High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hoe (SS-258), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hoe, one of various sharks, especially the dogfish.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hughes (DD-410) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Commander Edward Merritt Hughes.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is currently the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Hugh Purvis, a marine who served from 1869 to 1884 and was awarded the Medal of Honor. The ship was launched by Federal Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey, 17 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Alice Purvis, widow of Corporal Purvis; and commissioned 1 March 1945, Commander B. L. (Byron Lawrence) Gurnette in command (until 10/1/45).

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Honeysuckle (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Harding (DD-625) (later DMS-28), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Seth Harding.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hilo (AGP-2) was a Hilo-class motor torpedo boat tender acquired by the United States Navy for service in World War II. This tender was responsible for providing logistics to torpedo boats in remote areas.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second Hancock was one of the first 13 frigates of the Continental Navy. A resolution of the Continental Congress of British North America 13 December 1775 authorized her construction; she was named for John Hancock. In her career she served under the American, British and French flags.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hibiscus (1864) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy towards the end of the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hendry (APA-118) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy that was built and served in World War II. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. She was named after Hendry County, Florida.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hyperion (AK-107), a Crater-class cargo ship, is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655), a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950), who served as U.S. Secretary of State (1929–1933) and U.S. Secretary of War (1911–1913, 1940–1945).

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander Harry Hubbard (1903–1942), who was the captain of the Meredith when it was sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hollister (DD-788) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for the three Hollister brothers, who were killed in 1943 while serving in the Navy during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hetzel (1861) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Helena (SSN-725), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Helena, Montana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 19 April 1982 and her keel was laid down on 28 March 1985. She was launched on 28 June 1986 sponsored by Mrs. Jean Busey, and commissioned on 11 July 1987, with Commander Thomas Moore in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hydrangea (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Navy in various ways: as a tugboat, a dispatch boat, a ship`s tender, and as a gunboat in waterways of the Confederate States of America.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Henry Andrew (1847) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Admiral Hilary P. Jones.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USS Hoga (YT-146) was a United States Navy yard tug named after the Sioux Indian word for "fish." After World War II, the tug was known as the Port of Oakland and then the City of Oakland when it was a fireboat in that city.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Heywood L. Edwards (1905–1941), captain of USS Reuben James (DD-245), the first U.S. Navy ship sunk in World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hawkins (DD-873) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hutchinson (PF-45), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Hutchinson, Kansas.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hardhead (SS-365), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the hardhead, a fish of the croaker family. Hardhead received six battle stars for World War II service. All six of her combat patrols were "successful".

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Howorth (DD-592) was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 26 November 1941, launched on 10 January 1943, and commissioned on 3 April 1944 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. She was the 161st ship of her class. Howorth was named after William L. Howorth, a US Navy sailor who participated in the sinking of the CSS Albemarle during the Civil War.

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