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.
Fred Moosally Fred P. Moosally (born 4 October 1944) is a former captain in the United States Navy. During his naval career, Moosally served in many different assignments, including commander of a destroyer and the battleship USS "Iowa" . Moosally was captain of the "Iowa" when the center gun of one of the ship's main gun turrets exploded on April 19, 1989, killing 47 crewmen.