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DE-1026 USS HOOPER

CLASS - DEALEY As Built
Displacement, 1314 Tons Standard, 1877 Tons Full Load, Dimensions, 315' x 36' 8" x 11' 10"
Armament, 4 x 3"/50 (twin) Mk 33, 1 Mk 108 ASW Rocket Launcher
6-324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 De Laval geared turbine; 20,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27 Knots, Range, 6,000 NM @12kts., Crew 173 (12 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Alameda CA on 4 January 1956, Launched 1 August 1957
Commissioned 18 March 1958, Decommissioned September 1968
Stricken 6 June 1973
Fate Sold for scrapping 20 February 1974

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Hooper 65k 18 March 1961, Commissioning Day Ken Sargent
via Terry Gann
Hooper 43k Welcome Aboard Pamphlet photo, circa 1961 Ken Sargent
via Terry Gann
Hooper 127k Preparing to refuel from Chemung (AO-30) in the Western Pacific, 24 January 1963 Fred Juvenile
via Terry Gann
Hooper 60k From 1964 Cruise Book Terry Gann
Hooper 76k Moored at Yokosuka, 1964 Terry Gann
Hooper 46k Kaohsuing, Taiwan, March 1966. © Richard Leonhardt
Hooper 56k Ship's Patch Mike Smolinski

USS HOOPER DE-1026 History
Not available at this time
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


Note About Contacts.

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