High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hall (DD-583) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Elijah Hall (1742 1830), who served in the Continental Navy under John Paul Jones. Hall was laid down by the Boston Navy Yard 16 April 1942; launched 18 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Greenleaf, great-granddaughter of Lt. Hall; and commissioned 6 July 1943, Commander J. F. Delaney in command.