USS William M. Hobby
USS William M. Hobby | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS William M. Hobby |
| Namesake | Commander William M. Hobby (1899-1942), U.S. Navy officer killed in action aboard USS Juneau (CL-52) |
| Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 15 November 1943 |
| Launched | 2 February 1944 (floated out of drydock) |
| Sponsored by | Miss Catherine Hobby |
| Commissioned | 4 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 6 April 1946 |
| Reclassified | From destroyer escort (DE-236) to high-speed transport (APD-95) 17 June 1945 or 17 July 1944 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1967 |
| Fate | Transferred to South Korea 23 July 1967; served in Republic of Korea Navy as ROKS Jeju (PF-87), later reclassified as APD-87; stricken and scrapped 1989 |
| Notes | Laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS William M. Hobby (DE-236) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
| Armament |
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USS William M. Hobby (APD-95), ex-DE-236, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.