USS Hobby
USS Hobby, DD 610, Mare Island, 26 January 1943 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Hobby (DD-610) |
| Namesake | James H. Hobby |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California |
| Launched | 4 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 18 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1971 |
| Fate | Sunk in exercise, 1 June 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Benson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,620 tons |
| Length | 348 ft 4 in (106.17 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Complement | 259 |
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USS Hobby (DD-610) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.