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USS Hubbard (DE 211) / (APD 53)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - F - I - G
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal
Specifications:
Class: Buckley
Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 198
Hubbard (DE 211) Building and Operational Data:
  • 11 August 1943: Keel laid at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C.
  • 11 November 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Helen L. Hubbard, widow of Commander Hubbard
  • 6 March 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr L. C. Mabley in command
  • 1 June 1945: Reclassified APD 53, converted by Sullivan's Drydock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 15 March 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Srings, Fla.
  • 1 May 1966: Stricken from the NVR
  • 1 July 1968: Sold for scrapping
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    Hubbard 65k Joseph Charles Hubbard was born 24 January 1900 in Danbury, Conn., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1921. After serving in various ships during his early career, Hubbard underwent submarine training in 1924-25 and reported on board his first command, O-7, in 1930. Following other assignments ashore and afloat, he reported to cruiser San Francisco in November 1939 as Damage Control Officer and First Lieutenant. Appointed Commander in 1942, Hubbard died 13 November 1942 on board San Francisco after the flagship for Admiral Callaghan, was crashed by a Japanese plane on 12 November. Hubbard relieved the critically wounded executive officer, and it was in this post that he was killed next day during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, as American ships prevented a Japanese bombardment of the island. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

    USS Hubbard (DE 211) (1944-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor.

    (Photo from the U.S. Naval Academy Yearbook; The Lucky Bag, Class of 1921.)    		 Bill Gonyo
    Hubbard 67k 6 March 1944: Charleston, S.C. - Commissioning day for Hubbard and Hayter (DE 212). -
    Hubbard 135k 13 March 1945: Hubbard shown one week after commissioning. She's most likely painted in Measure 22 camouflage, sea blue (5-S) lower; and ocean gray (5-O) upper). John Klar
    View the USS Hubbard (DE 211 / APD 53) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Navsource APD Pages, Hubbard
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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