Hopper (DDG 70) - Naval Cruise Book

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Grace Murray Hopper 1 fSS 1 topper (DDG-70) is named in honor of Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, I SN ' who faithfully served her country for more than 40 years. Rear Admiral Hopper was born Grace Brewster Hopper, in New York City on December 9. 1906. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College in L 928, also earning a Vassar Fellowship. Rear Admi- ral Hopper attended Yale University, where she received a Master of Arts Degree in Mathematics and Physics in 1930 and a Ph.D. in Math- ematics in l l M4. In December L943, after having taught mathematics at Vassar since 1931. she took a leave of absence to (Miter the United States Naval Reserve (USNTR), and attended the USNR Midshipmans School for Women al Northhampton, Massachusetts. Upon graduation, she was commissioned a Lieutenant (jg). and was ordered to the Bureau of Ordinance Computation Project at H arvard University. There she learned to program the first large-scale computer, the Mark I. In 1941) she was released from active duty, and also resigned her leave of absence from Vassar. She joined the Harvard faculty as a research fellow at the computation laboratory, where her work continued on lhi Mark II and the Mark III computers for the Navy. In 1949. she joined the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation in Phila- delphia to work on the UNIVAC I, the first commercial, large-scale electronic computer. Grace Hopper continued to maintain her connection with the Naval Reserve. In late 1966. she was retired with the rank of Commander, but was recalled to active duty on August 1. 1967. Upon her recall to active duty, she took special military leave of absence from Sperry (Eckert- Mauchly). As her service in the Navy appeared indefinite, she officially retired from the Sperry Rand Corporation in December 1971. On August 2, 1973 Grace Hopper was promoted to the rank of Captain. On November 8, 1983, she was promoted to the rank of Commodore. The title of Commodore was changed to Rear Admiral on November 8, 1985. In her last active duty assignment, she served as the special Advisor to the Director, Naval Data Automation command. Rear Admiral Hopper again retired in 1986 onboard USS Constitution. The Secretary of the Navy presided over the ceremony. . Rear Admiral Hopper was actively involved in both the military and civilian sides of the computer field since its beginning, and is credited in being the pioneer of the CO- BOL computer language. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hop- per died on January 1, 1992. Dare and Do

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USS Hopper DDG-70 It was an incredible honor taking command of this awesome ship with her outstanding officers and sailors. In relieving CDR John Peterson midway through the Pacific-Middle East Force deployment (PACMEF- 02), HOPPER had already established herself as a ship tht could flex to accomplish any mission. Before leaving the FIFTH FLEET area of re- sponsibility (the Arabian Gulf] we had set the record for capturing and diverting vessels which were in violation of United Nations sanctions against Iraq. We had rewritten many of the tactics needed to execute Maritime Interdiction Operations and our lessons learned were highly desired by the leadership in theater and the ships coming in to replace us. Additionally we provided outstanding support to two aircraf + car- rier battle groups, safely conducted dozens of logistics transfers, and supported America ' s diplomatic efforts in the region by participating in several bi-lateral operations with area nations. While the Naval operations were extremely challenging and reward- ing the opportunities to visit different nations throughout the Pacific and Southwest Asia were also plentiful and exciting. HOPPER sailors had the pleasure of representing our great nation while at the same time meeting and learning about many diverse cultures. Throughout this deployment, in keeping with our namesakes (RADM Grace Hopper) motto of Dare and Do! ' we dared and did it all. This cruisebook will serve as a reference for many of our activities, but it will in no way be able to match the adventure and satisfaction expe- rienced by HOPPER crew members during this highly successful deployment. John J. (Buz) Sorce

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USS Hopper DDG-70 Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Ml