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Tuesday 24 October 2017

American destroyer USS Hull executed her trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1903-1904 no. 7

An item reported that the American torpedo cruiser Hull achieved on her trial a speed of 29 miles and executed further more a 6 hours full power trial.(1)\\Note

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1. DD-7. Bainbridge-class Hopkins sub-class destroyer. Laid down by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware, USA on 22 February 1899, launched on 21 June 1902, commissioned on 20 May 1903, decommissioned on 7 July 1919, stricken on 15 September 1919 and sold to be broken up on 3 January 1920.