USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427)

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. Transferred to Taiwan 26 February 1954 and renamed Han Yang. Han Yang was stricken 1 November 1974 and broken up for scrap.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Sherman Rockwell Clark, USN	6 Sep 1940	2 Feb 1942
2	Lt. Byron Lawrence Gurnette, USN	2 Feb 1942	26 Mar 1942
3	T/Cdr. Sherman Rockwell Clark, USN	26 Mar 1942	18 Apr 1942
4	Lt.Cdr. Robert Beaman Ellis, USN	18 Apr 1942	12 Sep 1943
5	T/Lt.Cdr. 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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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.