I’m writing this letter as both a constituent and a member of the USS HULL DD-350, DD-945 Association requesting that you support our petition and encourage the Secretary of the Navy to name a sixth combat vessel of the United States Navy after Commodore Isaac Hull.

Commodore Hull had a storied career as a Naval officer and seaman. He is perhaps most famous as the commanding officer of the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides”, in its victory in the War of 1812 against HMS Guerrière.

Additional historical information is available at our web site: http://usshullassociation.org/HullTheMan/HullTheMan.htm

Our petition is submitted on behalf of members of the USS HULL Association who are living veterans of service in two of the ships named HULL. DD-350 survived the attack at Pearl Harbor and served meritoriously until she sank during a 1944 typhoon. A dozen of those survivors remain with us. My HULL, DD-945, served with valor throughout much of the Cold War and Vietnam.

My contemporary shipmates from DD-945 and the handful of survivors of the “Greatest Generation” HULL, DD-350, would be honored and most grateful if you would join us in this noble effort to return the name of Isaac Hull, a true patriot, to the U.S. fleet.

Sincerely,