Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Benson / Gleaves |
Pennant | DD 427 |
Built by | Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 16 May 1938 |
Launched | 14 Dec 1939 |
Commissioned | 7 Sep 1940 |
End service | 6 Feb 1947 |
History | Decommissioned 6 February 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Sherman Rockwell Clark, USN | 6 Sep 1940 | 2 Feb 1942 |
2 | Lt. Byron Lawrence Gurnette, USN | 2 Feb 1942 | 26 Mar 1942 |
3 | Lcmdr Sherman Rockwell Clark, USN | 26 Mar 1942 | 18 Apr 1942 |
4 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Beaman Ellis, USN | 18 Apr 1942 | 12 Sep 1943 |
5 | Frederick Max Stiesberg, USN | 12 Sep 1943 | 15 Dec 1944 |
6 | T/Cdr. Thaddeus Johnson van Metre, USN | 15 Dec 1944 | 15 Mar 1946 (1) |
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Notable events involving Hilary P. Jones include:
20 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Plunkett, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Madison. (2)
21 Aug 1942
During 21/22 August 1942 HMS H 32 (Lt. J.R. Drummond, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Madison, USS Lansdale, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Plunkett. These also included night exercises. (3)
21 Aug 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Plunkett, USS Hilary P. Jones, USS Charles F. Hughes and USS Lansdale. (2)
11 Feb 1943
HMS H 44 (Lt. I.S. McIntosh, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with USS Campbell, USS Lansdale and USS Hilary P. Jones. (4)
17 May 1944
German U-boat U-616 was sunk on 17 May 1944 in the Mediterranean Sea north-west of Ténès, Algeria, in position 36°46'N, 00°52'E, by depth charges from the US destroyers USS Nields, USS Gleaves, USS Ellyson, USS Macomb, USS Hambleton, USS Rodman, USS Emmons and USS Hilary P. Jones and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (36 Sqn RAF/K) on 15 May.
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Sources
- http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/427.htm
- ADM 173/17252
- ADM 173/17216
- ADM 173/17813
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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