air strikes against Tokyo since the Doolittle Raid of April 1942. In addition to screening tankers for the carrier force, she operated off Iwo Jima and later off Okinawa as part of the valuable tankers ASW screen. Detached from Pacific duty at the end of June, Hobby arrived Seattle on 17 July 1945 for overhaul. News of the Japanese surrender reached her while she was in drydock. Hobby sailed to New York on 6 October to participate in Navy Day ceremonies, during which she hosted foreign naval attaches and congressmen during the Presidential Review of the fleet. Proceeding to Charleston on 1 November 1945, Hobby decommissioned there and went into reserve on 1 February 1946. Hobby was transferred in January 1947 to Orange, Texas. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1971 and disposed of in a fleet exercise on 1 June 1972. Film footage of the launching of USS Hobby was used as the "USS John Paul Jones" in the 1943 film Destroyer with Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford. Awards Hobby was awarded 10 battle stars for her service in World War II. As of 2009, no other ship in the United States Navy has been named Hobby. References Benson-class destroyers Ships built in San Francisco 1942 ships World War II destroyers of the United States