Allied Warships

USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD 748)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAllen M. Sumner 
PennantDD 748 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 Oct 1943 
Launched25 Mar 1944 
Commissioned22 Jul 1944 
End service 1969 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned in 1969.
Stricken 17 October 1969.
Sold in July 1970 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD 748)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Leonard Scott Bailey, USNR22 Jul 1944???

2Cdr. Arthur Montgomery Purdy, USN< Jan 45> May 45

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Noteable events involving Harry E. Hubbard include:


16 Jan 1945
USS Harry E. Hubbard (Cdr Arthur Montgomery Purdy) departs Norfolk bound for the Pacific.

24 Jan 1945
USS Harry E. Hubbard (Cdr A. M. Purdy) transits the Panama Canal.

4 Feb 1945
USS Hubbard (Cdr A.W. Purdy) arrives at San Diego.

7 Feb 1945
USS Hubbard (Cdr A.W. Purdy) departs San Diego bound for Pearl Harbor.

15 Feb 1945
USS Harry E. Hubbard (Cdr A.W. Purdy) arrives at Pearl Harbor.

17 Apr 1945
USS Harry E. Hubbard (Cdr A.W. Purdy) departs Pearl Harbor bound for Ulithi.

28 Apr 1945
USS Harry E. Hubbard (Cdr A.W. Purdy) arrives at Ulithi.

8 May 1945
USS Harry E. Hubbard (Cdr A.W. Purdy) arrives off Okinawa.

Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore

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