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DE-236 / APD-95 William M. Hobby

USS Register (APD-92) also served the Taiwanese Navy as Chr Ju (PF-87)

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)

Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down, 15 November 1943, as (DE-236), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 2 February 1944

Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 June 1944

Commissioned USS William M. Hobby (APD-95), 4 April 1945

Decommissioned, 6 April 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1967

Transferred to South Korea, renamed Chr Ju (PF-87). later as (APD-87)

Final Disposition, struck by South Korea and scrapped 1989

Specifications:
Displacement 1,400 t.
Length 306' ovl.
Beam 37"
Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
Complement

12-15 Officers

189-192 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations

12 Officers

150 Enlisted
Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
Troop Accoutrements

six 1/4 ton trucks

two 1 ton trucks

four ammunition carts

four pack howitzers
Storage

Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.

General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.

Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.
Armament

one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

three twin 40 mm gun mounts

six single 20 mm gun mounts

two depth charge tracks
Propulsion

2 Babcox and Wilcox DR boilers

2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive)

2 shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000

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	81k	William M. Hobby (APD-95) underway, date and place unknown.		Hyperwar US Navy in World War II

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DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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