USS Hopkins (DD-6)

USS Hopkins (DD-6) at anchor, c. 1904.
History
United States
Name	Hopkins
Namesake	Commedore Esek Hopkins
Builder	Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down	2 February 1899
Launched	24 April 1902
Commissioned	23 September 1903
Decommissioned	20 June 1919
Stricken	2 October 1919
Fate	Sold, 7 September 1920 and broken up for scrap
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Hopkins-class destroyer sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement	408 long tons (415 t) (standard)
Length	248 ft 8 in (75.79 m) (oa)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Installed power	7,200 shp (5,400 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × shaft
Speed	29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h)
Complement	73 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 5 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Hopkins (DD-6) was a Hopkins-class destroyer, which was a sub-class of the Bainbridge-class destroyer, in the United States Navy. She was the first of three Navy vessels named in honor of Commodore of the Continental Navy Esek Hopkins.