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USS Hilbert (DE 742)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - W - A

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 7 stars - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201

Hilbert (DE 742) Building and Operational Data:

23 March 1943: Keel laid by the Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal.

18 July 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Fern Hilbert Wier, sister of Aviation Ordnanceman Hilbert

04 February 1944: Commissioned at Los Angeles, Cmdr. J. W. Golinkin, USNR, in command

19 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 4½ months of service

01 August 1972: Struck from the NVR

15 October 1973: Sold for scrapping

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0674202	52k	undated wartime image	Jerry Church
0674204	188k	May 1944: The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS *Hilbert* (DE 742), more than likely at the Naval Operating Base at Terminal Island, San Pedro, Cal., where she spent most of the month. She is wearing camouflage 31/10D. The vertical colors are dull black and ocean gray. (U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo #19-LCM-DE742-1, courtesy of C. Lee Johnson at USN Dazzle, from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0674203	173k	March 1972: Philadelphia, Pa. - ex-USS *Hilbert* (DE 742) laid up at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Ship at right is ex-USS *Osberg* (DE 538). (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 79819, courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1974 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0639606	379k	October 1973: Philadelphia, Pa. - ex-USS *Hilbert* (DE 742) in mothballs at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, U.S. Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia. She is nested with ex-*Osberg* (DE 538), ex-*Stockdale* (DE 399), and ex-*Janssen* (DE 396) to her port side. (Heilenday photo #II 0204A from the Heilenday Collection)	Mark Heilenday Virginia Beach, Va. Captain, USN (ret.) June 1974 - July 2004

Hilbert History
View the USS Hilbert (DE 742) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Hilbert as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Hilbert's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 04 Feb. 1944 - 25 Aug. 1944	Cmdr. Joseph Wilson Golinkin Jr., USNR (Comm. CO) (Chicago, Ill.) (ret. as Radm.)
2.) 25 Aug. 1944 - 13 Dec. 1944	Lcdr. John B. Burnham, USNR
3.) 13 Dec. 1944 - 18 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. James William Darroch, USNR
4.) 18 Dec. 1945 - 10 Mar. 1946	Lt. Hugh L. Hubbard Jr., USNR
5.) 10 Mar. 1946 - 19 Jun. 1946	Lt.(jg) Thomas J. Charles, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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