HULL DD 350

Ship Name and Designation History

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Farragut Class Destroyer Keel Laid 7 March 1933 - Launched 31 January 1934 USS HULL DD-350 Commissioned 11 January 1935 LOST in a Typhoon 17 December 1944 off Luzon PI 38 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.

Commodore Isaac Hull, USN

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1. USS Hull DD-350 Covers Page 1    (1935-1943)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1935-01-11

First Day in Commission. Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "ST.NAZAIRE / FRANCE"

1935-06-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / PUGET SOUND"

1940-07-17

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-03-22

Censored, sailors mail

 

Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-08-14

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

Other Information

USS HULL earned 10 Battle Stars during her WWII service.

USS HULL was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941

NAMESAKE - Commodore Isaac Hull, USN (9 March 1773 – 13 February 1843)
         Hull was a Commodore in the United States Navy. He commanded several famous U.S. naval warships including USS CONSTITUTION and saw service in the undeclared naval Quasi War with the revolutionary French Republic (France) 1796–1800; the Barbary Wars (1801–1805, 1815), with the Barbary states in North Africa; and the War of 1812 (1812–1815), for the second time with Great Britain. In the latter part of his career he was Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard in the national capital of Washington, D.C., and later the Commodore of the Mediterranean Squadron. For the infant U.S. Navy the battle of USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere on August 19, 1812, at the beginning of the war, was the most important single ship action of the War of 1812 and one that made Isaac Hull a national hero.

Four ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Hull DD-7, USS Hull DD-330, USS Hull DD-350 and USS Hull DD-945.

The ships sponsor was Miss Patricia Louise Platt.

 

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