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USS Hopping (DE-155 / APD-51)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Y - V - Q

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (w/Asia clasp)

Class: Buckley      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Norfolk NSY on 15 December 1942
Launched 10 March 1943, Commissioned 21 May 1943
Reclassified APD-51, 7 September 1944, converted at Frontier Base, Staten Island NY
Decommissioned 5 May 1947, Stricken 1 September 1964

Fate: Sold for scrapping 15 August 1966, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore MD

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	8k	Hallsted Lubeck Hopping was born in New York, N.Y., 25 September 1902 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1924. After graduating from flight training, Hopping served with various squadrons, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander in 1939. He reported as Commander of Scouting Squadron 6 on 10 July 1941, and lost his life in a raid on Rol Island from carrier *Enterprise* 1 February 1942, the first aircraft squadron commander to lose his life in World War II. USS *Hopping* (DE-155) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (US Naval Academy photo #usna-img-z--1200043 from the US Naval Academy, Annapolis MD)		Bill Gonyo
	130k	undated wartime image		John Klar

View the USS Hopping (DE-155 / APD-51), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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