Allied Warships

USS Hall (DD 583)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 583
Built by	Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	16 Apr 1942
Launched	18 Jul 1942
Commissioned	6 Jul 1943
End service	10 Dec 1946
History	Decommissioned 10 December 1946. Transferred to Greece 9 February 1960 being renamed Lonchi. Lonchi was stricken 10 October 1990. Lonchi was scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey in 1997.

Commands listed for USS Hall (DD 583)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. John Francis Delaney, Jr., USN	6 Jul 1943	19 May 1944
2	Lt.Cdr. Laurence Charles Baldauf, USN	19 May 1944	31 May 1945
3	John Daly Pye Hodapp, Jr., USN	31 May 1945

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Notable events involving Hall include:

3 Dec 1943
Around 1500 hours, USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) and her escort, was joined by ComDesRon 51; USS Hall (Cdr. J.F. Delaney, Jr., USN), USS Halligan (Cdr. C.E. Cortner, USN) and USS Macomb (Cdr. J.C. South, USN).

11 Dec 1943
Around 2230 hours USS Hall (Cdr. J.F. Delaney, Jr., USN), USS Halligan (Cdr. C.E. Cortner, USN) and USS Macomb (Cdr. J.C. South, USN) took over the escort of USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) from USS Ellyson (Lt.Cdr. E.W. Longton, USN), USS Rodman (Cdr. J.F. Foley, USN) and USS Emmons (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Billingsley, USN) which were then detached.

13 Dec 1943
Around 1715 hours USS Halsey Powell (Cdr. W.T. McGarry, USN), USS Marshall (Cdr. J.D. McKinney, USN), USS Wadleigh (Cdr. W.C. Winn, USN) took over the escort of USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) from USS Hall (Cdr. J.F. Delaney, Jr., USN), USS Halligan (Cdr. C.E. Cortner, USN) and USS Macomb (Cdr. J.C. South, USN) which were then detached.