USS Hull (DD-945)
 USS Hull (DD-945) |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | destroyer |
| Keel laying | September 12, 1956 |
| Launch | August 10, 1957 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| period of service |
July 3, 1958 - July 11, 1983 |
| Whereabouts | sunk on April 7, 1998 as a target ship |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
4,619 tons |
| length |
127.50 meters |
| width |
13.80 meters |
| Draft |
6.7 meters |
| crew |
324 |
| drive |
Two steam turbines, 70,000 hp, two screws |
The USS Hull (DD-945) was a destroyer of the Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy and the fourth ship , which according to Commodore Isaac Hull , the captain of the USS Constitution was named. The Hull served in the US Navy from 1958 to 1983.
history
Construction and commissioning
The keel laying of the Hull took place on September 12, 1956 at Bath Iron Works in Bath , the launch took place after eleven months, on August 10, 1957. After further equipment work, the destroyer was put into service on July 3, 1958 with the US Navy . After first test drives off the coast of New England , the Hull Newport left on September 7, 1958 and drove through the Panama Canal to San Diego , where it arrived on October 13. Now assigned to the US Pacific Fleet, it took part in the first maneuvers with other ships in the fleet.
Working time
In April 1959 the first mission of the Hull began with the 7th US fleet in the western Pacific, this lasted until August of that year. From July to November 1960 and from August 1961 to February 1962, two more deployments with the seventh fleet followed in the Far East. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in the fall of 1962, the destroyer escorted amphibious units from the US Pacific Fleet to the Panama Canal Zone. From October 1963 to April 1964 another deployment followed in the Western Pacific.
On April 27, 1965, the first of six missions began off the Vietnamese coast, where the Hull was used, among other things, as a "plane guard" for aircraft carriers and took part in coastal bombardments. From January to April 1966 the ship was overhauled and repaired in the Long Beach Navy Yard , in August the destroyer was then used as the flagship of Commander Task Unit 70.8.9 off the coast of Vietnam as part of a further six-month mission.
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After completing the eleventh mission in the West Pacific in the summer of 1973, the front Mk 42-5-inch gun was replaced by an experimental Mk 71-8-inch gun during the general overhaul in 1974/75 . In the following months the gun was extensively tried and tested, and the gun remained on board during the next two trips with the 7th Fleet. In 1979 it was removed again and replaced with the original 5-inch gun.
From February to September 1981 another mission followed in the Western Pacific, in September 1982 the last mission of the destroyer began as part of the combat group around the USS Enterprise . After returning to San Diego in April 1983, preparations began for the ship to be retired.
Decommissioning and fate
The official retirement of the Hull took place on July 11, 1983, but the ship was still assigned to the reserve fleet for three months . After being deleted from the ship register on October 15, 1983, the ship waited 15 years for its fate. On April 7, 1998, the destroyed hull of the destroyer was sunk off the coast of California during the SINKEX '98.
Web links
- Pictures of the Hull at navsource.org
- USS Hull at destroyersonline.com (Eng.)