USS Hull ( DD - 350 ) The third USS " Hull " ( DD - 350 ) was a " Farragut " - class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was named for Isaac Hull . " Hull " was launched by New York Navy Yard 31 January 1934 ; sponsored by Miss Patricia Louise Platt ; and commissioned 11 January 1935 , Commander R . S . Wentworth in command . " Hull " received 10 battle star s for World War II service , having sailed to Europe , and serving in the Pacific before and during the war in combat . After addition of equipment that made her more top - heavy , she was one of three destroyers sunk by heavy seas encountered in Halsey ' s Typhoon . 7 officers and 55 enlisted men were recovered . Pre - World War II . Following a shakedown cruise which took her to the Azores , Portugal , and the British Isles , " Hull " arrived San Diego , California , via the Panama Canal 19 October 1935 . She began her operations with the Pacific Fleet off San Diego , engaging in tactical exercises and training . During the summer of 1936 she cruised to Alaska and in April 1937 took part in fleet exercises in Hawaiian waters . During this increasingly tense pre - war period , " Hull " often acted as plane guard to the Navy ' s Pacific aircraft carriers . She continued these operations until the outbreak of the war , moving to her new home port , Pearl Harbor , 12 October 1939 . Pearl Harbor . The pattern of fleet problems , plane guard duty , and patrolling was interrupted 7 December 1941 when the Japan ese attacked Pearl Harbor . " Hull " was alongside tender undergoing repairs and put her anti - aircraft batteries into operation . As the main object of the raid was battleship s and the absent aircraft carrier s , the destroyer suffered no hits and departed next day to join carrier and escort her into Pearl Harbor . During the next critical months of the war , " Hull " operated with Admiral Wilson Brown ' s Task Force 11 , screening in important strikes on Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands . She returned to Pearl Harbor 26 March , and for 3 months sailed on convoy duty between San Francisco , California and Pearl Harbor . " Hull " was sailed 7 December for Suyu , Fiji Islands , to prepare for the amphibious assault on Guadalcanal . She departed 26 July for the Solomons and on the day of the landings , 7 August 1942 , screened cruiser s during shore bombardment and then took up station as antisubmarine protection for the transports . Next day she helped repel bombing attacks , shooting down several planes . That evening she intentionally sank the transport " George F . Elliott " , burning beyond control . On 9 August the destroyer sank a small schooner off Guadalcanal , departing that evening for Espiritu Santo . During the next difficult weeks on Guadalcanal , " Hull " made three voyages with transports and warships in support of the troops , undergoing air attacks 9 and 14 September . Aleutian Islands . The ship returned to Pearl Harbor 20 October , and spent the remainder of the year with battleship in the New Hebrides . She sailed 29 January from Pearl Harbor bound for repairs at San Francisco , arriving 7 February 1943 . Upon completion she moved to the Aleutian Islands , arriving Adak , Alaska 16 April , and began a series of training maneuvers with battleships and cruisers in the northern waters . As the Navy moved in to retake Attu in May , " Hull " continued her patrol duties , and during July and early August she took part in numerous bombardments of Kiska Island . The ship also took part in the landings on Kiska 15 August , only to find that the Japanese had evacuated . South Pacific operations . " Hull " returned to the Central Pacific after the Kiska operation , arriving Pearl Harbor 26 September 1943 . She departed with the fleet 3 days later for strikes on Wake Island , and operated with escort carriers during diversionary strikes designed to mask the Navy ' s real objective — the Gilbert Islands . " Hull " bombarded Makin during this assault 20 November , and with the invasion well underway arrived in convoy at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1943 . From there she returned to Oakland , California 21 December for amphibious exercises . Next on the island road to Japan was the Marshall Islands , and " Hull " sailed with Task Force 53 from San Diego 13 January 1944 . She arrived 31 January off Kwajalein , screening transports in the reserve area , and through February carried out screening and patrol duties off Eniwetok and Majuro . Joining a battleship and carrier group , the ship moved to Mille Atoll 18 March , and took part in a devastating bombardment . " Hull " also took part in the bombardment of Wotje 22 March . The veteran ship next participated in the raid on Truk 29 – 30 April , after which she arrived Majuro 4 May 1944 . There she joined Admiral Lee ' s battleships for the next major invasion , the assault on the Marianas Islands . " Hull " bombarded Saipan 13 June , covered minesweeping operations with gunfire , and patrolled during the initial landing 15 June . Two days later " Hull " and other ships steamed out to join Admiral Marc Mitscher ' s carrier task force . The fleets approached each other 19 June for the biggest carrier engagement of the war , and as four large air raids hit the American dispositions fighter cover from the carriers of " Hull ' s " Task Group 58 . 2 . With help from American submarines , Mitscher succeeded in sinking two Japanese carriers in addition to inflicting fatal losses on the Japanese naval air arm during " The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot " 19 June , " Hull " assisting in several of these engagements . During July the destroyer operated with carrier groups off Guam , and after the assault 21 July patrolled off the island . In August she returned to Seattle , Washington , arriving on the 25th , and underwent repairs which kept her in the States until 23 October , when she anchored at Pearl Harbor . " Hull " joined a 3rd Fleet refueling group , departing 20 November 1944 to rendezvous with fast carrier striking forces in the Philippine Sea . Typhoon Cobra . Fueling operations with the fast carrier strike force in the Philippine Sea began 17 December , but increasingly heavy seas forced cancellation later that day . The fueling group became engulfed in an approaching typhoon next day , with barometers falling to very low levels and winds increasing above 90 knots . After the " Hull " was ordered to change course to 140 degrees the wind increased to over 100 knots . At about 1100 18 December " Hull " became locked " in irons " , in the trough of the mountainous sea . Unable to steer with the north wind on her port beam , yawing between 80 and 100 degrees , the whaleboat and depth charges were swept off . As the roll increased to 70 degrees , she was pinned down by a gust as the sea flooded the pilothouse and poured down the stacks . All hands worked feverishly to maintain integrity and keep the ship afloat during the heavy rolls , but finally , in the words of her commander : " The ship remained over on her side at an angle of 80 degrees or more as the water flooded into her upper structures . I remained on the port wing of the bridge until the water flooded up to me , then I stepped off into the water as the ship rolled over on her way down " . A later finding was that additional sea water ballast could have helped the ship recover from the 70 - degree roll . Rescue work by and other ships of the fleet in the days that followed saved the lives of 7 officers and 55 enlisted men . Reportedly some time before the ship became locked " in irons " the officers had debated whether to remove the commanding officer in order to turn to a safer course , but the Executive Officer refused to do so as there had never been a mutiny on a US Navy ship . This incident gave the novelist Herman Wouk the idea for the climax of his novel The Caine Mutiny , in which a captain is actually relieved of his duties by his officers in the course of Typhoon Cobra . The Executive officer , who went down with the ship , was the father of the rock journalist Greil Marcus .