Photo #: NH 99566
USS Hovey (DMS-11)
Plan view, amidships, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
20 May 1943.
Tracks on deck are for shifting weights during an inclining experiment
to determine the ship's stability.
Note davits, minesweeping gear, and men watching the inclining
experiment in progress.
USS LST-485 is in the background.
White outlines mark recent alterations to Hovey.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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