HOEL DDG 13

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 3 August 1959 - Launched 4 August 1960 USS HOEL DDG-13 Commissioned 16 June 1962 - Decommissioned 1 October 1990 Struck from Naval Register 20 November 1992 Sold 20 June 1994, converted into power barge in Brazil

Naval Covers

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1. USS Hoel DDG-13 Covers Page 1    (1962-76)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n)(USS)

1962-06-16

First Day In Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1968-06-16

Note:

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1970-06-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1n+(USS) 1976

1976-11-16

Ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type 2-1n+(USS) 1977

1977-11-11

Ship's cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS)

1987-06-16

25th Anniversary of Commissioning, ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1970-06-30

Note:

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1n+ (USS)

1990-10-01

Last Day of Commissioning, ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type LDC 9-1n+u

1990-10-01

Last Day of Commissioning, ship's cachet.

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Ship's Marking

1962-06-16

First Day of Commissioning marking

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander William Ryan Hoel, USN (March 7 1825 - May 23 1879).
A steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, he joined the US Navy in October 1861 and played a very important role on the Western Rivers during the rest of the Civil War. Wounded in action on board the ironclad gunboat USS Cincinnati during the battle of Fort Henry on February 6 1862, he recovered in time to pilot USS Carondelet past the Confederate fortress on Island Number Ten some two months later. In May 1862, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Hoel took command of the USS Cincinnati while she was under salvage and repair. In October of that year he became Commanding Officer of sister gunboat USS Pittsburg, taking her through operations in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi. On April 29 1863, he courageously used his ship to protect the flagship USS Benton when that vessel was endangered by enemy fire during the bombardment of Grand Gulf, Mississippi. In March-July 1865, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander Hoel commanded the ram USS Vindicator. He was honorably discharged from the US Navy on December 30 1865.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named HOEL - USS Hoel DD-533, USS Hoel DD-768 (canceled during construction September 13 1946) and USS Hoel DDG-13.

 

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