USS Hovey (DD-208)
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| Namesake: | Charles Hovey |
| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1918 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 24 September 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 December 1945 |
| Struck: | 8 January 1946 |
| Fate: | Sunk by Kamikaze on 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) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km @ 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 167 officers and enlisted |
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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).
Hovey was launched 26 April 1919 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; sponsored by Mrs. Louise F. Kautz, sister of Ensign Hovey; and commissioned 2 October 1919, Commander Stephen B. McKinney in command. She was one of only a few Clemson class destroyers armed with four twin Mk 14 4-inch guns. These were removed in 1940.
After shakedown off the coast of Florida and in the Caribbean, Hovey sailed from Newport, Rhode Island 19 December 1919 in company with Chandler for the Azores and Brest, France, for duty as station ship. She sailed from Dalmatia, Italy 10 July 1920 for the Adriatic Sea to deliver important papers and claims. Arriving Constantinople 12 July she later visited various Russian ports as station ship until 17 December when she sailed for Port Said, Egypt, and duty with the Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines. Hovey remained on the Asiatic station until she returned to San Francisco, California 2 October 1922, decommissioning at San Diego, 1 February 1923.
Hovey recommissioned 20 February 1930 at San Diego, California, Commander Stuart O. Greig in command. After shakedown out of San Diego and Mare Island she served principally as training ship for reservists until 9 April 1934 when she transited the Panama Canal, arriving New York 31 May. After training and fleet exercises out of New England and off the Florida coast, Hovey returned to San Diego 9 November. After overhaul at Mare Island, she resumed her operations along the West Coast with additional exercises and fleet problems in the Canal Zone and Hawaiian waters.
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