| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 428 |
| Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Jan 1938 |
| Launched | 16 May 1940 |
| Commissioned | 5 Sep 1940 |
| End service | 18 Mar 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 18 March 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Charles F. Hughes (DD 428)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. George Lawrence Menocal, USN | 6 Sep 1940 | ??? | |
| 2 | Cdr. J. C. Gillespie Wilson, USN | Oct 1943 | Dec 1944 | |
| 3 | Cdr. John Shannon, USN | Dec 1944 | Jan 1946 | |
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Noteable events involving Charles F. Hughes include:
5 Jul 1941
USS Charles F. Hughes picks up 13 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Vigrid that was torpedoed and sunk on 24 June 1941 about 400 miles southeast of Cape Farewell in position 54º30'N, 41º30'W by the German submarine U-371.
10 Oct 1941
USS Charles F. Hughes picks up 7 survivors from the British merchant Hatasu that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-431 in the North Atlantic about 600 miles east of Cape Race in position 54º16'N, 26º36'W.