and was scrapped in 1959.

Design

''Timmerman'' was originally planned as a ''Gearing''-class destroyer in the

. Work was temporarily suspended on 7 January 1946 at 45.5% completion. She was later completed as an experimental destroyer, EDD-828. Designed to occupy the same space in standard ''Gearing'' engine spaces, ''Timmerman''s machinery was designed to generate versus the ''Gearing''s . She had an aluminum superstructure. The machinery was originally intended for USS ''Percival'' (DD-452), a , which was cancelled on 7 January 1946 before laying down. Named for Grant F. Timmerman, she was laid down on 1 October 1945 at

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, by the

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; assigned to the

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on 19 November 1945; launched on 19 May 1951; sponsored by Mrs. Fred Timmerman; and commissioned on 26 September 1952.

Operational service

''Timmerman'' was constructed as an experimental, light weight, advanced design destroyer to test and evaluate, under operating conditions, advanced design experimental engineering equipment. As a unit of the Operational Development Force,

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, Massachusetts, she tested her new propulsion system for the next four years. On 11 January 1954, her designation was changed to ''AG-152'', a

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ship. The ship was decommissioned at Boston on 27 July 1956. She was moved to

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, Pennsylvania, in September and assigned to the Reserve Fleet. In early 1958, ''Timmerman'' was declared unfit for further service and stricken from the

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on 4 April 1958. On 21 April 1959, she was sold to the Boston Metals Co.,

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, Maryland, and scrapped.

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External links

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