USS Hovey
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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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USS Hovey | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Hovey |
Namesake | Charles Hovey |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 474 |
Laid down | 18 August 1918 |
Launched | 31 March 1919 |
Commissioned | 24 September 1919 |
Decommissioned | 1 February 1923 |
Recommissioned | 20 February 1930 |
Reclassified | Destroyer minesweeper, DMS-11, 19 November 1940 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
Fate | Sunk 7 January 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Clemson-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,190 tons |
Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.8 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 167 officers and enlisted |
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