USS Hooper

History
United States
Name	USS Hooper
Namesake	Stanford Caldwell Hooper
Builder	Bethlehem-Pacific Coast Steel Corp.
Laid down	4 January 1956
Launched	1 August 1957
Commissioned	18 March 1958
Decommissioned	6 June 1973
Stricken	6 June 1973
Motto	Sans Peur ("Without Fear")
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Dealey-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,877 long tons (1,907 t) full load
Length	314 ft 6 in (95.86 m)
Beam	36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers 1 × De Laval geared turbine 20,000 shp (15 MW) 1 shaft
Speed	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	170
Armament	4 × 3 inch/50 caliber guns 1 × Squid ASW mortar or RUR-4 Weapon Alpha 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Mark 32 torpedo tubes Mark 44 and 46 torpedoes

USS Hooper (DE-1026) (originally USS Gatch) was a Dealey-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Stanford Caldwell Hooper, prominent naval communicator (considered the founder of naval radio), and Director of Naval Communications from 1928 to 1935.

Hooper was launched by Bethlehem-Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, 1 August 1957; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Hooper, daughter of Rear Admiral Hooper; and commissioned at San Francisco 18 March 1958.