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USS Hovey
History
USS HoveyUnited States
NameHovey
NamesakeCharles Hovey
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number474
Laid down18 August 1918
Launched31 March 1919
Commissioned24 September 1919
Decommissioned1 February 1923
Recommissioned20 February 1930
ReclassifiedDestroyer minesweeper, DMS-11, 19 November 1940
Stricken8 January 1946
FateSunk 7 January 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeClemson-class destroyer
Displacement1,190 tons
Length314 ft 4 in (95.8 m)
Beam31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Draft9 ft 3 in (2.8 m)
Propulsion
  • 26,500 shp (19,800 kW)
  • Geared turbines,
  • 2 screws
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement167 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 4 × 2 4"/50 caliber guns,
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun,
  • 12 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.

USS Hovey (DD-208/DMS-11) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Ensign Charles Hovey (1885–1911).

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