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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Esek Hopkins |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 30 July 1919 |
| Launched | 26 June 1920 |
| Commissioned | 21 March 1921 |
| Decommissioned | 21 December 1945 |
| Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 8 November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,190 tons |
| Length | 314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km @ 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
USS Hopkins (DD-249/DMS-13) was a Clemson-class destroyer built in 1920 and in United States Navy service between 1921 and 1946. The third Navy ship named in honor of Commodore of the Continental Navy Esek Hopkins, she saw extensive action in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, emerging the most decorated Clemson-class warship of that conflict.