USS Hopper

USS Hopper is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer named for Rear Admiral Grace Hopper.

1. Commissioned: September 6, 1997
2. Length: 505 ft
3. Nickname: Amazing Grace
4. Motto: Dare And Do

• Google News: USS Hopper
• Google News: USS Port Royal
• Washington Post: Iran Plays Down Gulf Incident With US (January 7, 2008)
• Times Online: Iran speedboats 'threatened suicide attack on US' in Strait of Hormuz (January 7, 2008)
  • "A Pentagon official said that US forces were "literally" on the verge of firing on the Iranian boats and had moved to man their guns when the Iranians turned and sped away."
• FOX News: U.S. Boats Take Defensive Action Against Iranian Speedboats (January 7, 2008)
  • "We urge the Iranians to refrain from such provocative actions that could lead to a dangerous incident in the future," National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Monday."
• Official Site of the U.S. Navy: Search for Missing USS Hopper Sailor Concludes (January 4, 2008)
• International Herald Tribune: US sailor missing in Arabian Sea, search ongoing, Navy says (January 4, 2008)
• Official Site of the U.S. Navy: Navy commissions USS Hopper (DDG 70) in San Francisco (1997)

• Google Blog Search: USS Hopper

• Google Blog Search: USS Port Royal

• Michelle Malkin: Incident in the Strait of Hormuz (January 7, 2008)

• New York Times' The Lede: U.S. Military Reports Skirmish With Iran (January 7, 2008)

• • USS Hopper is currently a stub, a brief collection of the best links for this story. The page will be updated as we find more information.

• Help Mahalo complete this search! Let us know if you've found additional quality links about USS Hopper on Google, Del.icio.us, Digg or elsewhere, and we can expand this result.