Allied Warships

USS Hobson (DD 464)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 464
Built by	Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.)
Ordered	12 Jun 1940
Laid down	14 Nov 1940
Launched	8 Sep 1941
Commissioned	22 Jan 1942
Lost	26 Apr 1952
History	Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-26 on 15 November 1944. Sunk in collision with Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp (CV 16) in the North Atlantic 26 April 1952. Hobson was struck amidships, rolled over, broke in two and sank, 176 of her crew were lost.

Commands listed for USS Hobson (DD 464)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Robert Norton McFarlane, USN	22 Jan 1942	15 Jun 1942
2	Lt. Kenneth Loveland, USN	15 Jun 1942	22 Nov 1944
3	Cdr. Joseph Ignatius Manning, USN	22 Nov 1944	22 Feb 1946

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Notable events involving Hobson include:

2 Mar 1943
USS Hobson picks up 47 survivors from the British merchant St. Margaret that was torpedoed and sunk on 27 February 1943 southeast of Bermuda in position 27°38'N, 43°23'W by German U-boat U-66.

2 Sep 1943
HMS Tantivy (Cdr. M.G. Rimington, DSO, RN) conducted attack exercises at/off Scapa Flow with USS Ranger (Capt. G. Rowe, USN) that was escorted by USS Forrest (T/Cdr. K.P. Letts, USN), USS Hobson (Lt.Cdr. K. Loveland, USN) and USS Corry (T/Cdr. L.B. Ensey, USN). (1)

3 Sep 1943
HrMs O 15 (Lt.Cdr. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) conducted A/S exercises with ORP Orkan (Cdr. S. Hryniewiecki, ORP), USS Isherwood (Cdr. R.E. Gadrow, USN) and USS Hobson (Lt.Cdr. K. Loveland, USN).

Later she departed Scapa Flow for Lerwick escorted by HMS Loch Monteith (T/Lt. K.W. Richardson, RNR). (2)

26 Oct 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Ashanti (Lt.Cdr. J.R. Barnes, RN), USS Hobson (Lt.Cdr. K. Loveland, USN) and later with HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN). (3)

13 Mar 1944
German U-boat U-575 was sunk in the north Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 46°18'N, 27°34'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS Prince Rupert, the US destroyer USS Hobson the US destroyer escort USS Haverfield and by depth charges from a British Wellington and Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 172/B and 206/R and 220/J) and Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue.