Hull (DD 945) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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 DECADE or SERVICE HULL arr1ved at her homeport of San Dlego on 13 October 1958 joinmg the Pac1f1c Fleet as a member of Destroyer Squadron One Between 1959 and 1962 the destroyer made three deployments to the Western Paclfic She patrolled the Formosa Straits and other areas 1n the South Chma Sea expressing Amerlcan protectlon of Southeast Aslan Countrles ln thelr flght agamst communlsm As the lntroductlon of offenslve m1ss1les 1nto Cuba preclpltated another Cold War cr1s1s HULL sa1led from San Dlego 1n October 1962 to escort amph1b1ous forces to the Canal Zone to strengthen Amerlcan defenses and show her determmatlon to reslst any 1ntrus1on 1nto the Western I-Iem1sphere In Apr1l 1965 and agam 1n August 1966 the sh1p crossed the vast Pac1f1c carry out gunflre support mlsslons off the coast of South Vletnam She also patrolled the Gulf of Tonkm as a search and rescue shlp coordmatlng the rescue of numerous downed p1lots and recoverlng one Amer1can flyer herself On 19 january 1968 the veteran destroyer began her thlrd and most recent Vletnam deployment Conduct1ng shore bombardment m1ss1ons along the south coast and ln the Dem1l1tar1zed Zone I-IULL poured over 25 000 rounds of f1ve 1nch ammunltlon 1nto enemy strongholds and destroyed or damaged over 220 structures and bunkers On seven dtfferent occas1ons North Vletnamese gunners 1n the DMZ took her under f1re but ln each mstance she managed to escape damage wh1le d1rect1ng a barrage of her own f1re at the attackmg batterles As a result of her performance durmg thls deployment the sh1p was awarded the Navy Merltorlous Unlt Commendauon . . . I Q I Oc, I nr .. . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . C O . .. . 1.7 9 . ' 2 I U I ' - 7 . -7 V , .... ...-...-..... -.....L.....-..,.-.,...,.. - , .....4-......-,.f..-.,...c...,...:.4....,.--.44.s,.. -....,.......-..x.......,.-......,.......,,.-.-,........m..., .Y.. ..,..........,-. ,.