USS Hopkins (DD-6) [SEP] vessel class
USS Hopkins (DD-6)
The first USS "Hopkins" (DD-6) was a "Hopkins"-class destroyer, which was a sub-class of the , in the United States Navy named for Esek Hopkins.
Construction.
"Hopkins" was launched by Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, Wilmington, Delaware, on 24 April 1902, and sponsored by Alice Gould Hawes, a great-great-granddaughter of Esek Hopkins. The ship was commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 23 September 1903, with Lieutenant Montgomery M. Taylor in
USS Hopkins (DD-249)
USS "Hopkins" (DD-249/DMS-13) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third ship named USS "Hopkins" and the third named for Esek Hopkins.
"Hopkins" was launched 26 June 1920 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Miss Sarah Babbitt, a descendant of Esek Hopkins; and commissioned 21 March 1921 at Philadelphia, Lieutenant Commander C. A. Bailey commanding.
Service history.
After shakedown "Hopkins