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'''USS ''Hughes'' (DD-410)''' was a World War II-era {{sclass|Sims|destroyer}} in the service of the [[United States Navy]].

==Namesake==
[[File:CDR Edward Merritt Hughes.JPG|thumb|left|CDR Edward Merritt Hughes]]
Edward Merritt Hughes was born on 28 January 1850 in [[Lockbourne, Ohio]], the son of merchant Abram A. Hughes. He was appointed to the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1866 and graduated on 7 June 1870. He passed through the grades of [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]], [[Master (naval)|Master]], [[Lieutenant]], [[Lieutenant Commander]], and, on 3 March 1901, was commissioned [[Commander (united States)|Commander]].<ref name=Bareis>{{cite book|last=Bareis|first=George|title=History of Madison Township, Including Groveport and Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio|year=1902|isbn=|pages=78–9}}</ref>

After service on a number of ships and stations ashore, he reached the high point in his career during the [[Spanish–American War]]. He was Executive Officer of {{USS|Petrel|PG-2|6}} during the [[Battle of Manila Bay]]. Immediately after the action, he commanded a small boat which boarded and set fire to five [[Spain|Spanish]] ships lying in [[Cavite Harbor]], despite reports that fuses had been set to their magazines and in the face of a large and excited armed force on shore nearby. He was advanced five numbers in rank for eminent and conspicuous conduct on this occasion. His commanding officer later wrote, "The action of Lieutenant Hughes in setting fire to the enemy's sunken ships in the face of a well armed superior, but demoralized force, was the one act of conspicuous gallantry which the battle that day afforded."<ref name=Bareis/>

Commander Hughes died in the U.S. Naval Hospital in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]] on 28 September 1903.<ref>''Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States and Marine Corps'', Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903.</ref>

==Construction and commissioning==
''Hughes'' was laid down on 15 September 1937 by [[Bath Iron Works]], [[Bath, Maine]]; launched on 17 June 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Edward M. Hughes, widow of Commander Hughes; and commissioned at [[Boston Navy Yard]], on 21 September 1939, [[Lieutenant Commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] [[Donald J. Ramsey]] in command.

==Service history==

===Interwar period===
Following shakedown in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], ''Hughes'' joined the [[United States Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]]. From July 1940 to December 1941, ''Hughes'' served in the Atlantic, first on patrol off [[Martinique]] to watch [[Vichy France|Vichy French]] Forces there and then on Neutrality patrol off [[Iceland]]. During this time, she became the first American destroyer to escort a British convoy all the way to [[England]].

===World War II===
Following the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], warships were urgently needed in the Pacific and ''Hughes'' sailed from [[Norfolk, Virginia]] on 18 December 1941, arriving [[San Diego, California]] in company with {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|2}}, on 30 December. She departed San Diego on 12 January 1942 as an escort for ships bringing reinforcements to [[Samoa]]. ''Hughes'' then sailed from Samoa as part of a carrier striking force built around carrier ''Yorktown''. She screened the carrier in strikes on [[Jaluit]], [[Makin (islands)|Makin]], [[Mili Atoll|Mili]], and [[Canton Island]]s, then supported the combined {{USS|Lexington|CV-2|2}}–''Yorktown'' [[Task Force 17]] (TF17), as it attacked [[Japan]]ese bases at [[Lae]] and [[Salamaua]] on 10 March 1942. Missing the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] while escorting a tanker carrying fuel to [[Nouméa]], ''Hughes'' reached Pearl Harbor in time to participate in the [[Battle of Midway]].

''Hughes'', while protecting ''Yorktown'' during this action, shot down two torpedo planes and assisted in shooting down two others. After ''Yorktown'' was hit on 4 June, ''Hughes'' continued an all-night vigil to prevent her capture. When the carrier was torpedoed by a submarine on 6 June, ''Hughes'' helped damage the attacker with [[depth charge]]s, and rescued the survivors when ''Yorktown'' sank the next day.

After a brief time as convoy escort, she joined American Forces at [[Guadalcanal]], where she screened {{USS|Hornet|CV-8|2}} throughout the campaign. During the [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands|Battle of Santa Cruz]]. ''Hughes'' splashed one Japanese plane and assisted in downing two more. Despite her valiant efforts, ''Hornet'' was hit and sunk on 27 October 1942. Joining TF 16 on 10 November 1942, ''Hughes'' participated in the Naval [[Battle of Guadalcanal]] by screening {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|2}}. ''Hughes'' continued screening operations until the end of February 1943.

Following a refit and brief convoy duty, ''Hughes'' was detached from the South Pacific and sailed to Pearl Harbor, departing on 18 April 1943 for the [[Aleutian Islands]], where she arrived on 24 April. Bombardments of [[Kiska]] from 6–22 July were high points of her months in northern waters. After Kiska was occupied, ''Hughes'' departed the Aleutians for overhaul on 25 August in [[San Francisco, California]].

Following overhaul, ''Hughes'' sailed for Pearl Harbor on 26 October 1943 to prepare for the invasion of the [[Gilbert Islands]]. She sailed on 10 November as part of the screen for the escort carriers covering the invasion of [[Makin Atoll]]. When {{USS|Liscome Bay|CVE-56|2}} was sunk on 24 November, ''Hughes'' rescued 152 of the survivors. She began screening the transport group on 27 November, and 2 days later departed for Pearl Harbor, and arrived there on 7 December 1943. On 13 January 1944, ''Hughes'' joined TF 53 for the invasion of the [[Marshall Islands]]. She joined in the preinvasion from 3–11 February 1944. The destroyer continued to support the escort carriers during the strikes against [[Palau]]s on 31 March 1944.

''Hughes'' took part in the invasion of [[Jayapura|Hollandia]], [[New Guinea]] on 23 April 1944, acting as a screen for the [[escort carrier]] group which provided air cover for the landings at [[Aitape]] and [[Tanahmerah Bay]]. ''Hughes'' remained off New Guinea as a convoy escort and fire-support ship of the [[United States Seventh Fleet|7th Fleet]] until 25 September, when she departed for the invasion of the [[Philippines]]. During this time, ''Hughes'' participated in the invasions of [[Biak]], [[Noemfoor]], [[Cape Sensapor]], and [[Morotai]], serving as flagship of [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[William M. Fechteler]] during the latter campaign.

During the invasion of [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]], ''Hughes'' was the flagship of Rear Admiral [[Arthur Dewey Struble]] commanding the tiny task group detailed to capture the small islands of [[Dinigat]] and [[Homohon]] guarding the entrance to [[Leyte Gulf]]. Following the successful conclusion of this operation, ''Hughes'' screened Philippine bound convoys, making frequent trips to and from New Guinea until 6 December 1944, when she reembarked Admiral Struble and departed for the invasion of [[Ormoc Bay]], Leyte. Following this operation, ''Hughes'' was serving as a picket destroyer off the southern tip of Leyte when she was hit by a [[kamikaze]] on 10 December 1944. Her dead and wounded totaled twenty three.<ref>{{cite book |first=R. |last= Rielly |url= https://archive.org/details/kamikazeattackso0000riel/page/145/mode/1up |title=Kamikaze Attacks of World War II |year= 2011 |page=145|isbn= 978-0-7864-7303-8 }}</ref> Badly damaged with one engine room demolished and much of her other machinery destroyed, ''Hughes'' was towed to [[San Pedro Bay (Philippines)|San Pedro Bay]], Leyte, where, after temporary repairs, she departed for [[Teluk Yos Sudarso|Humboldt Bay]], New Guinea on 19 December en route to Pearl Harbor, where she arrived on 23 January 1945. Following more repairs, she sailed for San Francisco, arriving [[San Francisco Naval Shipyard]] on 2 February. ''Hughes'' remained there for the next 3 months undergoing extensive overhaul.

After a long testing period, ''Hughes'' was declared combat ready and departed for [[Adak Island]] in the Aleutians on 4 June 1945. Assigned to the Northern Pacific Force, she remained in the Aleutians until the end of the war, harassing enemy shipping and bombarding Japanese bases. ''Hughes'' then served as part of the patrol force off Northern [[Honshū]] until relieved on 20 October. She sailed for the United States 10 days later with Destroyer Squadron 2. She was decommissioned on 28 August 1946, and was used as a target ship in the [[Operation Crossroads]] atomic bomb test. Following the test she was towed to sea and sunk off [[Kwajalein]] on 16 October 1948, and struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 26 November 1948.

==Awards==
''Hughes'' earned 14 [[battle star]]s for World War II service.

== In fiction ==
* In the 2003 video game ''[[Secret Weapons Over Normandy]]'', USS ''Hughes'' is seen as one of the escort ships for the aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' at the Battle of Midway.

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