Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 476 |
Built by | Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 28 Jun 1940 |
Laid down | 27 Sep 1941 |
Launched | 20 Feb 1942 |
Commissioned | 17 Nov 1942 |
End service | 30 Nov 1945 |
History | Badly damaged off Okinawa by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 27 April 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Hutchins (DD 476)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Edwin Warren Herron, USN | 17 Nov 1942 | 11 Feb 1944 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Caleb Barrett Laning, USN | 11 Feb 1944 | 19 Dec 1944 |
3 | Albert Royal Olsen, USN | 19 Dec 1944 | 30 Nov 1945 |
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