The destroyer USS Hopewell (i) (DD 181) of the US Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1090 BRT |
| Length | 314 feet |
| Complement | 113 men |
| Armament | 4 4" guns 2 3 pounders 12 21" torpedo tubes |
| Max speed | 35 knots |
| Notes on class |
All ships of the Wickes class
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| USS Abbot (i) (DD 184) (to Britain as HMS Charlestown (I 21)) | ||
| USS Badger (DD 126) | ||
| USS Bagley (i) (DD 185) (to Britain as HMS St. Mary's (I 12)) | ||
| USS Barney (DD 149) | ||
| USS Bernadou (DD 153) | ||
| USS Biddle (DD 151) | ||
| USS Breckinridge (DD 148) | ||
| USS Buchanan (i) (DD 131) (to Britain as HMS Campbeltown (I 42)) | ||
| USS Chew (DD 106) | ||
| USS Claxton (i) (DD 140) (to Britain as HMS Salisbury (I 52)) | ||
| USS Cole (DD 155) | ||
| USS Cowell (i) (DD 167) (to Britain as HMS Brighton (I 08)) | ||
| USS Crane (DD 109) | ||
| USS Crosby (DD 164) | ||
| USS Crowninshield (DD 134) (to Britain as HMS Chelsea (I 35)) | ||
| USS Dent (DD 116) | ||
| USS Du Pont (DD 152) | ||
| USS Ellis (DD 154) | ||
| USS Evans (i) (DD 78) (to Britain as HMS Mansfield (G 76)) | ||
| USS Fairfax (DD 93) (to Britain as HMS Richmond (G 88)) | ||
| USS Foote (i) (DD 169) (to Britain as HMS Roxborough (I 07)) | ||
| USS Hale (i) (DD 133) (to Britain as HMS Caldwell (I 20)) | ||
| USS Haraden (i) (DD 183) (to Canada as HMCS Columbia (I 49)) | ||
| USS Herbert (DD 160) | ||
 | USS Hopewell (i) (DD 181) (to Britain as HMS Bath (I 17)) | |
| USS J. Fred Talbott (DD 156) | ||
| USS Kennison (DD 138) | ||
| USS Kilty (DD 137) | ||
| USS Lea (DD 118) | ||
| USS MacKenzie (i) (DD 175) (to Canada as HMCS Annapolis (I 04)) | ||
| USS Maddox (i) (DD 168) (to Britain as HMS Georgetown (I 40)) | ||
| USS Philip (i) (DD 76) (to Britain as HMS Lancaster (G05)) | ||
| USS Rathburne (DD 113) | ||
| USS Robinson (i) (DD 88) (to Britain as HMS Newmarket (G 47)) | ||
| USS Roper (DD 147) | ||
| USS Schenck (DD 159) | ||
| USS Schley (DD 103) | ||
| USS Talbot (DD 114) | ||
| USS Tarbell (DD 142) | ||
| USS Thatcher (i) (DD 162) (to Canada as HMCS Niagara (I 57)) | ||
| USS Thomas (i) (DD 182) (to Britain as HMS St Albans (I 15)) | ||
| USS Tillman (i) (DD 135) (to Britain as HMS Wells (I 95)) | ||
| USS Twiggs (i) (DD 127) (to Britain as HMS Leamington (G 19)) | ||
| USS Upshur (DD 144) | ||
| USS Walker (i) (DD 163) | ||
| USS Ward (DD 139) | Lost on 7 Dec 1944 | |
| USS Waters (DD 115) | ||
| USS Wickes (i) (DD 75) (to Britain as HMS Montgomery (G 95)) | ||
| USS Yarnall (i) (DD 143) (to Britain as HMS Lincoln (G 42)) | ||
| USS Aaron Ward (i) (DD 132) (to Britain as HMS Castleton (I 23)) | ||
| USS Babbitt (DD 128) | ||
| | USS Blakeley (DD 150) | |
| USS Dickerson (DD 157) | Lost on 4 Apr 1945 | |
| USS Greer (DD 145) | ||
| | USS Jacob Jones (i) (DD 130) | Lost on 28 Feb 1942 |
| USS Kalk (i) (DD 170) (to Britain as HMS Hamilton (I 24)) | ||
| | USS Leary (i) (DD 158) | Lost on 24 Dec 1943 |
| USS Ringgold (i) (DD 89) (to Britain as HMS Newark (G 08)) | ||
| USS Sigourney (i) (DD 81) (to Britain as HMS Newport (G 54)) | ||
| USS Tattnall (DD 125) | ||
| USS Williams (DD 108) (to Canada as HMCS St Clair (I 65)) | ||
Destroyer minelayer | ||
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| USS Gamble (DM 15) | ||
| USS Ramsay (DM 16) | ||
| USS Breese (DM 18) | ||
| USS Montgomery (DM 17) | ||
High speed minesweeper | ||
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| USS Boggs (DMS 3) | ||
| USS Dorsey (DMS 1) | Lost on 9 Oct 1945 | |
| USS Elliot (DMS 4) | ||
| USS Hamilton (DMS 18) | ||
| USS Hogan (DMS 6) | ||
| USS Lamberton (DMS 2) | ||
| USS Palmer (DMS 5) | Lost on 7 Jan 1945 | |
| USS Stansbury (DMS 8) | ||
| USS Howard (DMS 7) | ||
High speed transport | ||
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| USS Stringham (APD 6) | ||
| USS Colhoun (i) (APD 2) | Lost on 30 Aug 1942 | |
| USS Gregory (i) (APD 3) | Lost on 5 Sep 1942 | |
| USS Little (i) (APD 4) | Lost on 5 Sep 1942 | |
| USS McKean (i) (APD 5) | Lost on 17 Nov 1943 | |
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US Navy (more on See all Destroyer classes.
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Wickes class ships hit by U-boats (2) | |||
| 28 Feb 1942 | USS Jacob Jones (i) | Sunk | U-578 |
| 24 Dec 1943 | USS Leary (i) | Sunk | U-275 |
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