Allied Warships

USS Hughes (DD 410)

Destroyer of the Sims class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Sims
Pennant	DD 410
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	15 Sep 1937
Launched	17 Jun 1939
Commissioned	21 Sep 1939
End service	28 Aug 1946
History	Damaged in the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. Decommissioned 28 August 1946. Sunk as target 16 October 1948. Stricken 26 November 1948.

Commands listed for USS Hughes (DD 410)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Donald James Ramsey, USN	21 Sep 1939	23 Dec 1942
2	T/Cdr. Herbert Hughes Marable, USN	23 Dec 1942	23 Oct 1943 (1)
3	T/Lt.Cdr. Ellis Brooks Rittenhouse, USN	23 Oct 1943	23 Feb 1945 (1)
4	Lt.Cdr. John Francis Ducey, Jr., USNR	23 Feb 1945	7 Oct 1945 (1)
5	Cdr. David Spencer Bill, Jr., USN	7 Oct 1945	28 Aug 1946 (1)

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Notable events involving Hughes include:

28 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with USS Broome (Lt. C.S. Arthur, Jr., USN), USS Simpson (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Fahle, USN), HMS Walker (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Rowell, RN), HMS Walker (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Rowell, RN), HMS Highlander (Cdr. E.C.L. Day, RN) and USS Hughes (Lt.Cdr. H.H. Marable, USN). (2)