USS Hugh W. Hadley
Service
- as Hugh W. Hadley25 November 1944 — 15 December 1945281 days of the war
- Name
- USS Hugh W. Hadley
- Namesake
- Hugh William Hadley
- Builder
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro
- Laid down
- 6 February 1944
- Launched
- 16 July 1944
- Commissioned
- 25 November 1944
- Decommissioned
- 15 December 1945
- Struck
- 8 January 1946
- Fate
- Severely damaged by MXY-7 kamikaze aircraft, scrapped on 2 September 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
- Length
- 114.6 m (376 ft)
- Beam
- 12.19 m (40 ft)
- Draught
- 4.57 m (15 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 336
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Hugh W. Hadley was a Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. The ship was named after Hugh William Hadley. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro on 6 February 1944. Launched on 16 July 1944, she entered service on 25 November 1944.
54 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Fletcher-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Gearing-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,200 long tons. She measured 114.6 m (376 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 336.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 281 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1946.
She was broken up for scrap on 2 September 1947.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 60000 shp
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 6 × 5 in/38 cal. guns
- 12 × 40 mm AA guns
- 11 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 × depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Alfred A. Cunningham
- USS Allen M. Sumner
- USS Ault
- USS Barton (DD-722)
- USS Blue (DD-744)
- USS Borie (DD-704)
- USS Bristol (DD-857)
- USS Brush
- USS Charles S. Sperry
- USS Collett
- USS Compton
- USS Cooper
- USS De Haven (DD-727)
- USS Douglas H. Fox
- USS Drexler
- USS English
- USS Frank E. Evans
- USS Gainard
- USS Hank
- USS Harlan R. Dickson
- USS Harry E. Hubbard
- USS Haynsworth
- USS Hugh Purvis
- USS Hyman
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Hugh W. Hadley on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships — Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-75462 available at Destroyerhistory.org ; Official U.S. Navy photo [1] from the ship's entry in the U.S. Navy Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) available at the Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons