USS Thomas F. Nickel (DE 587)

Undated post-war view of Thomas F. Nickel underway

mid-1950's: San Francisco, Cal. - USS Thomas F. Nickel (DE 587) moored at the Treasure Island Naval Station.

27 July 1955: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - USS Thomas F. Nickel (DE 587) lies off while preparing to moor at Vancouver.

(Photo #AM1506-S3-3-: CVA 447-8445 by Walter E. Frost from the City of Vancouver Archives)

Thomas F. Nickel (DE 587) Building and Operational Data:

15 December 1943: Keel laid by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards, Hingham, Mass.

22 January 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Fred W. Nickel, Private Nickels' mother

09 June 1944: Commissioned at Hingham, Mass. by Cmdr. M. G. Vangeli, USN, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, representing Com1stND; Lcdr. Claude S. Farmer, USNR, in command

31 May 1946: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal.

-- June 1946: Assigned to NRT, 12th Naval District; towed to Sacramento, Cal. for use as a Naval Armory

08 July 1948: Reactivated, placed "In Service"; assigned to NRT, 12th Naval District at San Francisco, Cal.

22 September 1950: Recommissioned, continued assignment at San Francisco, Cal.

-- December 1951: Reassigned to NRT, 11th Naval District at San Diego, Cal.

22 February 1958: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 13 years and 8⅓ months of service

01 December 1972: Struck from the NVR

09 June 1973: Sold for scrapping to the Levin Metals Co., San Jose, Cal.