USS William M . Hobby ( APD - 95 ) USS " William M . Hobby " ( APD - 95 ) , ex - DE - 236 , was a United States Navy high - speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946 . Construction and commissioning . " William M . Hobby " was laid down as the " Rudderow " - class destroyer escort USS " William M . Hobby " ( DE - 236 ) on 15 November 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard . She was built in a drydock and floated out on 2 February 1944 , so there was no formal launching . The ship was reclassified as a " Crosley " - class high - speed transport and redesignated APD - 95 on either 17 June 1945 or 17 July 1944 . After conversion to her new role , she was simultaneously christened — sponsored by Miss Catherine Hobby , sister of the ships namesake , Commander William M . Hobby — and commissioned on 4 April 1945 with Lieutenant Commander Frank . N . Christiansen , USNR , in command . Service history . World War II . Following shakedown training in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , " William M . Hobby " proceeded to Norfolk , Virginia . From 16 May 1945 to 21 May 1945 , she conducted an " amphibious shakedown , " including shore bombardment exercises off Bloodsworth Island in Chesapeake Bay . After post - shakedown repairs at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth , Virginia , " William M . Hobby " held additional shakedown gunnery training in Chesapeake Bay before she departed Hampton Roads , Virginia , on 3 June 1945 , bound for the Panama Canal Zone in company with her sister ship , the high - speed transport USS " Amesbury " ( APD - 46 ) . " William M . Hobby " reached Cristóbal , Panama Canal Zone , on 8 June 1945 , completed the transit of the Panama Canal on 10 June 1945 , and set course for the California coast immediately thereafter . Arriving at San Diego , California on 17 June 1945 , she got underway for the Hawaiian Islands in company with " Amesbury " and destroyer escort USS " O ' Reilly " ( DE - 330 ) on 20 June 1945 . Arriving at Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii , on 27 June 1945 , " William M . Hobby " trained underwater demolition team s at Ma ' alaea Bay , Maui , Territory of Hawaii , in July before she embarked Underwater Demolition Team 29 for transportation to the United States West Coast . Departing the Hawaiian Islands on 2 August 1945 , " William M . Hobby " made port at Oceanside , California , on 9 August 1945 . Shifting briefly to San Pedro , California , " William M . Hobby " returned to Oceanside and disembarked Underwater Demolition Team 29 on 13 August 1945 . The following day , 14 August 1945 – 15 August 1945 across the International Date Line in East Asia - - Japan surrendered , ending World War II . Postwar . On 16 August 1945 , " William M . Hobby " got underway for Hawaii . Reaching Pearl Harbor on 22 August 1945 , she got underway on 24 August 1945 for the Marshall Islands , in company with high - speed transports USS " Ira Jeffrey " ( APD - 44 ) and USS " Blessman " ( APD - 48 ) , and arrived at Eniwetok on 1 September 1945 . Pushing on to the Philippines , she anchored in Manila Bay on 5 September 1945 . " William M . Hobby " cruised in the Philippine Islands — touching at Subic Bay , Zamboanga , Mindanao , Bugo , Macajalar Bay , and San Pedro Bay — until she departed for Okinawa , and from thence to Japan . Reaching Wakayama , Japan , on 28 September 1945 , " William M . Hobby " soon got underway for Hiro Wan , Honshu , with Underwater Demolition Team 5 embarked . Daybreak on 1 October 1945 found her entering the Inland Sea . There , she joined destroyer minelayer USS " Tracy " ( DM - 19 ) , which led " William M . Hobby " to her anchorage at Hiro Wan . That morning , " William M . Hobby " sighted a floating naval mine off her port bow and destroyed it with 40 - millimeter , 20 - millimeter , and rifle fire . " William M . Hobby " s embarked underwater demolition team reconnoitered beaches and shore installations at Hiro Wan from 2 October 1945 to 10 October 1945 to prepare the way for the arrival of American occupation troops in the Kure area . On 11 October 1945 , " William M . Hobby " got underway for the island of Shikoku and arrived at the port of Mitsuhama later that day . She disembarked the 15 United States Army officers , 18 enlisted men , and two Japanese officers whom she had carried as passengers and remained at anchor off Mitsuhama while Underwater Demolition Team 5 reconnoitered the beaches there . After returning once more to Hiro Wan , " William M . Hobby " got underway for the United States on 14 October 1945 . Proceeding via Guam , Eniwetok , Pearl Harbor , San Diego , and the Panama Canal , she arrived at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 9 December 1945 . She subsequently shifted southward via Norfolk to Green Cove Springs , Florida , where she arrived on 6 January 1946 . Decommissioning and disposal . " William M . Hobby " was decommissioned at Green Cove Springs on 6 April 1946 and placed in reserve there . She remained in reserve until she was stricken from the Navy List on 1 May 1967 . Republic of Korea Navy service . Transferred to the government of South Korea on a grant - in - aid on 23 July 1967 , " William M . Hobby " was reclassified in Republic of Korea Navy service as a gunboat and renamed ROKS " Chr Ju " ( PG - 87 ) . In 1972 , " Chr Ju " was reclassified in South Korean service as a high - speed transport and redesignated APD - 87 . " Chr Ju " was stricken by the Republic of Korea Navy and scrapped in 1989 .