USS Hale (DD-642) [SEP] vessel class
USS Hale (DD-642)
USS "Hale" (DD-642), a "Fletcher"-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Maine Senator Eugene Hale (1836–1918).
Operational history.
Operational history 1943.
"Hale" was launched 4 April 1943 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. G. H. Chase, granddaughter of Senator Hale; and commissioned at Boston 15 June 1943, Commander Karl F. Poehlmann in command.
"Hale" conducted shakedown training
"Hake" (SS-256)
1391. USS "Halawa" (AOG-12)
1392. USS "Hale" (DD-133)
1393. USS "Hale" (DD-642)
1394. USS "Halford" (DD-480)
1395. USS "Halibut" (SS-232)
1396. USS "Hall" (DD-583)
1397. USS "Halligan" (DD-584)
1398. USS "Halloran" (DE-305)
1399. USS "Halsey Powell" (DD-686)
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