Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

DMS-11 USS Hovey

• Dorsey class Fast Minesweeper (ex-Clemson Class Destroyer):
• Displacement: 1190 tons
• Length: 314'4"
• Beam: 30'8"
• Draft: 9'3"
• Speed: 35 knots
• Armament: 4 4"/50, 1 3"/23, 12x3 21" torpedo tubes
• Complement: 149
• Geared turbines with twin screws, 27,000 h.p.
• Built at Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, and commissioned as DD-208 2 October 1919
• Converted and reclassified DMS-11 19 November 1940

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Hovey

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(As DD-208)

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