USS Hughes (DD-410)
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USS Hughes (DD-410) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in major battles and surviving a kamikaze attack.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Hughes (DD-410) canonical | 3 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benson-class destroyer
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United States Navy destroyer ⓘ World War II warship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
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5 × 5 in/38 caliber guns ⓘ Anti-aircraft guns ⓘ Depth charges ⓘ |
| awards | 14 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| battle |
Aleutian Islands campaign
ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Gilbert Islands campaign
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal campaign
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Marshall Islands campaign
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawa campaign
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
|
| beam | 36 ft 1 in ⓘ |
| builder |
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
ⓘ
surface form:
Bath Iron Works
|
| commissioned | 1939-09-21 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approx. 250 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| damage | Severely damaged by kamikaze hit ⓘ |
| dateOfKamikazeAttack | 1944-12-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1948-10-16 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1946-08-28 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approx. 2,250 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approx. 1,620 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 13 ft 2 in ⓘ |
| fate | Sunk as target ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1937-09-15 ⓘ |
| launched | 1939-06-17 ⓘ |
| length | 347 ft 10 in ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 37 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Frederick Hughes ⓘ |
| namesake | Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Survived kamikaze attack off Leyte ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | DD-410 ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Bath, Maine ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 50,000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 propeller shafts
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Geared steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
Anti-submarine warfare
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Convoy escort ⓘ Screening aircraft carriers ⓘ Shore bombardment ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Benson-class destroyer
ⓘ
surface form:
Benson class
|
| sponsor | Mrs. Charles Frederick Hughes ⓘ |
| stricken | 1947-06-01 ⓘ |
| sunkBy | U.S. Navy aircraft (as target) ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
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Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sims-class destroyer