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A PROUD USS COMMODORE HULL was a side-wheel steamer, a converted merchant ship Weighing 367 tons with a length of 141 feet. She was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil.War and took part in the seige of Washington D. C. in April, 1863. The ship was heavily damaged during an engagement with CSS Albemarle in the Waters around Plymouth, N. C. on 31 October 1864. She was decommissioned in June 1865. X H,...,Zw ' ai 5 5 . ,r 5 Ss X if f, ' ' O f , -fn. , if f-W, f 'M as M. 1 3,4 ft., gffgi 1 an f S , ' 6, X. p M' flfff Txr 'f M, W L M' 1 S ,,, ' ' , QM' W t M -9 , JMU, .... J . . W - I , , VI - p, ,, , yr'-H - 4 3 1 .4 'Elf' f A . , , 4 1 f 4 ,, , V f A ' i ., ' ' 1 , , ' ' 'I i X ,. ., W' 4 M fy fy, ' 1 t f , y -f ' - - ' ' - 'WM ' '? f s, 5 ' m N ' fi , ,.,, A G ,I , Mx Q. ,, , V .- ,,,,,,..,:y . f ss M f . , V, . ,, -.+V V,-Z -. tm- fs- 5 . f. . f Q S I ff xy, 5. -5ffwv,, f . , V , ,, ,W . I I W , -1- ' W.-7f.ffff..w..,,fmf .-swhw, WWI- , . ,,,.. , M W, ,, K get f .- , K , 1 t px, -, -HQ, V, --.. ,f , , I Sf ,' QL i ff' - ,iff , ,WM 77' f, I U.. NM an , ffm ,, , , , . ,wp,y ,N W , .,., PV, ,M .., .,, , f 1. X W X.,sw.,ffg..w,y0M.sVW1, ,W , 1 -- ' t 'iwillw . w sfsw as-l-, pf' f . F'-WW' f , ' f I - ' f f .W ff 11941 219' ' if y f 1 -ww M' -nfs-..w.W4'w f WWW' . my -S , fff m,s-5'wWQQ'yhw+w'y,ww 4. 4 2 ,1 -- ,W , . .. S ' ' ' ,- 'K , - W' U w A K . N ,uw up - WA , .5 . ... g k .Y fl ,af ,W .W p ,Ziff , .I , w5ff,,a,.,,,,,,V f x v ,ffgn,r5..: s- f H 4 ,, '34 t Y- ,, ,, H ,ig , f .' f 155 Q yf f V N ,MA A xv, ,, . - f n , WH Q , ' 'Tm 1 ,' , W ' 9 x ' ' ' :lf WV. , , - ,, ' 1 'I f A-Z' f L ' ' Q Mag.,-,Mg , Wm 4 I ,.-,-:,-v ,.f4m.-s-vvW4ZfgwfQP ,, ,ll Ni, ,, , . Z,lz,.!,,yf ,,,,ff f ,f l M A ,f ,, , A -1, ML vw,,,,f, ,,... w, , in a, A 3 I Nw, M f4 ',,ZWs M .. , ,fs,,,,uQ5'tWm.'s-f ffw fsf a t 'A WN Q f W -, ' ' f ff .. fm? f LV K 'VZ W ,Ml I , J' ,, .A f M' ...fs , 4 W, -S My , , V, ,f rf , if ' WWI. ' 4 effwfhcf, ,,,,, aff: USS HULL QDD-7, was a coastal torpedo vessel, 248 feet in length and displacing 568 tons. In Decem- ber 1907 she became an escort vessel for the Great White Fleet while the battleships made their way around the tip of South America enroute to the West coa-st. During the Spring of 41917 she engaged in defensive pa1:rols off the western approach to the Panama- Canal. In july the ship took up patrol duty along the eastern coast of the U. S. and was responsible for breaking up an attack by the German submarine U-151 on a merchant ship. She continued patrolling this vital ocean area until the end of the war, rescuing untold numbers of sailors from sinking ships. DD-7 was decommissioned in july 1919. .4