Allied Warships

USS Hull (DD 350)

Destroyer of the Farragut class

USS Hull, probably late 1944

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Farragut
Pennant	DD 350
Built by	New York Navy Yard
Ordered
Laid down	7 Mar 1933
Launched	31 Jan 1934
Commissioned	11 Jan 1935
Lost	18 Dec 1944
Loss position	14° 57'N, 127° 58'E

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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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Harold Davies Baker, USN	1 Jun 1939	7 Jun 1940 (1)
2	Lt.Cdr. Walfrid Nyquist, USN	7 Jun 1940	10 Aug 1941 (1)
3	Lt.Cdr. Richard Farnum Stout, USN	10 Aug 1941	11 Feb 1943 (1)
4	T/Cdr. Andrew Lee Young, Jr., USN	11 Feb 1943	Dec 1943 (1)
5	Charles Willard Consolvo, USN	Dec 1943	22 Sep 1944 (1)
6	Lt.Cdr. James Alexander Marks, USN	22 Sep 1944	18 Dec 1944 (1)

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Notable events involving Hull include:

17 Mar 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) departed Majoro Atoll as part of Task Group 50.10 which was to bombard Milli Island. The other ships of the task force were battleship USS New Jersey (Capt. C.F. Holden, USN) and destroyers USS Dewey (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Copeland, USN), USS Hull (Lt.Cdr. C.W. Consolvo, USN), USS MacDonough (Cdr. J.W. Ramey, USN) and USS Phelps (Lt.Cdr. D.L. Martineau, USN). Air cover was provided by fleet carrier USS Lexington (Capt. F.B. Stump, USN) escorted by destroyers USS Bancoft (Cdr. R.M. Pitts, USN), USS Meade (Cdr. J. Munholland, USN) and USS Edwards (Cdr. P.G. Osler, USN).

For the daily positions of USS Iowa during this operation see the map below.