What number of U.S. Navy Vessel held the USS Hopping after Lieutenant Commander Hallsted L. Hopping was killed in action?
USS Hopping (DE-155/APD-51) 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, commanding officer of Scouting Six, embarked on the USS Enterprise, killed in action during the February 1, 1942 Marshall Islands Raid. LCDR Hopping was the first U.S. Navy aircraft squadron commander to lose his life in World War II.
USS PGM-18 USS "PGM-18 was a "PGM-9"-class gunboat built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was built and originally commissioned as USS "PC-1255, a "PC-461"-class submarine chaser , and was decommissioned and converted in late 1944. USS PGM-18 struck a mine off the coast of Okinawa in April 1945; 13 men lost their lives when "PGM-18" sank.