USS Hobson
Service
- as USS Hobson22 January 1942 — 26 April 19521,319 days of the war
- Name
- USS Hobson
- Namesake
- Richmond P. Hobson
- Builder
- Charleston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 14 November 1940
- Launched
- 8 September 1941
- Commissioned
- 22 January 1942
- Fate
- Sank in collision with USS Wasp (CV-18) in the North Atlantic 26 April 1952.
By collision (1952) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,630 long tons (1,656 t)
- Length
- 106.07 m (348 ft)
- Beam
- 10.97 m (36 ft)
- Draught
- 3.35 m (11 ft)
- Speed
- 37.4 knots (69.3 km/h, 43 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 276
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Hobson was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Richmond P. Hobson. Her keel was laid at Charleston Navy Yard on 14 November 1940. She entered service on 22 January 1942, having been launched on 8 September 1941.
66 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Benson-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Fletcher-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,630 long tons. She measured 106.1 m (348 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 37.4 knots, and she carried a complement of 276.
Her main battery was five 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,319 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 26 April 1952 by collision, at 42°21′N 44°15′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 50,000 shp (37 MW)
- 4 boilers
- 2 propellers
- Armament
- 5 × 5 in DP guns
- 6 × 0.50 in guns
- 6 × 20 mm AA guns
- 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
- USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)
- USS Baldwin
- USS Beatty (DD-640)
- USS Bristol (DD-453)
- USS Buchanan (DD-484)
- USS Butler
- USS Carmick
- USS Corry (DD-463)
- USS Cowie
- USS Davison
- USS Doran (DD-634)
- USS Doyle (DMS-34)
- USS Duncan (DD-485)
- USS Earle
- USS Eberle
- USS Edison (DD-439)
- USS Edwards (DD-619)
- USS Ellyson
- USS Emmons
- USS Endicott
- USS Ericsson (DD-440)
- USS Fitch
- USS Forrest
- USS Frankford
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Hobson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Official U.S. Navy Photograph NH-53548, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. — Original found at: https://history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-53000/NH-53548.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons