USS Hopkins (DD-6)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Hopkins.
USS Hopkins (DD-6) was a Hopkins-class destroyer, which was a sub-class of the Bainbridge-class destroyer, in the United States Navy. She was the first of three Navy vessels named in honor of Commodore of the Continental Navy Esek Hopkins.
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USS Hopkins (DD-6) at anchor, c. 1904. | |
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United States | |
Name | Hopkins |
Namesake | Commedore Esek Hopkins |
Builder | Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware |
Laid down | 2 February 1899 |
Launched | 24 April 1902 |
Commissioned | 23 September 1903 |
Decommissioned | 20 June 1919 |
Stricken | 2 October 1919 |
Fate | Sold, 7 September 1920 and broken up for scrap |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Hopkins-class destroyer sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer |
Displacement | 408 long tons (415 t) (standard) |
Length | 248 ft 8 in (75.79 m) (oa) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Installed power | 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h) |
Complement | 73 officers and enlisted |
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