| Caption | Commanding officer of USS Nicholas LtCdr Andrew Hill (left) and Commanding officer of Destroyer Squadron 21 Cdr Francis McInerney (right) in the pilothouse of the Nicholas, Mar-Aug 1943. ww2dbase | |||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-54332 | |||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||
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LtCdr Hill was a class of 1931 graduate of the Naval Academy, a Nicholas plank-owner, and her first executive officer before being elevated to commanding officer. He would earn two Navy Crosses, one Silver Star, and one Legion of Merit while commanding USS Nicholas. He retired as a Rear Admiral and as a retired Rear Admiral, he travelled to Hawaii for Nicholas’s final decommissioning in 1970. He arranged for Nicholas’s ship’s bell to be placed on permanent display at the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC.