The destroyer USS Hobson sank on April 26, 1952, after a collision with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp during a night training exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. The Hobson was attempting to cross the Wasp's bow when the carrier struck the destroyer amidships, cutting it in half. The Hobson sank in less than five minutes, and 176 of its crew members were lost. The collision: The accident occurred while the ships were conducting night flight operations. The Hobson was ordered to change its position a

At Pearl Harbor, the battleship USS Tennessee survived the Japanese attack with relatively minor damage but was trapped in her berth for ten days. The crew fought fires and defended the ship, which was later repaired and modernized to become a key naval gunfire support vessel throughout the rest of World War II. The attack On December 7, 1941, the Tennessee was moored in Battleship Row, with the USS West Virginia docked alongside it and the USS Arizona directly astern. The crew quickly went to b

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199K views · 4.1K reactions | In the 1920s, USS California was the flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, California underwent a thorough refurbishment that significantly altered the ship's design. Let's take a deeper look in this episode of Dry Dock  | World of Warships | Facebook