The guided-missile destroyer Russell departs its homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, for the last time Thursday. The crew is scheduled to swap hulls with the guided-missile destroyer Halsey later this month in San Diego
The Russell at the End of the Rainbow
Swapping hulls??? Is that like swapping wives? How does one swap a hull?
They switch the ship, but not the crew. So one ship steams out to Hawaii and the old ship steams back to San Diego. And the crews swap out. . .