Hull (DD 945) - Naval Cruise Book

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HISTORY 1 21 Sh h d an overall length of 314 feet and a USS HULL QDD-3305 was commissioned in April 9 . e a k t ' soundin and charting operations along displacement of 1, 308 tons. During 1922 the ship too par 1n g the coast of Southern California. She acted as escort vessel on President I-Iarding's trip to Alaska in k 'll and later died. In January 1924 HULL june 1923. It was on this trip that the president was ta en 1 ' l' and o erty during the recurring Mexican sailed to Vera Cruz, Mexico to protect American 1ves pr ip revolution. The destroyer was decommissioned on 31 March 1930. , , ,ft KWVWNWQYN' SVf5Z7,f sm fy, S7 'f :, s Q ,, W, Q X. f ,f X Q, r . Wwfs !mW X Q! X y f X f f XX WW day fwfr Www -ma, fwfr, AJ Mtff f f J ff ff sig X XWWWX algwx gfiggz kfxyxwygfpfywgysfwfsyfiwwgxfsyyx eww? 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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

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The Fifth Ship 0f The Fleet To Bear The Name USS HULL CDD-9455 was built by Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine. Her keel was laid on 9 December 1956. She was launched on 10 August 1957 under the sponsorship of Mrs. Albert C. Mumma and delivered to Boston Naval Shipyard where she was commissioned on 3 july 1958. HULL represents the last of the pure destroyer-type ships built by the United States. Designed for versatility, the feature that made the destroyer the work horse of the American Fleet during two world wars, HULL has the capability to carry out a variety of missions with profound effectiveness. Her multi-purpose, rapid-fire gun mounts are capable of destroying enemy bunkers and artillery sites several miles inland while at the same time throw- ing up a curtain of flak against an attacking aircraft. Long range air and surface radars warn of approaching danger long before it becomes visible to the human eye. Modern sonar equipment searches the ocean depths for hostile submarines which, once detected, become vulnerable targets for the destroyer's high- speed, homing torpedoes. HULL's Combat Information Center collects and disseminates up-to-the- ' minute tactical information, while her Communications Center links the ship to a world-wide radio network. The ship has modern habitability features for her crew including air-con- ditioning, a ship's store, post office, barber shop, laundry and well-equipped galley, enabling her to remain at sea for extended periods of time.