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USS HOVEY IN AUKE BAY ALASKA
1936
Trambitas Collection
CLASS - CLEMSON
Basic repeat Wickes Class, with 35% more fuel capacity
to improve endurance problems,
designed radius was 4900 nautical miles, at 15
knots.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10"
(Max)
Armament 4 x twin 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery,
26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew
114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia
on September 7 1918.
Launched April 26 1919 and Commissioned October 2
1919.
Decommissioned February 1 1923, Recommissioned February 20
1930.
Reclassified High Speed Minesweeper DMS-11 November 19
1940.
Fate Sunk by Japanese Aircraft in Lingayen Gulf January 6 1945
24 of her crew were lost