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| History | |
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| Name | USSHubbard |
| Namesake | Joseph C. Hubbard |
| Ordered | 1942 |
| Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 11 August 1943 |
| Launched | 11 November 1943 |
| Commissioned | 6 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 March 1946 |
| Reclassified | APD-53, 1 June 1945 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1966 |
| Honors and awards | 2battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 July 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Buckley-classdestroyer escort |
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| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 23knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
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| Complement | 15 officers, 198 men |
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USSHubbard (DE-211/APD-53) was aBuckley-classdestroyer escort in service with theUnited States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1966.
Hubbard was named in honor ofCommander Joseph C. Hubbard (1900–1942), who was killed in action, while serving aboard theheavy cruiserUSS San Francisco (CA-38) during theNaval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. She was launched by theCharleston Navy Yard on 11 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Helen L. Hubbard, widow of Commander Hubbard; and commissioned on 6 March 1944.
Following shakedown training out ofBermuda, the new destroyer escort returned toNorfolk, Virginia on 7 May 1944. She then escorted theoilerManatee (AO-58) to theCaribbean, returning to Norfolk on 23 May for armament changes. Armed with40 mm guns in lieu oftorpedo tubes,Hubbard sailed with her firstconvoy on 1 June, seeing the transports safely toBizerte,Tunisia and returning toNew York on 19 July 1944. She subsequently made two more convoy crossings in 1944, and underwentanti-submarine training atCasco Bay, Maine, between voyages.
Hubbard sailed on 26 December 1944 with other destroyer escorts to hunt down weather-reportingU-boats in theAtlantic. Equipped with the latestdirection-finding gear, the ships scouted the suspected area until they came uponU-248 on 16 January 1945.Depth charge attacks sank the German marauder late that morning. The ships arrived New York on 6 February and, after additional training in Casco Bay, sailed again to search for submarines 4 April fromNS Argentia,Newfoundland. As part of "Operation Teardrop", she took part in the destruction of the last desperate U-boat group to sortie, withescort carriersBogue (CVE-9),Core (CVE-13), and many sister ships.Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) was torpedoed and sunk suddenly on 24 April, andHubbard joined in hunting the attacker. After many depth charge attacks, four byHubbard alone,U-546 surfaced. The destroyer escorts' guns quickly sank the submarine.
Hubbard returned toBoston on 10 May 1945 and began her conversion to aCharles Lawrence-classhigh speed transport, suitable for the still-activePacific War. She was reclassifiedAPD-53 on 1 June 1945 and emerged fromSullivans Dry Dock,Brooklyn, on 14 August, the day before thesurrender of Japan.
Following three months of training operations in the Caribbean and Casco Bay,Hubbard arrivedGreen Cove Springs, Florida, on 12 November 1945. She decommissioned on 15 March 1946 and entered the Reserve Fleet, where she remained being struck from theNavy List on 1 May 1966 and scrapped.
Hubbard received twobattle stars forWorld War II service.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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