Allied Warships

USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD 774)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 774
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	6 Feb 1944
Launched	16 Jul 1944
Commissioned	25 Nov 1944
End service	Dec 1945
History	Heavily damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft 11 May 1945 while off Okinawa. Decommissioned in December 1945. Stricken 8 January 1946. Sold 2 September 1947 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD 774)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Leonard Cornelius Chamberlin, USN	25 Nov 1944	13 Jan 1945
2	T/Cdr. Baron Joseph Mullaney, USN	13 Jan 1945	19 Jun 1945
3	T/Cdr. Roy Arthur Newton, USN	19 Jun 1945	10 Nov 1945
4	T/Lt.Cdr. Robert Marvin Brownlie, USN	10 Nov 1945	15 Dec 1945

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Notable events involving Hugh W. Hadley include:

23 Dec 1944
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cmdr Leonard Cornelius Chamberlin) arrived at San Diego to begin her shakedown training.

21 Feb 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. Baron Joseph Mullaney) departed from San Diego bound for Pearl Harbor.

21 Feb 1945
The escort carrier (in an aircraft ferry role) HMS Ranee (A/Capt. J.A.W. Tothill, DSC, RN) and the destroyer USS Hugh W. Hadley (T/Cdr. B.J. Mullaney, USN) departed San Diego for Pearl Harbour. On board the Ranee were 63 aircraft. (1)

27 Feb 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

27 Feb 1945
The escort carrier HMS Ranee (A/Capt. J.A.W. Tothill, DSC, RN) and the destroyer USS Hugh W. Hadley (T/Cdr. B.J. Mullaney, USN) both arrived at Pearl Harbour. The destroyer had proceeded ahead after having been relieved as escort by the patrol vessel USS PC-580 (Lt. A.L. Anderson, USNR). (1)

7 Mar 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) departed from Pearl Harbor bound for Ulithi.

19 Mar 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) arrived at Ulithi.

25 Mar 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) departed from Ulithi as escort for a large convoy of landing ships that were to support the Okinawa landings.

4 Apr 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) departed from the Okinawa area with a convoy bound for Saipan.

14 Apr 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) arrived at Saipan.

20 Apr 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) departed from Saipan to return to the Okinawa area.

27 Apr 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) arrived back in the Okinawa area.

11 May 1945
While on radar picked duty of Okinawa USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. Baron Joseph Mullaney) is heavily damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft in position 26°59'N, 127°32'E. The damaged destroyer was towed to the Le Shima anchorage. The Commanding officer was wounded.

14 May 1945
The heavily damaged USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. B.J. Mullaney) is towed to Kerama Retto to be put into a floating dry dock for emergency repairs.

15 Jul 1945
The floating dry dock with USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cmdr Roy A. Newton) is towed from Kerama Retto to Buckner Bay, Okinawa.

29 Jul 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. R.A. Newton) is towed away from Buckner Bay to the US east coast to be fully repaired.

26 Sep 1945
USS Hugh W. Hadley (Cdr. R.A. Newton) finally arrived at the Hunters Point Navy Yard at San Francisco.