USS Hughes
Service
- 21 September 1939 — 28 August 19462,173 days of the war
- Name
- USS Hughes
- Builder
- Bath Iron Works
- Laid down
- 15 September 1937
- Launched
- 17 June 1939
- Commissioned
- 21 September 1939
- Decommissioned
- 28 August 1946
- Struck
- 26 November 1948
- Fate
- Sunk as target on 16 October 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,575 long tons (1,600 t)
- Length
- 106.07 m (348 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 3,660 nmi (6,778 km)
- Complement
- 192
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Hughes was a Sims-class destroyer, operated by the United States Navy. Bath Iron Works laid her keel on 15 September 1937. She entered service on 21 September 1939, having been launched on 17 June 1939.
Twelve ships of the class were built. The class followed the Benham-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Benson-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,575 long tons. She measured 106.1 m (348 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 192. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 2,173 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 August 1946. She was struck from the register on 26 November 1948.
She was expended as a target on 16 October 1948. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- High-pressure super-heated boilers
- Geared turbines with twin screws
- 50,000 hp (37,000 kW)
- Armament
- 5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts
- 4 × .50 caliber/90, in single mounts
- 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts
- 2 × depth charge track, 10 depth charges
- Armour
- None
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Hughes on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 97915 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons