USS Hobson (DD 464)
Navy:........................... The US Navy
Type:........................... Destroyer
Class:.......................... Bristol
Penant:........................ DD 464
Built by:....................... Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.)
Laid down:.................. 14th November, 1940
Launched:................... 8th September, 1941
Commissioned:........... 22nd January, 1942
Displacement:............. 1630 BRT
Length:........................ 348 feet
Complement:............... 276 men
Armament:....................4 5" guns
.....................................5 21" torpedo tubes
Maximum speed:..........35 Knots
Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-26 on the 15th November 1944. Sunk in collision with Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp (CV 16) in the North Atlantic 26th April 1952. Hobson was struck amidships, rolled over, broke in two and sank, 176 of her crew were lost.
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