USS Hunt (DD-674) [SEP] vessel class
USS Hunt (DD-674)
USS "Hunt" (DD-674) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for William H. Hunt, Secretary of the Navy under President James A. Garfield.
"Hunt" was launched by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J., 1 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Henry Kent Hewitt, wife of Vice Admiral Hewitt, and granddaughter of the namesake; and commissioned 22 September 1943, Commander Frank P. Mitchell in command.
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Caribbean conducting exercises in antisubmarine warfare and battle practice. She won the Battle Efficiency Award for the fiscal year 1957 to 1958 and repeated the feat for the 1958 to 1959 period. She decommissioned 30 December 1963 and was berthed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia, Pa.
"Hunt" was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 December 1974. She was sold 14 August 1975 and broken up for scrap.
External links.
- Hazegray Destroyer Database, DD-674
- Destroyer Photo Index, USS "Hunt"