Hoel (DDG 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS HOEL DDG-13 WORLD ' S FINEST GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER X 4 THE GUIDED MISSLE DESTROYER USS HOEL(DDC-U) IS NAMED FOR U PR WILLIAM R HOE1 NA A I MERODURINc, IHl ( IV 1 1 WAR OF [HE UNITED SI TES(1861 L86S) I Ml HOI 1 IS NO! I HI FIRST SHIP T THIS DISTINGUISH! D NAME. THE FIRM HOE1 (DD-533), A 376 FOOl LONG DESTROYER ( OMMISSION1 D IN [o.l3 AS SUNK DURING THE CRITICAL VVOR1 I I WAR II BATTLE OFI SAMAR M VND 0 U BI R . 3ALLANI sHiF ' Wl N I DOWN Wl rH GUN MOUNTS FIRING, SUC ESSFU1 I PRI VENTING V IAPANI SS B I Pi I SHIP 1 1 R 1 IROM DESTROYING A VI I Nl RAB1 1 I S ES OR! ( ARRI! R GROUP LCX VTED IN LEYTE GULI )N1 A HANDFUL OI SURVIVORS INCLUDING HOEL ' S COMMANDING OFFICER SURVIVED TO DISP1 A - I HI ' RIsiDI NTIAI I Nl I ( II UK )N AWARD! D (OR C NSPI UOUS VLOR 1 THE PRESENT HON WAS 1 Al NCHED AT BAY CIT MICHIGAN IN AUGUS1 I960 1 MM R I HI SP( (NSORSHIP PF MRS. HARRY H. LONG GRANDAl GHTER OF LCDR HOE1 FOLLOWING HOEL ' S COMMISS k STON II Nl 16 1962 HOE1 W VS VSSN 1NED TO TH1 NAVY ' S PACIFK II I I I FULFILLING VARIOUS PI ( I KEEPING ASSIGNMENTS Bl I V I 1 ' . --: M ' !■ ■ HOE1 HAS SEEN V riON rHROUGHOLTl IHI ; JDCEAN. BRINGING (.ooIHVIII rO VARIOUS NATIONS THROUCHOI I IHI WORLD HOI I HAS HUCH COUNTRIES AS PAKISTAN. Nl W I l VND M STRALIA SRI LANKA KENYA SINGAPORI HONG KONG REPUBLIC OF IHI I ' ll II IPPINES IAPAN REPUBLN OF CHINA FIJI THAILAND PAPl V NEW I TONGA NDNI W AI I DON I A Dl K I NG ITS TWENTY IIIRI I Yl VR HISTORY IHI SHIPS OVI RALI LENGTH IS 137 FEET, HER BEAM IS 47 FEE! AND Mil DISP1 VCES 4 00 T INS rWIN STI M II RBINI I I GINES DEVELOP A TOTAL OF 70000 shai I H( ' RsM ' owi R VND PROPE1 THE SHIP AT SPEEDS IN EX HOEL S GARHTN Dl WlAPONs SYSTEMS TESTIFIES TO IHI DIVERSITY OI HER N I P MllIlls Mil IS OI ll ' i I Willi s[ R| c I K MR I VR I VR CI II ' I I i MISSII ES SI Rl VCI TO SI Rl V I H VRP H N ( Rl ISI vlISSLLs TWO AUTOMATIC FIVE-INCH 54 GUNS WHICH VN DELIVER EXTREMELY VCCURATI VND RAPID IRI ( r.,| |[ LAND AND WATER-BORNI TARGETS VND VNTI-SUBMARII rORPEDOES tECENTLY MODERNIZED RADAR VTELLITE COMMUN MS SUITES HAVE KEPT HOEI HRI AM OI I HI I VTES1 IH HN L M !• l Dl VI LOPMI ' H MS V TOTA FFKT Rs VND ENLISTED MEN MAKI UP THE CREV THAT Kl EPS IHI SHIP READ ' VND WILLING TO Ml II Ml OMMITMENTS HOEL IS MED TO DESTROYI I OF THE NAVAL SURFACI ORCES US PACIFK FLEE! VND MAKES REGULAR DEPLOYMENTS FROM HER HOMI Al IK IRN1 V TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC AN (ELS LATEST DEPL M N I A 1 1 1 1 I ,