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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer}}<br />
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| Ship caption = USS ''Hopper'' at [[Pearl Harbor]] on 20 May 2016<br />
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| Ship country = United States<br />
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| Ship name = ''Hopper''<br />
| Ship namesake = [[Grace Hopper]]<br />
| Ship ordered = 8 April 1992<br />
| Ship builder = [[Bath Iron Works]]<br />
| Ship laid down = 23 February 1995<br />
| Ship launched = 6 January 1996<br />
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| Ship commissioned = 6 September 1997<br />
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*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NHOP<br />
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*[[Hull number]]: DDG-70<br />
| Ship homeport = [[Naval Station Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]]<br />
| Ship motto = {{Lang|la|Aude et effice}} ({{translation|Dare and do}})<br />
| Ship nickname = Amazing Grace<ref>{{cite web |title=Scientist of the Day: Grace Hopper |url=https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/grace-hopper/ |publisher=[[Linda Hall Library]] |access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref><br />
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'''USS ''Hopper'' (DDG-70)''' is an {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} ([[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer#Characteristics|Flight I]]) [[Aegis combat system|Aegis]] [[guided missile destroyer]] of the [[United States Navy]], named for the pioneering [[computer scientist]] Rear Admiral [[Grace Hopper]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://news.yale.edu/2017/02/10/grace-murray-hopper-1906-1992-legacy-innovation-and-service|title = Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992): A legacy of innovation and service|work = [[YaleNews]]|date = 10 February 2016|access-date = 22 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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''Hopper'' is only the second US Navy warship to be named for a woman from the Navy's own ranks. This ship is the 20th destroyer of her class. ''Hopper'' was the 11th ship of this class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 23 February 1995. She was [[ceremonial ship launching|launched]] and [[Ship christening|christened]] on 6 January 1996. On 6 September 1997, she was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] in San Francisco.<br />
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==Service history==<br />
===Deployments===<br />
''Hopper'' has participated in multiple deployments to East Asia and the [[Persian Gulf]], including RIMPAC 98, three individual PACMEF deployments, an Expeditionary Strike Group deployment to the Persian Gulf in 2004, and a deployment to Southeast Asia in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2006. In addition, ''Hopper'' has been foremost in the field of [[Ballistic Missile Defense]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscarriers.net/ddg70history.htm |title=USS Hopper DDG 70 |work=[[Aircraft carrier#United States|U.S. Carriers]] |date=10 April 2013 |access-date=10 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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On 1 April 2002, ''Hopper'' departed for a six-month deployment to the North Persian Gulf.<br />
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On 12 November 2007, ''Hopper'' departed with the {{USS|Tarawa|LHA-1|6}} [[Expeditionary Strike Group]] for a scheduled deployment to the [[United States Fifth Fleet|Fifth Fleet]] and [[United States Seventh Fleet|Seventh Fleet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=52682 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805072619/http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=52682 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2012 |title=Navy NewsStand – Eye on the Fleet |work=[[United States Navy]] |date=12 November 2007 |access-date=6 December 2007 }}</ref><br />
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On 6 January 2008, ''Hopper'' was involved in an incident with five [[gunboat]]s of the [[Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Iranian Revolutionary Guard]]. ''Hopper'', along with {{USS|Port Royal|CG-73|6}}, a [[guided missile cruiser]], and {{USS|Ingraham|FFG-61|6}}, a [[guided missile frigate]], were entering the Persian Gulf through the [[Strait of Hormuz]] when the five Iranian boats approached them at high speed and in a threatening manner. The US Navy ships had been in the Arabian Sea searching for a sailor who had been missing from ''Hopper'' for 24 hours. The US Navy said the Iranian boats made "threatening" moves toward the US Navy vessels, coming as close as {{convert|200|yd|m}}. The US Navy received a radio transmission saying, "I am coming to you. You will explode after a few minutes." As the US Navy ships prepared to fire, the Iranians abruptly turned away, the US officials said. Before leaving, the Iranians dropped white boxes into the water in front of the US Navy ships. The US Navy ships did not investigate the boxes.<ref name=iran-attack /><br />
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Officials from the two nations differed on the severity of the incident. The Iranians claimed they were conducting normal maneuvers while American officials claimed that an imminent danger to American naval vessels existed.<ref name=iran-attack>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/iran.us.navy/index.html |title=Iranian boats 'harass' U.S. Navy, officials say |publisher=CNN |date=7 January 2008 |access-date=7 January 2008}}</ref><br />
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On 15 April 2011, ''Hopper'' departed from [[Pearl Harbor]] on a deployment to Asia and the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=59812 |title=USS Hopper Heads West for Deployment |publisher=US Navy |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=15 February 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805061217/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=59812 |archive-date=5 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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On 22 June 2014, ''Hopper'', with her [[Aegis Combat System]], detected and tracked a test missile launched from the Reagan Test Site on [[Kwajalein Atoll]] using her onboard AN/SPY-1 radar, providing critical targeting data to a long-range [[Ground-Based Interceptor|ground-based interceptor]] (GBI) launched from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]], California. GBI's protect the US from limited long-range ballistic missile attack.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/485720/us-conducts-successful-missile-intercept-test-in-pacific/ |title=U.S. conducts successful missile intercept test in Pacific |publisher=US Air Force |date=22 June 2014 |access-date=29 June 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702034041/http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/485720/us-conducts-successful-missile-intercept-test-in-pacific.aspx |archive-date=2 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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In January 2018, ''Hopper'' performed a [[Freedom of navigation#United States Freedom of Navigation Program|freedom of navigation]] cruise, sailing within 12 nautical miles of the disputed [[Scarborough Shoal]] in the [[South China Sea]]. China, which has held the rocky outpost since seizing it from the Philippines in 2012, registered a protest on the grounds that the US Navy should have notified China in advance of its approach and had "violated China's sovereignty and security interests".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-us-sovereignty/china-says-u-s-warship-violated-its-south-china-sea-sovereignty-idUSKBN1F9088|title=China says U.S. warship violated its South China Sea sovereignty |work=Reuters|date=20 January 2018 }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* CNO Afloat Safety Award (PACFLT) - (2008)<br />
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==Coat of arms==<br />
[[File:USS Hopper DDG-70 Crest.png|upright|thumb|Crest]]<br />
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=== Shield ===<br />
<blockquote>''The shield has a background of blue. In the center is a gold lion with red talons.''</blockquote><br />
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=== Crest ===<br />
<blockquote>''The crest consists of a lozenge with a '''silver star above the trident'''. Surrounding the lozenge is a wreath with lightning bolts stemming from the bottom. The crest is completed by the blue and gold framing.''</blockquote><br />
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=== Motto ===<br />
<blockquote>''The motto is written on a scroll of white with red trim.''</blockquote>The ships motto is ''"AUDE ET EFFICE"'' which can be translated to ''"DARE AND DO"'' within context of a command.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}<br />
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=== Seal ===<br />
<blockquote>''The coat of arms in full color as in the blazon, upon a white background enclosed within a dark blue oval border edged on the outside with a gold rope and bearing the inscription "USS HOPPER" at the top and "DDG 70" in the base all gold.''</blockquote><br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{USS|Higbee|DD-806}}, the first US warship named for a woman from the Navy, [[Lenah Higbee|Lenah S. Higbee]]<br />
* [[List of U.S. military vessels named after women]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
*{{Naval Vessel Register}}<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category|USS Hopper (DDG-70)}}<br />
*{{Official website|https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/ddg70/}}<br />
* [http://www.defenselink.mil/dodcmsshare/briefingslide/320/080107-D-6570C-001.wmv Video of January 2008 incident in the Strait of Hormuz]<br />
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