Posted: 12/01/2004
12/13/04 - Santa Claus waves an American flag as USS HOPPER (DDG 70) and her crew of more than 325 Sailors returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from a six-month deployment in support of the war on terror, Dec. 9, 2004. The ship left Pearl Harbor June 28th to conduct anti-smuggling, anti-piracy, and anti-terrorism operations in the Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea.