USS Hopper

USS Hopper at Pearl Harbor on 20 May 2016
History
United States
NameHopper
NamesakeGrace Hopper
Ordered8 April 1992
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down23 February 1995
Launched6 January 1996
Commissioned6 September 1997
HomeportPearl Harbor
Identification
Motto
  • Aude Et Effice
  • (Dare And Do)
Nickname(s)Amazing Grace
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class & typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement
  • Light: approx. 6,800 long tons (6,900 t)
  • Full: approx. 8,900 long tons (9,000 t)
Length505 ft (154 m)
Beam59 ft (18 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion2 × shafts
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
Sensors &
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Sikorsky MH-60R

USS Hopper (DDG-70) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight I) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, named for the pioneering computer scientist Rear Admiral Grace Hopper.

Hopper is only the second US Navy warship to be named for a woman from the Navy's own ranks. This ship is the 20th destroyer of her class. Hopper was the 11th ship of this class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 23 February 1995. She was launched and christened on 6 January 1996. On 6 September 1997, she was commissioned in San Francisco.