Allied Warships

USS Hughes (DD 410)

Destroyer of the Sims class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassSims 
PennantDD 410 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Sep 1937 
Launched17 Jun 1939 
Commissioned21 Sep 1939 
End service28 Aug 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Damaged in the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.
Decommissioned 28 August 1946.
Sunk as target 16 October 1948.
Stricken 26 November 1948.

 

Commands listed for USS Hughes (DD 410)

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CommanderFromTo
David Spencer Bill, Jr., USN
John F Ducey, Jr., USNR
1Lt.Cdr. Donald James Ramsay, USN21 Sep 1939Dec 1942
2Lt.Cdr. Herbert Hughes Marable, USNMay 1943Jul 1944
3Lt.Cdr. Ellis Brooks Rittenhouse, USNJul 1944

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