Hobson Survivor Saved . .
Hobson survivor, James F. McIntyre Is Hauled Aboard Wasp (U.P.)
Survivors Taken Off Wasp -
Two injured survivors of the destroyer-minesweeper Hobson sinking, Chief Storekeeper Gene J. St. Martin, left,
Hartford, Conn., and Radio Seaman David D. Stanford, Starrucca, Pa., lie on stretchers aboard a navy launch in New York Harbor after being removed from the carrier Wasp. They were among 61 survivors of the sinking. St. Martin has a fracture of the right leg, but still manages a smile and a wave. Sanford suffered a skull fracture.AP Wirephoto
Closeup View of Wasp's Ripped Bow
Here is a closeup of the ripped bow of the aircraft carrier Wasp as
it looked in the Navy drydock at Bayonne, N.J., yesterday. A huge sec-
tion of the knife-like bow was torn away when the Wasp and the ill-fated
destroyer-minesweeper Hobson collided. Watertight bulkheads kept the
out of other compartments of the Wasp. The big carrier was dry-
docked for survey of the damage and for repairs. She made New York
under her own power with 61 Hobson survivors on Tuesday.
Associated Press Wirephoto
Telling
The Story of the Hobson
Lieut. William A. Hoefer, seated, foreground, senior surviv-
ing officer of the destroyer-minesweeper Hobson, which sank
after colliding with carrier Wasp, describes tragedy
to the naval board of inquiry in Bayonne, N.J. (INP)
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