USS Hull (DD-350)
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Farragut |
Pennant | DD 350 |
Built by | New York Navy Yard |
Laid down | 7 Mar 1933 |
Launched | 31 Jan 1934 |
Commissioned | 11 Jan 1935 |
Lost | 18 Dec 1944 |
Loss position | She capsized in a typhoon, east of Samar, Philippines in position14.57N, 127.58E |
with the loss of 201 crew | |
History |
Only 7 officers and 34 men survived the sinking which included the
Commanding Officer Lt Commander James Alexander Marks.
She received 10 battle stars for her WWII service. |