Bell - USS Hopkins (DD 6)
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stinger503
N 36° 50.881 W 076° 17.744
18S E 384478 N 4078795
Bell from early 1900s Destroyer
Waymark Code: WMW8YG
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2017
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This Bell is located in the Nauticus Naval Museum located in Norfolk, Virginia. Launched in 1902 from Philadelphia and named for Esek Hopkins, Commander and Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolution.
The Hopkins had a long career with the Atlantic Fleet and even served in the Pacific Fleet for a short while. In World War I the Hopkins patrolled the Panama Canal and Bermuda. She was decommissioned 1919.
"USS Hopkins, as part of the Torpedo Flotilla, accompanied the Atlantic Fleet on the first part of the cruise."
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