Allied Warships

USS Hopewell (i) (DD 181)

Destroyer of the Wickes class


USS Hopewell as completed

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassWickes 
PennantDD 181 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Jan 1918 
Launched8 Jun 1918 
Commissioned22 Mar 1919 
End service23 Sep 1940 
History

Decommissioned on 17 July 1922
Recommissioned on 17 June 1940 and transferred to the Royal Navy on 23 September 1940.

 
Career notesto Britain as HMS Bath (I 17)

Commands listed for USS Hopewell (i) (DD 181)

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1Lt.Cdr. George Lawrence Purmont, USN17 Jun 194023 Sep 1940

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Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore


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