Please answer the following question: USS Hawkins (DD-873) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.Hawkins was originally Beatty but renamed 22 June 1944 and launched by Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange Texas 7 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Clara Jane Hawkins mother of First Lieutenant William Deane Hawkins (killed on Tarawa); and commissioned 10 February 1945 Comdr. C. Iverson 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