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| 64k | Photo #: KN-10865, Rear Admiral Richmond P. Hobson, USN (Construction Corps, Retired), (1870-1937) oil on canvas, 52" x 40", by Olive Bigelow, dated 1937. Hobson received the Medal of Honor for his role in the sinking of USS Merrimac on 3 June 1898. He is depicted standing before an artwork of that event. Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Herbert Pell, 1949. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
| 82k | Artist's conception of the Hobson as she appeared in World War II by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates |
| 136k | Christening ceremony September 8 1941. | Robert Hall |
| 122k | USS Hobson (DD-464) off Charleston, South Carolina, on 4 March 1942. She is painted in camouflage Measure 12 (Modified). This photograph has been censored to remove radar antennas atop her foremast and Mark 37 gun director. | Captain Jerry Mason USN |
| 138k | Photo #: 19-N-26590 (cropped), Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, destroyers fitting out and refitting alongside the Navy Yard piers in January 1942. These ships are (from left to right): USS Tillman (DD-641), commissioned 9 June 1942; probably USS Beatty (DD-640), commissioned 7 May 1942; probably USS Hobson (DD-464), commissioned 22 January 1942; USS Anderson (DD-411); USS Hammann (DD-412); and USS Mustin (DD-413). Note that the three incomplete ships at left are painted in Measure 12 camouflage, while those refitting (at right) wear Camouflage Measure 12 (Modified). Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tony Cowart |
| 75k | On the Cooper River in Charleston in March 1942. | Robert Hall |
| 46k | USS Hobson (DD-464) underway in the late summer of 1942. She is painted in another distinctive, one-off paint job linked with Measure 15. In this case white has been extensively used for painting-out at high levels (USN). Photo and text taken from Naval Camouflage 1914-1945, by David Williams. | Robert Hurst |
| 86k | Underway in the Atlantic, circa late 1942. She is painted in camouflage Measure 15. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss |
| 116k | Expended cartridge cases and powder tanks from the ship's 5"/38 guns litter the deck, after firing in support of the Normandy invasion off Utah Beach, 6 June 1944. View was taken on the ship's afterdeck, with mount 54 at right. Courtesy of Rear Admiral Kenneth Loveland, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
176 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
