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jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Had USS Hadley DD774 named after my granddad... Commander Hugh W Hadley.
The S/V Hadley is carrying on the families "love of the sea" tradition. And now I have a 2 month old granddaughter named Hadley.
It is a wonderful world... names have meaning.
The S/V Hadley is carrying on the families "love of the sea" tradition. And now I have a 2 month old granddaughter named Hadley.
It is a wonderful world... names have meaning.
Not quite the same,
The USS Packard (NCC-569) was an uncommissioned destroyer starship of the Jenghiz-class proposed to be built by the Federation Starfleet.
The project was canceled and construction the vessel never completed. (Jackill's)
The USS Packard (NCC-569) was an uncommissioned destroyer starship of the Jenghiz-class proposed to be built by the Federation Starfleet.
The project was canceled and construction the vessel never completed. (Jackill's)
There were a pair of those Packard engines from a PT that had been bought surplus by a cousin of mine.. He had them driving a cotton gin about a mile from where I grew up, out in the country. We used to ride our bicycles over and watch all the magical machinery and listen to the big pair growling!. They'd been converted to run on natural gas. Neat old machines.
USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD 774)
She had short, but smoking hell service in the South Pacific, her battle story is worth the read. Commanding Officer Baron J. Mullaney and his Gunnery Officer were awarded the Navy Cross for actions aboard Hadley.
CMDR Hugh W. Hadley, was awarded the Silver Star (posthumously). He was just 41.
Victory over Imperial Japan came at a very high price.
She had short, but smoking hell service in the South Pacific, her battle story is worth the read. Commanding Officer Baron J. Mullaney and his Gunnery Officer were awarded the Navy Cross for actions aboard Hadley.
CMDR Hugh W. Hadley, was awarded the Silver Star (posthumously). He was just 41.
Victory over Imperial Japan came at a very high price.
Was the DD 774 Hadley one of those involved to protect the landing fleet while the main carriers were involved elsewhere during the Marinas Turkey Shoot? Oh my memory is not as good but wonder if it was involved there.
No, I believe she was off Okinawa doing air combat control as the US closed in on the home islands. She was swarmed by Kamikazi, a truly vicious barrel-melting fight. I see the fate of the Hadley as the fate of a lot of future grand-dads if we had to invade Japan.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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USS Hadley was one of the Sumner Class destroyers. Built in San Pedro CA, Commissioned in November 1944. Engaged in the fierce battle on 11 May 1945 Radar Picket station 15 off the Northwest Coast of Okinawa. She was the Radar Control Center for the AirCap. The Hadley, the Evans and 4 small boats LCS 82, LCS(L) 83, LCS(L) 84, and LSM(R) 193 as support ships and a Combat Air Patrol of twelve planes faced 156 Kamikazes on the morning of the 11th. http://destroyerhistory.org/sumner-gearingclass/usshughwhadley/
Both the Hadley and the Evans were severely damaged. Following the event the Hadley and her crew went into the record books as, the champion kamikaze killer, holder of the all-time individual ship single-engagement anti-aircraft gunnery record—20 planes splashed plus three destroyed by hitting the ship in 100 minutes—was destroyer USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD 774). Although more than one hundred planes attacked the two destroyers and both were hit, both crews managed to save their ships, which were eventually towed to the West Coast but never repaired.
I have had the honor to know some of the crew for the USS Hadley. I grew up with a piece of her history on the wall in my bedroom, portion of the Hadley bridge saved from the scrap yard. The ships record of that day, now on permanent display in the National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, Texas.
Sorry if I hijacked this thread.
Fair winds to all of you sailors.
Both the Hadley and the Evans were severely damaged. Following the event the Hadley and her crew went into the record books as, the champion kamikaze killer, holder of the all-time individual ship single-engagement anti-aircraft gunnery record—20 planes splashed plus three destroyed by hitting the ship in 100 minutes—was destroyer USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD 774). Although more than one hundred planes attacked the two destroyers and both were hit, both crews managed to save their ships, which were eventually towed to the West Coast but never repaired.
I have had the honor to know some of the crew for the USS Hadley. I grew up with a piece of her history on the wall in my bedroom, portion of the Hadley bridge saved from the scrap yard. The ships record of that day, now on permanent display in the National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, Texas.
Sorry if I hijacked this thread.
Fair winds to all of you sailors.