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DMS-11 Hovey
United States Navy high-speed minesweeper
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - . .
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia,
1919/04/26 1919/10/02 1945/01/07
sunk
Namesake: Ens Hovey
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/MineRon2/MineDiv5 20 miles off Oahu - screening Minneapolis gunnery practice   66  114 
41/12/08 42/05/20     patrol and convoy duty off P.H.   66 
42/05/20 42/05/31     escort 20 ship convoy P.H. > San Francisco   66 
42/06/15? 42/07/10     P.H.   66 
42/07/10 42/07/23     escort AP-4 Argonne P.H. > Samoa > Tongatabu, Fiji (with Southard)   66 
42/08 42/09/13 Watch 62/MineRon2/MineDiv5     66 
42/09/13       New Caledonia - replenish   66 
42/10/ 43/04/19     escort duty Guadalcanal <> Esp. Santo   66 
42/10/10 42/10/12     towing 2 PTs, carry aviation gasoline New Caledonia > Tulagi   66 
42/10/12       tow (with Southard) PT-38, PT-46, PT-48, PT-60 from Esp. Santo to point 300 nm S of Tulagi   85 
42/11/12       escort -convoy Guadalcanal > Esp. Santo  
42/11/18       Tulagi   81 
43/03/20 43/04/19     sail Noumea > Fiji > Pago Pago > P.H. > San Francisco   66 
43/05 43/07     MINY - overhaul   66 
43/05/31 43/08/10     esocrt convoy Mare Island > Esp. Santo   66 
43/08/18 43/08/28     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/07 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/26       Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/28 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/30 43/11 Shoe2 31/MineRon2/MineDiv5     66 
43/11 44/04     Solomons - screening and escort duty   66 
43/11/15 43/11/16     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/21 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/29 43/11/29     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/01 43/12/12     Esp. Santo   88 
44/03/03 44/03/1? Brewer 76/MineDiv5 land Admiralty Islands   66  86 
44/04/05 44/04/0?     escort LSD-6 Lindewald from Tulagi to Manus   66 
44/04/11 44/04/20     Esp. Santo   66 
44/04/20 44/04/29   34.9.3 aircraft replacemet for TF 58   66 
44/05/0? 44/05/31     sail Manus > Tulagi > P.H. > west coast   66 
44/05/12       San Diego   88 
44/05/30       San Diego   88 
44/05/31 44/07/29     MINY??? - overhaul   66 
44/07/29 44/09     sail west coast > P.H. > Tulagi   66 
44/08/27 44/08/27     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09/06 44/10 Stale2 32/MineGrp/MineRon2/GF,SF     66 
44/10/10? 44/10/25 King2 77.5/MineRon2/GF,SF     66 
44/11 44/12/23     Manus   66 
44/12/23   Mike1 77.6/MineRon2/GF,SF     66 
45/01/07   Mike1 77.6/MineRon2/GF,SF sunk(torpedo) in Lingayen Gulf (16-20N, 120-10E) - 48 KIA   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-208, 40/11/19 >DMS-11; sunk 16-20N, 120-10E
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars
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