Please answer the following question: USS Hopping (DE-155/APD-51) a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Hallsted L. Hopping.Hopping was launched at the Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia on 9 March 1943 sponsored by Mrs. H. L. Hopping widow of Lieutenant Commander Hopping; and commissioned on 21 May 1943 with Lieutenant Commander F. D. Giambattista in command. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Mean Of Transportation