USS Dobbin
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| History | |
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| Builder: | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 16 December 1932 |
| Launched: | 5 May 1921 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. H. H. James |
| Commissioned: | 23 July 1924 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 September 1946 |
| Honours and awards: |
1 × battle star |
| Fate: | Transferred to the United States Maritime Commission for disposal |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer tender |
| Displacement: | 12,450 long tons (12,650 t) full load |
| Length: | 483 ft 10 in (147.47 m) |
| Beam: | 61 ft (19 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons geared turbines |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Armament: | 4 × single 5"/38 caliber guns |
USS Dobbin (AD-3) is the name of a United States Navy destroyer tender of World War II, named after James Cochrane Dobbin, the Secretary of the Navy from 1853 to 1857.
Dobbin was launched on 5 May 1921 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was commissioned on 23 July 1924, and served for 22 years before being decommissioned on 27 September 1946, and transferred to the United States Maritime Commission for disposal.
Dobbin (AD-3) was launched on 5 May 1921 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. H. H. James, granddaughter of Secretary Dobbin. She was commissioned on 23 July 1924 with Commander D. C. Bingham in command.
On 3 January 1925 Dobbin sailed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by way of Newport, Rhode Island, and Hampton Roads, Virginia, where she loaded equipment and supplies for her mission as tender to Destroyer Squadron 14 of the Scouting Fleet. She joined that squadron at Guantanamo Bay, and took part in gunnery practice with the destroyers. From this base, on 13 February 1925, Dobbin steamed to the Panama Canal and crossed to the Pacific Ocean. After maneuvers at sea with the Scouting Fleet she arrived at San Diego on 9 March 1925 for 4 months of tender service along the west coast and at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Dobbin returned to the east coast in July 1925 and operated in the Atlantic Ocean for the next 7 years. During this time she participated in radio experiments and continued her services to the destroyers of the Scouting Fleet. In 1932, Dobbin returned to San Diego, arriving 1 September, and operated out of that port until 5 October 1939. At that time she was transferred to Hawaii and based on Pearl Harbor.
In July 1941 Commander Thomas C. Latimore, Dobbin's captain, disappeared while hiking the local Aiea Hills. His body was never found and was the subject of much local news coverage and rumor before being overshadowed by the Pearl Harbor attack. Commander Latimore was declared legally dead in July 1942.
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