USS Charles F. Hughes

Benson-class destroyer

Service

United States Navy as USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428)5 September 1940 — 18 March 19461,823 days of the war

Benson-class destroyer Particulars

Name: USS Charles F. Hughes
Namesake: Charles Frederick Hughes
Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Laid down: 3 January 1938
Launched: 16 May 1940
Commissioned: 5 September 1940
Decommissioned: 18 March 1946
Struck: 1 June 1969
Fate: Sunk as target, 26 March 1969 (1969)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 1,620 long tons (1,646 t)
Length: 106.07 m (348 ft)
Beam: 10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught: 3.35 m (11 ft)
Complement: 191
Main gun: 127 mm (5 in)

USS Charles F. Hughes was a Benson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles Frederick Hughes. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard laid her keel on 3 January 1938. She entered service on 5 September 1940, having been launched on 16 May 1940.

30 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sims-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gleaves-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,620 long tons. She measured 106.1 m (348 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). She carried a complement of 191. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 1,823 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 18 March 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 June 1969.

She was expended as a target on 26 March 1969. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament: 4 x 1 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns, 2 x 5 21 inch (533 mm) tt.

Sister ships

5 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from USS Charles F. Hughes on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: USN — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons