High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Hovey (DD-208/DMS-11) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Ensign Charles Hovey (1885-1911). Hovey was launched 26 April 1919 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. Louise F. Kautz, sister of Ensign Hovey; and commissioned 2 October 1919, Commander Stephen B. McKinney in command.