Editing SS Stephen Hopkins (section)

{{short description|World War II Liberty ship of the United States}}

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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image   = SS Stephen Hopkins.jpg
| Ship caption = Picture of ''Stephen Hopkins'' at her launch.
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{{Infobox ship career
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| Ship country        = 
| Ship flag           = 
| Ship name           =  ''Stephen Hopkins''
| Ship namesake       = [[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]]
| Ship ordered        = 
| Ship builder        = [[Permanente Metals Corporation]]
| Ship laid down      = 
| Ship launched       = May 1942
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| Ship commissioned   = 
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| Ship fate           = Sunk in battle September 27, 1942
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| Ship class               = [[Liberty ship]]
| Ship tonnage             = {{GRT|7,181}}
| Ship length              = {{convert|441.5|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam                = {{convert|57|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship draught             = {{convert|27.75|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft               = 
| Ship propulsion          = triple expansion, {{convert|2,500|ihp|kW|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed               = {{convert|11|kn|0}}
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| Ship armament            = 1 × [[4-inch/50-caliber gun|4 in (102 mm)/50 caliber gun (Mark 9)]]<ref>Campbell 1985 p.143</ref> 2 × 37 mm cannon; 6 machine guns
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'''SS ''Stephen Hopkins''''' was a [[United States Merchant Marine]] [[Liberty ship]] that served in [[World War II]].  She was the only US merchant vessel to sink a German surface combatant during the war.

She was built at the [[Permanente Metals Corporation]] (Kaiser) shipyards in [[Richmond, California]].  Her namesake was [[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]], a [[Founding Father of the United States|Founding Father]] and signer of the [[Declaration of Independence (United States)|Declaration of Independence]] from [[Rhode Island]].<ref name="Sawyer">Sawyer, L. A. and Mitchell, W. H. ''The Liberty Ships: The History of the "Emergency" Type Cargo Ships Constructed in the United States During the Second World War,'' Second Edition, pp. 13, 141-2, Lloyd's of London Press Ltd., London, England, 1985. {{ISBN|1-85044-049-2}}.</ref> She was operated by [[Luckenbach Steamship Company]] under [[Chartering (shipping)|charter]] with the [[Maritime Commission]] and [[War Shipping Administration]].