&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Fishing_boat_Hopkins_starboard_bow_view.jpg) An advertising photograph Hopkins as a commercial fishing boat, probably taken at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1917. The sign describes her as "the fastest fish boat running between this city and the fish nets."
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Hopkins |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Hahnes Company, Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Launched | 1917 |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | 1 September 1918 |
| Commissioned | 3 October 1918 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Department of War 4 March 1920 |
| Notes | Operated as commercial fishing boat Hopkins 1917–1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 34 Gross register tons |
| Length | 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
| Speed | 10.4[1] or 11[2] knots |
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Hopkins as a commercial fishing boat, probably at the time of her inspection by the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia, on 20 August 1918 for possible naval service because United States Navy personnel are on her decks.
USS Hopkins (SP-3294) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1920. She was the second of three Navy vessels named in honor of Commodore of the Continental Navy Esek Hopkins.
- ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Fishing boat Hopkins (1917–1918); Served as USS Hopkins (ID # 3294), 1918–1920.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h7/hopkins-ii.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Hopkins (SP 3294)