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	90k	William R. Hoel was born in Ohio on 7 March 1825. A steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, he joined the Navy in October 1861 and played a very important role on the Western Rivers during the rest of the Civil War. Wounded in action on board the ironclad gunboat Cincinnati during the battle of Fort Henry on 6 February 1862, he recovered in time to pilot USS Carondelet past the Confederate fortress on Island Number Ten some two months later. In May 1862, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Hoel took command of the Cincinnati while she was under salvage and repair. In October of that year he became Commanding Officer of sister gunboat Pittsburg, taking her through operations in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi. On 29 April 1863, he courageously used his ship to protect the flagship Benton when that vessel was endangered by enemy fire during the bombardment of Grand Gulf, Mississippi. In March-July 1865, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander Hoel commanded the ram Vindicator. He left the Navy in December 1865.		NHC
	101k	Undated, location unkown.		-
	84k	Undated, location unkown.		Dave Oliveria
	131k	Undated, location unkown.		-
	288k	Undated, location unkown.		Don Smith
	48k	Undated, location unkown.		Joe Barbaritz
	57k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	68k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	185k	Undated, location unkown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	133k	Undated, location unkown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	95k	Undated, location unkown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	137k	Undated, location unkown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	263k	Ready for launching at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, August 4 1960.		Dale Hargrave
	207k	The Christening at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, August 4 1960.		Dale Hargrave
	106k	Cover of the Commissioning pamphlet.		Dale Hargrave
	100k	Boston Naval Shipyard, June, 1962.		© Richard Leonhardt
	76k	In Japan circa early 1960's.		Marc Piché
	56k	Off the coast of Vietnam, August 1965.		Bryce Wellnitz, QMCS (Ret.)
	40k	San Francisco July 1970.		Marc Piché
	103k	From the USS Passumpsic, AO-107 somtime in 1973 off the coast of Vietnam.		Ralph Turner
	24k	Sydney, Australia late 1970s.		Marc Piché
Hoel coming alongside the USS Wabash (AOR-5) as seen from USS Leftwich (DD-984) in 1980.				ENCS(SW) Reinhardt, USN (Ret.)
	78k	Ships of Desron 7, USS Hoel (DDG-13), during the "Tiger Cruise" returning from the 1982-83 WestPac, as viewed from the Decatur (DDG-31.)		Lee Noland
	38k	April 1 1982, Naval Station, Subic Bay, Luzon Philippines, a port bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS Hoel (DDG 13) approaching the US Naval Facility.		Fred Weiss
	129k	DN-SN-84-01428. Gunner's Mate Technician Second Class Lee Thompson performs preventative maintenance on the crane post for the Anti-submarine Rocket (ASROC) launcher aboard the guided missile destroyer USS HOEL (DDG-13), June 1 1982.		Bill Gonyo
	54k	Fremantle, Australia February 1983.		Marc Piché
	59k	Fremantle, Australia February 1983.		Marc Piché
	179k	Wellington, New Zealand March 2 1983.		Chris Howell
	173k	Wellington, New Zealand March 22 1983.		Chris Howell
	34k	San Francisco May 1986.		Marc Piché
	56k	Nov 1 1987, a port bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS Hoel (DDG-13) underway.		Fred Weiss
	307k	DN-SC-92-02885. Pearl Harbor, June 1 1991, four decommissioned Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyers lie tied up in the Middle Loch. The ships are, from front to back: the Cochrane (DDG 21), the Henry B. Wilson (DDG 7), the Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) and the Hoel (DDG 13). U.S. Navy photo by OS2 John Bouvia.		Robert M. Cieri
	216k	DN-SC-92-02897. Pearl Harbor, June 1 1991, four decommissioned Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyers lie at anchor in the Middle Loch. The ships are, from left to right: the Hoel (DDG 13), the Joseph Strauss (DDG 16), the Henry B. Wilson (DDG 7) and the Cochrane (DDG 21). U.S. Navy photo by OS2 John Bouvia.		Robert M. Cieri
	70k	Pier 50S San Francisco June 1996.		Marc Piché
	41k	Pier 50S San Francisco June 1996.		Marc Piché
	49k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski
	104k	Ship's bumper sticker.		Wolfgang Hechler

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