Allied Warships

USS Charles F. Hughes (DD 428)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Benson / Gleaves
Pennant	DD 428
Built by	Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	3 Jan 1938
Launched	16 May 1940
Commissioned	5 Sep 1940
End service	18 Mar 1946
History	Decommissioned 18 March 1946. Stricken 1 June 1 1969. Sunk as target off Virginia 26 March 1969.

Commands listed for USS Charles F. Hughes (DD 428)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. George Lawrence Menocal, USN	6 Sep 1940	26 May 1942
2	Lt.Cdr. Bennett Smith Copping, USN	26 May 1942	29 Sep 1943
3	T/Lt.Cdr. J C Gillespie Wilson, USN	29 Sep 1943	24 Dec 1944 (1)
4	T/Cdr. John Shannon, USN	24 Dec 1944	18 Mar 1946 (1)

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Notable events involving Charles F. Hughes include:

5 Jul 1941
USS Charles F. Hughes picks up 13 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Vigrid that was torpedoed and sunk on 24 June 1941 about 400 miles southeast of Cape Farewell in position 54°30'N, 41°30'W by German U-boat U-371.

10 Oct 1941
USS Charles F. Hughes picks up 7 survivors from the British merchant Hatasu that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-431 in the North Atlantic about 600 miles east of Cape Race in position 54°16'N, 26°36'W.

20 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Plunkett, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Madison. (2)

21 Aug 1942
During 21/22 August 1942 HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Madison, USS Lansdale, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Plunkett. These also included night exercises. (3)

21 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Plunkett, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Lansdale. (2)

8 Apr 1943
HMS H 50 (Lt. G.S.C Clarabut, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Madison, USS Lansdale, USS Charles F. Hughes, USS Babbitt and USS Upshur. (4)

28 Jul 1943
HMS H 32 (Lt. J.A.R. Troup, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Madison, USS Lansdale and USS Charles F. Hughes. (5)

28 Jul 1943
HMS P 511 (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with USS Broome (Lt. C.S. Arthur, Jr., USN), USS Simpson (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Fahle, USN), HMS Walker (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Rowell, RN), HMS Walker (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Rowell, RN), HMS Highlander (Cdr. E.C.L. Day, RN) and USS Charles F. Hughes (T/Cdr. B.S. Copping, USN). (6)