USS Hopewell (DD-681)
Fletcher-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Hopewell.
USS Hopewell (DD-681) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1970. She was finally sunk as a target in 1972.
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Name | Hopewell |
Namesake | Pollard Hopewell |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 29 October 1942 |
Launched | 2 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1943 |
Decommissioned | 2 January 1970 |
Stricken | 2 January 1970 |
Motto | Offense – Defense |
Fate | Sunk as target, 11 February 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
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Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 319 |
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