Allied Warships

USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 427 
Built byCharleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 May 1938 
Launched14 Dec 1939 
Commissioned7 Sep 1940 
End service6 Feb 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 6 February 1947.
Transferred to Taiwan 26 February 1954 and renamed Han Yang.
Han Yang was stricken 1 November 1974 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Sherman Rockwell Clark, USN6 Sep 1940???

2Cdr. Frederick Max Stiesberg, USN1943Oct 1944
3Cdr. Thaddeus Johnson van Metre, USNOct 19446 Dec 1945

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