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U.S.S. HUGH W. HADLEY

(DD-774)

STAYING ALIVE

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DD-774 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1944-Keel Date: 6 FEB 1944
at Bethlehem Steel San Pedro
JUL1944-Launch Date: 16 JUL 1944
NOV1944-Commissioned: 25 NOV 1944
NOV1944-DEC1945Shot down 23 Kamikazes in 1 hr. 40 min; all-time record; Okinawa
MAY1945-SEP194505/11/45; hit by 3 Kamikazes +2 bombs; towed 7 000mi to SF
DEC1945-Decommissioned: 15 DEC 1945

DD-774 General Specifications

Class: Allen M. Sumner class destroyer

Named for: Hugh William Hadley

Complement: 336 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2200 tons

Length: 376 feet 6 inches

Beam: 40 feet

Flank Speed: 34 knots

Range: 6500 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Sold 2 September 1947 scrapped