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Photo # 19-N-30500:  USS Hovey off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 7 June 1942

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Hovey (DMS-11, formerly DD-208), 1919-1945 --
As DMS-11, 1940-1945


This page features all the views we have concerning USS Hovey (DMS-11, formerly DD-208) following her conversion to a fast minesweeper.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Hovey (DD-208, later DMS-11), 1919-1945.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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.

     
    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.

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     
    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

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Hovey (DD-208, later DMS-11), 1919-1945.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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