USN · DD
Hughes
Photos and infoSims-class destroyer. Screened Yorktown at Midway. Still afloat at the surrender. Sunk as a target on 16 October 1948.
| Class | Sims class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-410 |
| Fate | Afloat. In Yorktown's screen at Midway, and not sunk there. Still afloat at the surrender. After the Bikini tests she was sunk as a target off the Washington coast on 16 October 1948. |
| Armament (class) | Five 5-inch guns and one funnel. |
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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. USS Hughes (DD-410) underway c1939.jpg. 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
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in Yorktown's screen
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · took Hornet survivors and was slightly damaged scraping her. Not sunk
