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USS Hopkins (SP-3294)

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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
FateTransfarred to U.S. Department of War 4 March 1920
NotesOperated as commercial fishing boat Hopkins 1917-1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage34 gross 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.

The second USS Hopkins (SP-3294) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1920.

History

Hopkins was launched as a commercial fishing boat of the same name in 1917 by the Hahnes Company at Portsmouth, Virginia, and completed the same year. The 5th Naval District inspected her at Norfolk, Virginia, on 20 August 1918 for possible naval service, and on 1 September 1918 the U.S. Navy purchased her from the Hopkins Fish and Oyster Company of Norfolk 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.

Hopkins was transferred to the United States Department of War on 4 March 1920.

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