OLIVIA HOOKER WPC 1161
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Contract Awarded September 2020 Keel Laid - Launched - Christened Delivered to the US Coast Guard 23 October 2025 |
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Naval Covers
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Postmarks
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - Dr. Olivia Juliette Hooker (12 February 1915 – 21 November 2018)
Hooker was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma and was an American psychologist and professor. She was a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, and the first black woman to enter the US Coast Guard. During World War II, she became a member of the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve, earning the rank of Yeoman Third Class during her service. She served in the Coast Guard until her unit was disbanded in mid-1946. Hooker then used her G.I. Bill to obtain her master's degree in psychological services and went on earn her PhD in clinical psychology.
In February 1999, Hooker was bestowed the award of Honorary Chief Petty Officer in the US Coast Guard. The award was presented by the Eighth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Vince Patton. Dr. Hooker joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary at age 95 (2010) and served as an auxiliarist in Yonkers, New York. In 2015, the Olivia Hooker Dining Facility on the Staten Island coast guard facility was named in her honor. A training facility at the Coast Guard's headquarters in Washington, D.C. was also named after her that same year.
Hooker died of natural causes in her home in White Plains, New York on 21 November 2018, at the age of 103.
The cutters sponsor is Janis Porter, Dr. Olivia Hooker’s goddaughter.
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