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William M. Hobby (1899–1942), was a United States Navy officer killed in action during World War II for whom a U.S. Navy ship was named. ==Biography== William Matthews Hobby, Jr., was born on 27 July 1899 in Sylvania, Georgia. He was appointed a midshipman from the 1st Congressional District of Georgia on 20 June 1919, attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated in the class of 1923. After initial sea duty in the battleship USS ''Oklahoma'' (BB-37) from June 1923 to April 1925, Hobby underwent brief aviation instruction at Naval Air Station Pensacola at Pensacola, Florida. He then reported to the destroyer USS ''Kidder'' (DD-319) on 21 November 1925 and served in ''Kidder'' as she earned the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal. Hobby then underwent submarine instruction at Submarine Base New London in New London, Connecticut, from late December 1927 to June 1928. He then travelled to the United States Asiatic Fleet, where he reported to the submarine tender USS ''Canopus'' (AS-9) on 10 August 1928, prior to his joining the submarine USS ''S-37'' (SS-142) on 20 August 1928. After successive tours in the submarines USS ''S-41'' (SS-146) and USS ''S-30'' (SS-135), Hobby returned to the United States for service at the United States Naval Academy from May 1931 to June 1933. He then helped to fit out the submarine USS ''Cachalot'' (SS-170) before serving back-to-back tours in the battleship USS ''Tennessee'' (BB-43) and training ship USS ''Wyoming'' (AG-17) into the summer of 1938. Hobby reported to the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Kearny, New Jersey, on 11 May 1939, to supervise the fitting out of the new ''Sims''-class destroyer and to become her first commanding officer when she was placed in commission. Detached from ''Anderson'' on 22 March 1941, Hobby then rejoined the battleship ''Oklahoma'' (BB-37) on 26 March 1941 as damage control officer and first lieutenant. After ''Oklahoma'' capsized and sank in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Hobby served briefly in the 12th Naval District before he joined the new battleship USS ''Washington'' (BB-56) on 3 January 1942. He acted as navigator of ''Washington'' until he relieved Commander Walter E. Moore as executive officer of the light cruiser USS ''Juneau'' (CL-52) at Espiritu Santo on 2 November 1942. On 12 November 1942, ten days after he reported aboard, ''Juneau'' was heavily damaged during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The following afternoon, 13 November 1942, while she was returning to Espiritu Santo, the Japanese submarine ''I-26'' torpedoed her. The torpedo hit detonated ''Juneau''s magazine, and she disintegrated in a massive explosion, leaving only ten survivors. Commander Hobby was among those who perished in the cataclysmic blast that tore the ship apart. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William M. Hobby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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