Name USS Hopkins Completed 1917 Commissioned 3 October 1918 Length 19 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 1 September 1918 Launched 1917 Builder Hahnes Company | |
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Fate Transfarred to U.S. Department of War 4 March 1920 | ||
The second USS Hopkins (SP-3294) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1920.
Hopkins was launched as a commercial fishing boat of the same name in 1917 by the Hahnes Company at Portsmouth, Virginia, and completed the same year. The 5th Naval District inspected her at Norfolk, Virginia, on 20 August 1918 for possible naval service, and on 1 September 1918 the U.S. Navy purchased her from the Hopkins Fish and Oyster Company of Norfolk for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 3 October 1918 as USS Hopkins (SP-3294).
Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Hopkins performed harbor patrol and other harbor duties at Norfolk.
Hopkins was transferred to the United States Department of War on 4 March 1920.