Sundial 361
- Dial City: Charleston
- Dial State/Province: South Carolina
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 32° 46.180' N
- Dial Nr: 361
- Dial Type: Vertical Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 79° 55.904' W
- Dial Owner: City of Charleston
- Dial Designer: William Henry Deacy
- Dial Maker: American Institute for Commemorative Art and Claude W. Brown Memorials
- Dial Date: Dedicated April 25, 1954
- 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.
- Inscription:
- "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"
- Other References:
- 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 Update:
2025-09-30 19:38