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.
James Wiggin Coe Commander James Wiggins "Red" Coe (13 June 1909 – 6 November 1943 (missing), 8 January 1946 (presumed dead) was an American submariner. A submarine ace, Coe commanded USS "Skipjack" and "Cisco" during operations in the Pacific theatre of World War II. After a number of successful patrols, Coe and the "Cisco" failed to return from patrol in November 1943, and her captain and crew were presumed dead in 1946.