USS Hutchins (DD-476) [SEP] vessel class
USS Hutchins (DD-476)
USS "Hutchins" (DD-476), a "Fletcher"-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Carlton B. Hutchins (1904–1938), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
"Hutchins" (DD-476) was launched by Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., 20 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs. C.B. Hutchins, widow of Lt. Hutchins; and commissioned 17 November 1942, Lieutenant Commander B.W. Herron in command. "Hutchins" was
(DD-774) seriously damaged by an aircraft bomb and two "kamikaze" aircraft, 11 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.
USS "Hull" (DD-350) foundered during a typhoon in the Philippine Sea, 18 December 1944.
USS "Hutchins" (DD-476) seriously damaged by a Japanese suicide boat, 27 April 1945, in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.
USS "Ingraham