Evening journal., 1902-04-24
HOPKINS TAKES
TO THE WATER
Swiftly Darted Into Smooth
ChrlStiana River
MANY GUESTS WERE PRESENT
Latest Addition to The Navy Took
Her Initial Plunge This
Afternoon

Looking more like a big whale than a
fighting machine the new torpedoboat de-
stroyer Hopkins darted from the ways in
the Harlan and HOllngsworth shipyard
this afternoon a few minutes after
O'Clock, and as her sharp, Overhanging |
stern cleared the waters of the Chris
tiana there was a great shout from the
big crowd assembled TO witness the
launching.
Mrs. Alice Gould Hawes. a direct de- |
scendant of Admiral Hopkins, in honor |
Of whose name the boat was named, /
broke the bottle OF wine on the boats
PROV and christened her the Hopkins"
The launching was one OF the most sue
cessful that ever took place in the local
shipyard and a representative crowd
from Washington was present to see the
new boat take her initial dip.
After the launching fine luncheon
was served TO invited guests in the spa
cious mold loft. Among the guests were
the following:
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Jay Edison, Miss Edison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles b. Pearson, Mrs. Samuel H.
Gushing. Miss Cushing Franklin ~
Smith, Esq, Mrs. Alice Gould Hawes
Marshall Hopkins Gould, Rear Admiral
Francis Il. BOwles, Chief of Bureau Con
structiOn and Repair; the Hon. l.. II.
Ball, Lieutenant Commander John Il.
Edwards. Major of Marines Charles IL.
I.aucheimer, Rear Admiral George w.
Melville, Chief of Bureau of Steam En-
gineering, all of Washington.
A. G. Wilson, Stuart Janney, Captain
T. b. Lewis, Captain William IL. Var
ney, Baltimore.
Miss Anne G. Gushing. Providence. r.
l.; Mr. and Mrs. Moore New York city:
representatives from Townsend & Dow
ney Shipbuilding Company, New York:
Il, III. Connolly. New York; IL. w.
Cause, J. r.. Cause, S. X. Smith, IT,
Jackson Shaw. w. Dew. DimOck, OIL
GERS OF the local company; Henry l..
! Scott, Captain Peter h. Ayars, Miss
Blair. G.. L. rockingham, Lieutenant
Lucian Flynne, Collector Of Customs
Robert c. Houston. II. q. Griswold,
Lieutenant II. b. Higgins, Mrs. II. c..
Knowles, the Hon. Anthony Higgins.
Miss Kathleen Hand, Mrs. Maull, Miss
Maull. Mrs. Ward. Lieutenant Charles
G. Mccormick, Mrs. IL. T. Scott and j.
IA Macalpine.
The Hopkins was beautifully decorated
, with small flags and pennants which
were hung from the stem TO the stern.
\ union jack floated from the bow. The
, platform and the steps leading 10 it also
were decorated with red white and blue
bunting and the whole scene was a beau
titul one.
= Description of the New Fighter
The construction of the United States
torpedoboat destroyer Hopkins" No. 6,
was authorized by Congress in the act
: approved May 4. 1885, and the contract
for her construction was signed with the
Harlan and Hollingsworth Company,
Wilmington, Del, October, 1898. She is
? PAS feet long. % feet extreme breadth and
, at feet 6 inches mean draft displaces
4OS tons. The design in its general feat
ures follows the English type Of boat
g but it is not a close copy OF foreign plans
as has been the case with the designs Of
: some other boats now building. She has
y four Thornycroft water tube boilers, de-
, signed for 800 pounds pressure exhaust
ing into four stacks The engines arc
twin screw. vertical inverted four cylin
der triple expansion 2Olx32xSSx3sx2S incl
e stroke designed to indicate about S,OOl
= horse power, which drive the beat 10 the
l. guaranteed speed of % knots per hour
l. Her allowance OF coal at her norma
= draft of water is 35 tons, and her bunkers
II will stow 12O tons. She carries an un
4, usually heavy battery for boats Of hei
N class, as in addition to two deck discharg
is ing tubes, for 1S-inch Whitehead torpe
does, she mounts two 12-pOunder and tiv'
l6-pounder guns, one ON top Of each Of the
two coming towers and the other five On
No the deck between the coming towers
q The officers quarters aft consist Of cabil
= and state room for the captain, stat
= room each for the executive officer am
engineer, and a mess room abaft which
~ a pantry and bath room. Forward OF tn
III captains quarters is a compartment 70
the jacky and four berths for petty Of
ficers and one with six berths for ma
chinists. Forward of these is the hre
I'd mems quarters with twelve berths. Foi
of ward Of the firemen's quarters is the tw
T. engine rooms, occupying the full wldt
be Of the boat and the boiler compartment
x and coal bunkers are forward and abai
of engine room. Forward OF the engin
boilers is the galley and then the crew
quarters with thirty folding berths and
- the extreme bow the windlass compar
- ment A turtle back is built from I'll
o forward coming tower 10 the stem an
a the latter has a sharp rake instead Of b'
ing plumb as usual.
nj Eselz Hopkins. for whom the torpcd
boat destroyer No. g. Hopkins, WI
named. was born at Scituate, II. l., q
April &c. 171s. He was engaged large
d. in the Shipping trade, both owning an
n sailing ships out Of Providence and Ney
c. lport. and when the war between the Go
-er onies and England was inevitable by Il
he vote of the town of Providence Augu
IN %, 1775, he was elected TO command =, I,
battery raised in defence of same. III
latter part of 1775 when the Continent
AT Congress began to think of creating q
sst American navy, Captain Hopkins W.
the unanimous choice for the head Of Il