Is the USS Hobson still in use?
USS Hobson (DD-464)
In 1952, Hobson collided with the aircraft carrier USS<i>Wasp(CV-18) and sunk with the loss of 176 crew. The ships had been undertaking amphibious exercises in the Atlantic, with Wasp practicing night flying, when Hobson attempted to turn in front of the carrier and collided with Wasp. Hobson was broken in two and quickly sunk, causing the greatest loss of life on a US Navy ship since World War II.
USS Hanson (DD-832)
On the night of 9–10 May 1972, "Hanson", along with , , , "Providence", and "Oklahoma City" prepared to participate in Operation Custom Tailor at Do Son Peninsula, Haiphong, a follow up of a similar raid made the night before. This was the most formidable cruiser/destroyer armada assembled in the Western Pacific since World War II. During this strike, "Hanson" entered the harbor and fired at military targets within four miles of Haiphong; enemy opposition was heavy. "Hanson" was both the last US naval vessel to enter Haiphong harbor prior to the mining of the harbor and the last ship out.
Around 01:00 on 10 May 1971, DESRON 31, now comprising "Buchanan", , and "Hanson", spotted "Newport News" about 45 miles south of the Do Son Peninsula. The cruiser, whose call sign was "Thunder", had arrived in the Gulf of Tonkin the previous day after setting out from Norfolk on 13 April. Two other warships that would participate in the mission cruised nearby, "Providence" and "Oklahoma City". At around 02:00 on 10 May, "Newport News"s commanding officer, Captain Walter F. Zartman, ordered the formation into a line abreast, "Hanson" to the far left, then "Providence", "Newport News", "Oklahoma City", and "Buchanan". "Myles C. Fox" was ordered farther to the northeast to act as a blocking element in case of enemy patrol-boat activity and to cover the rear of the formation when it would eventually turn to the west and onto a firing course. At 03:45, all five warships turned to the firing course of 240T, roughly parallel to the longitudinal axis of the Cat Bi airfield. At the extreme range of "Newport News"s 8-inch guns, the Cat Bi military complex was the raid's primary target. The completely darkened warships together commenced firing at 03:47. Seventy-seven of "Newport News"s massive 8-inch shells slammed into the military installations around Cat Bi, while hundreds of rounds from the 6-inch guns of the two light cruisers and 5-inch guns of the cruisers and two destroyers pounded enemy targets on the Do Son Peninsula. When shore batteries opened up, effective cruiser-destroyer counter-battery fire silenced them. Less than thirty minutes later, the action was over. Enemy fire had been somewhat more sporadic than the day before, and none of the ships was hit. Quite possibly the overwhelming fire from the cruisers and destroyers caused most of the North Vietnamese gunners to run for cover, and by the time they re-manned their positions, the task group was retiring. Still, the enemy had fired numerous 152-mm shells at the column of ships as they steamed past in the darkness, and the sailors in all the ships felt the shells' explosions.