Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer DD-788

USS Hollister

Gearing-class destroyer

USS Hollister
PH2 Stanley C. Wyckoff, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 107172 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-788 The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hollister (DD-788) underway off Oahu, Hawaii (USA), with her crew at quarters, 2 October 1969.

Service

  1. United States Navy as Hollister29 March 1946 — 31 August 1979
  2. as Shao Yang15 November 1984 — 1 June 2004
Gearing-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Hollister
Pennant / hull number
DD-788
Namesake
Hollister brothers
Builder
Todd Pacific Shipyards
Laid down
18 January 1945
Launched
9 October 1945
Commissioned
29 March 1946
Decommissioned
31 August 1979
Struck
31 August 1979
Fate
Sunk as artificial reef
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
3,460 long tons (3,516 t)
Length
118.87 m (390 ft)
Beam
12.19 m (40 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Range
4,500 nmi (8,334 km)
Complement
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

USS Hollister was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DD-788. The ship was named after Hollister brothers. Todd Pacific Shipyards laid her keel on 18 January 1945. She entered service on 29 March 1946, having been launched on 9 October 1945.

Her class ran to 55 ships. The class followed the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Norfolk class.

She displaced 3,460 long tons. She measured 118.9 m (390 ft) long with a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 336. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as Hollister until 31 August 1979. She was decommissioned on 31 August 1979. She was struck from the register on 31 August 1979.

She was sunk. 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
  • Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60000 shp
Armament
  • 6 × 5"/38 caliber guns
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 11 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

30 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Hollister on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: PH2 Stanley C. Wyckoff, U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo NH 107172 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons