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USS Hobson Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  American Institute for Commemorative Art, fabricator. Deacy, William Henry, 1890-1967, sculptor. Claude W. Brown Memorials, fabricator. Title:  USS Hobson Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Hobson Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated April 25, 1954. Medium:  Sculpture: red granite shaft with bronze gnomon; Base: marble, granite, slate and bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 20 ft. x 59 in. x 37 1/2 in.; Base: approx. H. 5 1/4 in. x Diam. 21 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Monument consists of a shaft with a sundial. April 26, 1952 and 10:26 P. M., the date and time of the collision between the USS Hobson and USS WASP off the coast of the Azores, is engraved near the dial. The base is comprised of different colored stones which represent the thirty-eight home states of the drowned sailors. The shaft lists their names, rank, age and residence. Subject:  Disaster -- Shipwreck Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Charleston Sundial Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Charleston, Department of Parks, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, South Carolina 29403 Located White Point Gardens, Charleston, South Carolina Remarks:  Erected by the USS Hobson Memorial Society in memory of the sailors killed when the USS Hobson and the USS WASP collided on April 26, 1952. One hundred seventy-six men were killed when the collision sliced the Hobson in half, sinking her in four minutes. The Hobson was built at the Charleston Naval Shipyard and was stationed in Charleston. IAS files include a related article from the Post-Courier (Charleston, SC), Sept. 26, 1977. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS SC000225   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture SC000225 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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