Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class
| 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 |
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| History | Decommissioned 18 March 1946.
Stricken 1 June 1 1969.
Sunk as target off Virginia 26 March 1969. |
| 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. |
