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Photo # NH 53569:  Launching of USS Hopkins, 26 June 1920

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USS Hopkins (DD-249, later DMS-13), 1921-1946 --
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USS Hopkins was one of hundreds of similar destroyers built in response to the First World War's German submarine crisis. Laid down at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation's shipyard at Camden, New Jersey, on 30 July 1919, nearly nine months after the fighting ended, she was launched almost eleven months later, on 26 June 1920. Her sponsor, Miss Sarah A. Babbitt, was a descendent of the ship's namesake, the Revolutionary War naval leader Commodore Esek Hopkins. After fitting out at Camden, Hopkins was placed in commission on 21 March 1921.

This page features all the views we have related to the construction of USS Hopkins (DD-249) in 1919-1921.

For other pictures related to this ship, see:

  • USS Hopkins (DD-249, later DMS-13), 1921-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 53567

    Miss Sarah A. Babbitt
    ,
    Sponsor of USS Hopkins (DD-249)

    Stands by the ship's bow, during christening ceremonies at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, on 26 June 1920.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53568

    Miss Sarah A. Babbitt
    ,
    Sponsor of USS Hopkins (DD-249)

    With her mother, at the ship's launching, 26 June 1920. The ceremonies took place at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53569

    USS Hopkins (DD-249)


    Launching, at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, on 26 June 1920.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43609

    New York Shipbuilding Corporation Shipyard, Camden, New Jersey


    Eleven destroyers fitting out in the Wet Basin between Piers 3 and 4. Photo is dated 28 September 1920.
    Ships present are identified in Photo # NH 43609 (complete caption).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     

    For other pictures related to this ship, see:

  • USS Hopkins (DD-249, later DMS-13), 1921-1946.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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