USS Hull (DD 330) 



Built in 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of San 

 Francisco. In 1922 Hull conducted sounding operations along 

 the coast of southern California using the newly developed sonic 

 depth sounder. This project was sponsored by the Carnegie 

 Institution of Washington in determining the cause of earth- 

 quakes. In 1924 Hull was assigned to take soundings between 



Seattle, Washington and Seward, Alaska in preparation for laying 

 an Alaska communications cable. Decommissioned in 1930, she 

 was sold for scrap in 1931 in accordance with the London 

 Treaty of 1930 for the limitation of naval armament. 



Length: 314' 4" Displacement: 1,308 tons 



USS Cony (DD 334) 



Built in 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of San 

 Francisco. In 1923 the Cony, together with her sister ship Hull 

 (DD 330), had the newly developed sonic depth finders installed 

 and conducted sounding operations of the Pacific continental 

 shelf in support of earthquake investigations being carried out by 



the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Cony was stripped and 

 sold for scrap in 1930 in accordance with the terms of the 

 London Treaty. 



Length: 314' 5" Displacement: 1,190 tons. 



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