USN · DD

Hopewell

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-681
Launched	1943-05-02
Commissioned	1943-09-30
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sunk as target, 11 February 1972
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Schute, Corbin Clark Captain, 30 September 1943 – 25 September 1944 Rodimon, Warner S. Captain, 25 September 1944 – 9 June 1945 Hayes, Richard Michael Captain from 9 June 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

U.S. Navy photo NH 89658-KN. USS Hopewell (DD-681) underway at sea, in the 1960s (NH 89658-KN).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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