USN · DD
Hunt
Photos and infoFletcher-class destroyer, named for William Henry Hunt, Secretary of the Navy under President Garfield. She screened the fast carriers, took 429 men off Franklin, and was hit by a kamikaze off Okinawa.
| Class | Fletcher class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-674 |
| Launched | 1943-08-01 |
| Commissioned | 1943-09-22 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 14 August 1975 |
| Armament (class) | Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes. |
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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.
USS Hunt (DD-674) underway in 1959. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Mitchell, Frank Paull Jr.Captain from 22 September 1943Relieved on 8 December 1943WRRogers, William KittridgeCaptain, 8 December 1943 – 18 December 1943HKKnoertzer, Halford A.Captain, 18 December 1943 – 31 March 1945FMMcEntire, Fred Earle Jr.Captain, 31 March 1945 – 15 December 1945LBBarry, Lynn F.Captain from 31 October 1951Relieved on 20 November 1953RAAlexander, Robert HoittCaptain, 20 November 1953 – 23 November 1955EFFarrell, Eugene HarrisonCaptain, 23 November 1955 – 17 August 1957ASStickles, Albert Louis IICaptain, 17 August 1957 – 26 August 1957SCCollins, Samuel LloydCaptain, 26 August 1957 – 10 July 1958RRRosemont, Robert KentCaptain, 10 July 1958 – 9 October 1959SSSegal, Stanley LeonCaptain, 9 October 1959 – 6 November 1959GSSharp, George HandCaptain, 6 November 1959 – 3 May 1960FGGuest, Frank Benjamin Jr.Captain, 3 May 1960 – 1962SBBrittingham, Stanley HartCaptain, 1962 – 30 December 1963Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · shelled the northern beaches of Roi and Namur on 30 January
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · in the screen; shot down one plane on 19 February
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · a kamikaze struck her on 14 April; not sunk
