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USS Hooper (DE-1026)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - K - P - U
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Michigan Valley"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: National Defense Service Medal
Second Row: Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/1 star - Vietnam Service Medal w/2 stars - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal


Class: Courtney (As Built)      FY / SCB No.: 54/72
Displacement: 1314 tons (std), 1877 tons (full)    Dimensions: 314' 6"(oa), 308" (wl) x 36' 9" x 18' 0"
Armament: 4 x 3"/50 (2x2) Mk 33, 1 Mk 108 ASW rocket launcher, 6-324mm Mk 32 (2x3) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 De Laval geared turbine; 20,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots    Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 12 / 161

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Alameda CA on 4 January 1956
Launched 1 August 1957, Commissioned 18 March 1958
Decommissioned 6 June 1973, Stricken 6 June 1973

Fate: Sold for scrapping 20 February 1974

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Hooper 101k Artist's conception of Hooper (post-FRAM) by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett, with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company, Navy Yard Associates, offers prints of most destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. ALL destroyer escorts are available. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. When you purchase artwork from them, please indicate that you heard about their work from Navsource. Navy Yard Associates
Hooper 11k Stanford Caldwell Hooper (16 August 1884 - 6 April 1955) was born in Colton CA and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1905. Serving in various ships of the fleet, but always with an interest in the then new art of the "wireless", Hooper was appointed Fleet Radio Officer in 1912. A radio observer during the first part of World War I, he headed the Radio Division of the Bureau of Engineering until America's entry into the war. Hooper commanded USS Fairfax (DD-93) during 1917-18 while on convoy duty, and received the Navy Cross. Following the war he became the guiding force behind the development of radio communications and electronics in the Navy, serving in various technical posts until his retirement in 1943. Rear Admiral Hooper was retained on active duty until 1945, and held offices with civilian firms in the electronics field until his death 6 April 1955. He was the recipient of many awards for his work in radio, and is honored annually by the Navy through the Rear Admiral S. C. Hooper Trophy, given to the outstanding electronics division in the Naval Reserve.

USS Hooper (DE-1026) was the first ship to be named in his honor.
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Hooper 55k 18 March 1958: Commissioning Day Ken Sargent
via Terry Gann
Hooper 131k 1958: San Francisco Bay (© Allied Photographers, San Francisco CA) Robert M. Cieri
Hooper 44k circa 1961: Welcome Aboard Pamphlet photo Ken Sargent
via Terry Gann
Hooper 128k 24 January 1963: Preparing to refuel from Chemung (AO-30) in the Western Pacific. Fred Juvenile
via Terry Gann
Hooper 81k From 1964 Cruise Book Terry Gann
Hooper 62k 1964: Moored at Yokosuka, Japan
Hooper 69k March 1966: Kaohsuing, Taiwan © Richard Leonhardt
***Evans*** 252k 1966: Subic Bay, Philippine Islands - Moored to USS Piedmont (AD-17), in a nest with USS Hooper (DE-1026), USS Jenkins (DD-447), and USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747), all to starboard. Lee Noland
Hooper 84k 1971: Long Beach CA - Tied up at the Mole Pier. (taken by crewmember Steve Knox) Joe Schneider
Hooper 162k If you were stationed at RTC Great Lakes in the late 60's you would have had most of your instruction via video link or prerecorded programs. This painting of USS Hooper appeared behind the instructors. I went through Great Lakes in July 1969 and the painting was still there in 1975 when I was on a two week Reserve Duty assignment. Steve Loomis
Phoenix AZ

View the USS Hooper (DE-1026), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.
View the Hooper Supplemental History
from Ken Sargent
Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Escort Squadron (CortRon) 3 Association
22 - 27 April 2008 at the
Best Western Seven Seas, San Diego CA

Reunion Contact Name: Jack Price
Address:144 Five Mile Road / Suffolk VA 23434-6932
Phone:(757) 255-0505
E-mail: Jack Price

Note About Contacts

Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has been
made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists or rosters available. Please see the Frequently Asked
Questions section on Navsource's Main Page for that information.


Additional Resources

CortRon Three Portal
USS Hooper Page on Military.Com
USS Hooper Page on Navysite
Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Hooper
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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