USS Hull, a 408-ton Hopkins class destroyer, was built at Wilmington, Delaware. Commissioned in May 1903, she operated along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean for the next four and a half years, punctuated by a period out of commission between late September 1905 and mid-November 1906. In December 1907, Hull began a cruise around South America as an escort to the "Great White Fleet". Upon arrival at San Diego, California, in April 1908, she began nine years' service with the Pacific Fleet. Most of this time was spent in the vicinity of the West Coast, but she carried out a long-distance voyage to Hawaii and Samoa during August-November 1908.
Late in April 1917, soon after the United States entered World War I, Hull left California waters to begin wartime operations. She was assigned to patrol service off the Panama Canal Zone until July, then took up similar duties off the East Coast. The destroyer also escorted convoys to Bermuda and, in June 1918, successfully intervened when the German submarine U-151 attempted to attack a merchant ship. Hull was inactive at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, after late January 1919 and decommissioned there in July of that year. She was sold for scrapping in January 1920.
USS Hull was named in honor of Commodore Isaac Hull (1773-1843), a signficant Naval commander during and after the War of 1812.
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Photo #: NH 53402 USS Hull (Destroyer # 7) Moored in a harbor, circa 1904, with small boats alongside. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 560 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 63543-A USS Hull (Destroyer # 7) Dressed with flags, while at anchor on 2 May 1907. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 550 pixels |
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Photo #: 19-N-13034 USS Hull (Destroyer # 7) At anchor, 2 May 1907. She is dressed with flags for some special occasion. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 32KB; 740 x 385 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 101520 USS Hull (Destroyer # 7) In drydock at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., circa 1907. Collection of Chief Quartermaster John Harold. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 101KB; 445 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 92178 USS Hull (Destroyer # 7) At anchor and dressed with flags, at a West Coast port prior to World War I. Ships in the left background include an Indiana class battleship (probably USS Oregon) and a Pennsylvania class armored cruiser. Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 440 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 53403 USS Hull (Destroyer # 7) Photograph of the ship's damaged starboard propeller, taken 13 November 1912. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 48KB; 570 x 765 pixels |
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Page made 19 January 2003