USS Hopkins (SP-3294)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Hopkins.
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."
History
United States
NameUSS Hopkins
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderHahnes Company, Portsmouth, Virginia
Launched1917
Completed1917
Acquired1 September 1918
Commissioned3 October 1918
FateTransferred to U.S. Department of War 4 March 1920
NotesOperated as commercial fishing boat Hopkins 1917–1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage34 Gross register tons
Length62 ft 10 in (19.15 m)
Beam16 ft (4.9 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed10.4[1] or 11[2] knots
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.

History

Hopkins was built as a commercial fishing boat for the Hopkins Fish and Oyster Company of Norfolk, Virginia, in 1917 by the Hahnes Company at Portsmouth, Virginia; she was both launched and completed that year.

The 5th Naval District inspected her at Norfolk on 20 August 1918 for possible naval service, and on 1 September 1918 was purchased by the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 3 October 1918 as USS Hopkins (SP-3294).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Hopkins performed harbor patrol and other harbor duties at Norfolk. She was transferred to the United States Department of War on 4 March 1920.

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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)

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