Charleston  

 Sundial: 361
State/Province:  South Carolina Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Vertical Dial Condition:  Good
  Latitude and Longitude: 32° 46.180' N  79° 55.904' W
Location:
  • White Point Gardens, on The Battery near the corner of King St. and Murray Blvd.

    Dial Located on the USS Hobson Monument in the SW corner of the gardens.
 
Description:
  • A 20-ft (6m) high stone monument with a 2-ft (0.6m) side at the base holds a vertical reclining sundial. The monument at the base includes stones from the thirty-eight home states of those lost at sead during the collision of the USS Hobson (DD-464) and USS Wasp (CV-18). Embedded in the in the monument is a bronze arrow, pointing to the unmarked graves in the Atlantic.
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: City of Charleston
  • "To the glory of the God and in abiding memory of 176 valiant young men of the United States Navy who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of their country."

    On the face of the sundial, the time of the collision is recorded:
    "April 26 1952
    Ten Twenty Six PM"
  • Designer: William Henry Deacy
  • Builder: American Institute for Commemorative Art and Claude W. Brown Memorials
  • Construction Date: Dedicated April 25, 1954
 
References: Web Links:
  • NASS Compendium Vol. 6 No. 1, p. 22, Dec 1998

    The USS Hobson Monument was inspired and paid for by the USS Hobson Memorial Society

Last Revised: 2025-09-30 19:38