
USS HOEL (DD 533) at San Francisco on 3 August 1943
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U.S. Navy Photograph
from the collections of the Naval Historical Center
USS Hoel (DD-533). Off San Francisco, California, 3 August 1943, soon after commissioning. She was completed with three 20mm guns mounted just forward of her pilothouse structure. Note the blimp overhead.
Naval Historical Center Caption
Honor the Missing in Action and Killed in Action of Taffy III
We do remember. We won't forget.