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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 |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Hoel as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates |
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| 71k | USS Hoel (DD-533) Off San Francisco, California, 3 August 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss |
| 93k | USS Hoel (DD-533) Off San Francisco, California, 3 August 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 84k | 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. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 90k | USS Hoel (DD-533) off San Francisco, California, 3 August 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 73k | USS Hoel (DD-533) underway in San Francisco Bay, California, 7 August 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 82k | USS Hoel (DD-533) underway in San Francisco Bay, California, 7 August 1943. The city of San Francisco and the Bay Bridge are in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 55k | USS Hoel (DD-533) underway in San Francisco Bay, California, 7 August 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 94k | Stern view of the USS Hoel (DD 533) off San Francisco on 25 Oct 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 101k | Broadside view of the USS Hoel (DD 533) off San Francisco on 25 Oct 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 71k | Bow on view of the USS Hoel (DD 533) off San Francisco on 25 Oct 1943. | Darryl Baker |
| 118k | USS Hoel (DD-533) photographed from USS Kwajalein (CVE-98), during operations in the south Pacific, 10 August 1944. Hoel's camouflage is Measure 32, Design 1d. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 44k | Circa October 1944. | Joe Radigan |
268 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
