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U.S.S. HOBSON
(DD-464)Click to view crew list
DD-464 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| NOV | 1940 | - | Keel Date: 14 NOV 1940 at Charleston Navy Yard | ||
| FEB | 1941 | - | FEB | 1952 | Middle Pacific |
| SEP | 1941 | - | Launch Date: 8 SEP 1941 | ||
| JAN | 1942 | - | Commissioned: 22 JAN 1942 | ||
| MAY | 1942 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 MAY 1942 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1944 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| DEC | 1944 | - | MAY | 1945 | Panama Canal |
| APR | 1945 | - | APR | 1945 | Invasion of Okinawa - April 1945 |
| APR | 1945 | - | APR | 1945 | The Hobson was NOT sunk in action in Dec 1944. |
DD-464 General Specifications
Class: Gleaves-class destroyer
Complement: 16 Officers and 260 Enlisted
Displacement: 1630 tons
Length: 348 feet 3 inches
Beam: 36 feet 1 inches
Draft: 11 feet 10 in
Range: 6 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Sunk in enemy action 11 December 1944