This page features all the views we have concerning USS Hovey (DMS-11, formerly DD-208) following her conversion to a fast minesweeper.
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Photo #: 19-N-30500 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 7 June 1942. The ship appears to have twin 4"/50 gun mount forward, with a hinged sponson by it to allow a greater working circle for the gun crew. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-30499 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 7 June 1942. The ship retains her original four tall smokestacks, pre-war type pilothouse and tall foremast. She appears to carry twin 4"/50 gun mounts fore and aft and eight .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine guns. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 99560 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 7 June 1942. Note that she retained four smokestacks at this time. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99562 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 26 May 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 515 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99561 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 26 May 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99564 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Seen from ahead, off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 26 May 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99563 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Seen from astern, off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 26 May 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99565 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Plan view, forward, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 May 1943. USS LST-485 is in the left background. White outlines mark recent alterations to Hovey. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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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. Online Image: 140KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99567 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Plan view, amidships looking aft, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 May 1943. USS LST-485 (left) and USS LST-481 are in the background. White outlines mark recent alterations to Hovey, among them Note 20mm guns and minesweeping gear. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99568 USS Hovey (DMS-11) Plan view, aft, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 May 1943. The bow of USS LST-485 is visible in the right background. White outlines mark recent alterations to Hovey. Note her enlarged stern with her name welded to it, davits for minesweeping gear, and depth charge racks mounted over the propeller guards. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 108KB; 590 x 765 pixels |
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For other images related to this ship, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 26 September 2004