USS Hopper visits San Francisco

170518-N-RU841-061 SAN FRANCISCO (May 18, 2017) – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) sits pierside during a special port visit to celebrate the ship’s 20th anniversary in the city where she was commissioned. Hopper, homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, was commissioned, Sept. 6, 1997, as the 20th Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. This port visit fell on the heels of 20 years of fleet exercises, including eight deployments to the Pacific, Middle East and Horn of Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Mark R. Alvarez/Released)