Allied Warships

USS Hull (DD 350)

Destroyer of the Farragut class


USS Hull, probably late 1944

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassFarragut 
PennantDD 350 
Built byNew York Navy Yard 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Mar 1933 
Launched31 Jan 1934 
Commissioned11 Jan 1935 
Lost18 Dec 1944 
Loss position14.57N, 127.58E (See a map)
 
History

She capsized in a typhoon, east of Samar, Philippines in position 14º57'N, 127º58'E. 7 officers and 55 men survived the sinking which includes the Commander Officer Lt Cmdr James Alexander Marks, However 202 of her crew were lost.

She received 10 battle stars for her WWII service.

 

Commands listed for USS Hull (DD 350)

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CommanderFromTo
Charles Willard Gonsolvo, USN1 Feb 1944
George Porter Hunter, USN
1Cdr. Ralph Stafford Wentworth, USN11 Jan 1935???

2Lt.Cdr. Harold Davies Baker, USN1939???

3Lt.Cdr. Walfrid Nyquist, USN1940???

4Lt.Cdr. Richard Farnum Stout, USNAug 1941Feb 1943

5Lt.Cdr. Andrew Lee Young, Jr., USNMay 1943???

6Lt.Cdr. James Alexander Marks, USN1 Feb 194418 Dec 1944

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Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


Blood on the Sea

Parkin, Robert Sinclair


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore

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