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Stephen Hopkins (merchant) Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882) Stephen Hopkins (by about 1579 – between 6 June and 17 July 1644) [1] was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620, one of 41 signatories of the Mayflower Compact, and an assistant to the governor of Plymouth Colony through 1636. [2]
The Merchant Adventurers sought out Stephen Hopkins to join their venture for his extensive experience in the New World and with the Native Americans, hoping it would benefit their expedition. Despite the danger of the voyage and the New World, Hopkins signed on to this next adventure.
The Gallant Liberty Ship SS Stephen Hopkins Sinks a German Raider During World War II, the German Navy used heavily armed, converted merchant ships as "surface raiders" or "auxiliary cruisers" to prey on Allied shipping.
MERCHANT MARINE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL CITATION. The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal to George S. Cronk, Second Engineer on SS STEPHEN HOPKINS on September 27, 1942, for meritorious service under unusual hazards.
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.
1x4in gun, 2x37mm guns, 6 machine guns. Contributor: John Radzilowski. SS Stephen Hopkins was one of the first Liberty Ships launched by the United States. Designed to fill a critical need for cargo ships during the war, the Liberty Ships were hastily built using a streamlined process that substituted welding for riveting in the hull construction.
Aug 19, 1997 · Stephen Hopkins was somewhere in the southern Atlantic Ocean, east of Brazil, far from the crucial sea lanes between the United States and Britain that were then the object of a desperate struggle between the U-boats of Adolf Hitler’s Kriegsmarine and the Allied merchant fleets and their naval escorts.
