Evening star., 1936-11-13
NEW DESTROYER
TO HONOR SIMS
Names of IL Vessels to
Recognize Exploits of
Navy Heroes.

One of l2 new destroyers under con-
struction for the Navy will be named
for the late Admiral William s.
Sims, wartime commander of the
Nations European feet, Secretary Of
Navy Swanson announced yesterday.
Admiral Sims died September %
and was buried in Arlington National
Cemetery. The ship that Is to bear
his name is being built at Bath, Me.
Secretary Swansan said the names
Of seven of the IL new ships will ap-
pear for the first time on the Navy
list of vessels. The rest have been
borne by other Navy craft.
Another of the new ships under con-
struction at Bath is to be named for
Comdr. Edward Merritt Hughes, ex-
ecutive officer of the U. S. S. Petrol
when she participated in the Battle
Of Manila Bay during the Spanish
American War. Comdr. Hughes board
ed and set fire to five Spanish ships,
despite reports that they were about
to explode.
Another for Admiral Anderson.
Rear Admiral Edwin Alexander
Anderson, who was a lieutenant in the
Spanish War aboard the
u. S. S. Marblehead and commanded
the boats of that vessel which CO.
operated with boats from the U. S. S.
Nashville in cutting the submarine
cables off Cienfuegos, Cuba, in the
face of heavy shore fire, and who also
distinguished himself during landing
operations at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in
April, 1914, and won the Medal Of
Honor, is honored by a vessel being
built at Kearny, N. j.
A daring aviator, who rescued col
league in the Adriatic, who was shot
down into the water, in the face OF
enemy Austrian airplane fire, Ensign
Charles Hazeltine Hammann, U. S..
Naval Reserve, Is remembered in an
other ship under construction at
Kearney. He was a native of Balti-
more, Md.
Capt. Henry c. Muslin, who COM
manded the U. S. S. Samar during
the capture of Vigan, Philippines, in
1899, and covered landing operations
effectively, swimming through the
breakers himself, is another naval
hero honored. The vessel bearing his
name is under construction at New
port News, Va. He was a pioneer
aviator, having had charge of the
planes during the Vera Cruz occu-
patton.
Admiral Russell Remembered.
Rear Admiral John Henry Russell,
native of Frederick, Md, who COM
manded an expedition of 100 men
sent into Pensacola, Fla, harbor in
September, 1861, to destroy the Con-
federate vessel Judah, is honored in
another vessel under construction at
Newport News. He commanded the
gunboat Kennebec and rendered dis
tinguished service for eight months
on the Mississippi River, especially
in the operations which resulted in
the passage Of Farragut's feet past
Forts jackson and st. Philip"
Masters Mate James Buck, u. s.
Navy, Revolutionary War hero, is
honored in another destroyer, the
order for which has not yet been
placed.
New destroyers that will bear names
previously used are: O'Brien, named
for Capt. jeremiah O,Brien and his
four brothers, the vessel being under
construction at the Boston Navy Yard;
the Wake, named for Rear Admiral
Henry Wake, being built also at the
Boston Yard; the Morris, under con-
struction at the Norfolk Navy Yard,
and named for Commodore Charles
Morris; the Roe, under construction
at the Charleston, S. c., Navy Yard,
named for Rear Admiral Francis A.
Roe and the Wainwright, the order
for which has not yet been placed,
honoring Midshipman Jonathan May
hew Wainwright, Master Jonathan
Mayhem Wainwright, jr., Comdr.
Richard Wainwright and Rear Ad-
miral Richard Wainwright of the
famous naval family.
Secretary Swanson said that the
q. S. S. Winslow, under construction
at Camden, N. j., should be consid-
cred as having been named jointly
for Rear Admiral John A. Winslow
and his second cousin Rear Admiral
Cameron McRae Winslow.