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USS Hodges (DE-231)



Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - K - D
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/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon
Class: Rudderow      Type: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full)    Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 12 / 192
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Charleston NSY on 9 September 1943, Launched 9 December 1943
Commissioned 27 May 1944, Decommissioned 22 June 1946
Stricken 1 December 1972
Fate: Sold for scrapping 12 September 1973
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Hodges 39k Flournoy Glen Hodges was born 22 January 1919 in Dover, Ga. He attended the University of Georgia and entered the Naval Reserve 13 May 1940 at Macon, Ga. He had preliminary flight training at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Miami, and was appointed aviation cadet 15 August 1940. After more flight training at the Naval Air Stations at Pensacola and Miami, he was commissioned an Ensign 15 April 1941 and ordered to a torpedo squadron in the Pacific. He was shot down and reported missing during the Battle of Midway 4 June 1942. Ens. Hodges was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.) 15 June 1942.

USS Hodges (DE-231) was the first ship to be named in his honor.

(Photo Courtesy of the University of Georgia thanks to Jan Mazzucco, Dep't Manager, Alumni Records Dep't)		 Bill Gonyo
Hodges 45k undated wartime image -
Hodges 53k undated wartime image -
Hodges 54k undated wartime image, photo identified as Hodges by Bill Morgan and other members of the USS Holt Association -
View the USS Hodges (DE-231), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None
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