HUGH W HADLEY DD 774

Ship Name and Designation History

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Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer Keel Laid February 6 1944 - Launched July 16 1944 USS HUGH W. HADLEY DD-774 Commissioned November 25 1944 Heavily damaged (Kamikaze) May 11 1945 off Okinawa Decommissioned December 15 1945 Stricken January 8 1946 Sold September 2 1947 to Walter W. Johnson Co. San Francisco for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-09-10

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Locy Type 9# (Br. #15204)

1945-03-24 to 1945-04-02

Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

HUGH W. HADLEY earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)
* Okinawa operation, March 1945

Earned Presidential Unit Citation for her performance in the action off Okinawa May 11 1945

NAMESAKE - Hugh William Hadley USN (February 17 1901 - September 5 1942)
Hadley was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1918. Commissioned Ensign May 29 1922, he served on board many ships, including USS PENNSYLVANIA BB-38 and USS S-27, and various shore stations in the prewar years. After serving as Executive Officer of USS ROPER DD-147 1936-1939 and on board USS MARYLAND BB-46 1941-1942, on which he was aboard during the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941, he was appointed Commander and assigned to command Transport Division 12 in the Pacific. Hadley's attack transports made nightly runs into Guadalcanal to support American troops there, and while on board USS LITTLE APD-4 September 5 1942 Hadley was surprised by three Japanese destroyers off Lunga Point. His outgunned ship fought valiantly, but was sunk along with attack transport USS GREGORY APD-3. Commander Hadley was killed in the action and was posthumously awarded The Silver Star for his outstanding performance in the bitter Solomons campaign

 

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