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.
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| - 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.
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| - An advertising photograph Hopkins as a commercial fishing boat, probably taken at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1917. The sign describes her as "the fastest fish boat running between this city and the fish nets."
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| - 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.
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