USN · DD
Hugh W. Hadley
Photos and infoAllen M. Sumner-class destroyer, DD-774. Fighter-direction ship with Evans on Radar Picket Station 15, 11 May 1945. She was hit and lost her engines. Damage control kept her afloat. She was not returned to service.
| Class | Allen M. Sumner class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-774 |
| Builder | Bethlehem, San Pedro |
| Launched | 1944-07-16 |
| Commissioned | 1944-11-25 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Towed to Ie Shima, then across the Pacific. Not returned to service. Presidential Unit Citation and one battle star. |
| Armament (class) | Three twin 5-inch mounts and two funnels, on the Fletcher hull. |
| Command |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-75462. USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) off San Pedro, California, 11 December 1944. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · radar picket with Evans on 11 May; not sunk
