WILLIAM M HOBBY APD 95
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Keel Laid November 15 1943 - Launched February 2 1944 as DE-236 Reclassified Crosley Class High-speed Transport (APD) June 17 1944 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Struck from Naval Register May 1 1967 Struck 1989 by South Korea and scrapped |
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
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- Covers Page 1 (1946)
Postmarks
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1946-01-15
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Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
NAMESAKE - William Matthews Hobby, Jr. USN (July 27 1899 - November 13 1942)
Hobby was appointed a Midshipman from the 1st district of Georgia on June 20 1919 and graduated in the class of 1923. After initial sea duty from June 1923 to April 1925, Hobby underwent brief aviation instruction at Pensacola, Fla. He then underwent submarine instruction at the Submarine Base, New London, Conn., from late December 1927 to June of the following year. He reported for service at the United States Naval Academy from May 1931 to June 1933. Hobby reported to the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J., on May 11 1939, to supervise the fitting out of the new Sims class destroyer USS ANDERSON DD-411 and became her first commanding officer when she was placed in commission. Detached on March 22 1941, Hobby then joined the Battleship USS OKLAHOMA BB-37 four days later as Damage Control Officer and 1st Lieutenant. After the battleship capsized and sank in the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941, Hobby served briefly in the 12th Naval District before he joined the new battleship USS WASHINGTON BB-56 on January 3 1942. He acted as Navigator of that battlewagon until he relieved Comdr. Walter E. Moore as Executive Officer of the Light Cruiser USS JUNEAU CL-52 at Espiritu Santo on November 2 1942. Ten days later, JUNEAU was heavily damaged during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The following afternoon, Friday the 13th, while she was returning to Espiritu Santo, the cruiser was literally blown into bits by a torpedo from the Japanese Submarine 1-26 which detonated her magazine. Commander Hobby was among those who perished in the cataclysmic blast that tore the ship apart
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