Allied Warships

USS Hudson (DD 475)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 475
Built by	Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered	28 Jun 1940
Laid down	20 Feb 1942
Launched	3 Jun 1942
Commissioned	13 Apr 1943
End service	31 May 1946
History	Decommissioned 31 May 1946. Stricken 1 December 1972. Sold for scrap on 27 November 1973.

Commands listed for USS Hudson (DD 475)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. William Renwick Smedberg, 3rd, USN	13 Apr 1943	23 Dec 1943
2	T/Lt.Cdr. Richard Rockwell Pratt, USN	23 Dec 1943	8 Aug 1945
3	Lt Cdr Raphael Andrew Zoeller, USN	8 Aug 1945	31 May 1946

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Notable events involving Hudson include:

15 Jul 1943
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) conducted a full power trial off New York. During this trial run she was escorted by USS Stevens (Cdr. F.H. Ball, USN), USS Hudson (Cdr. W.R. Smedberg III, USN) and USS Ringgold (Cdr. T.F. Conley, Jr., USN).