Charles Hovey

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Charles Emerson Hovey (10 January 1885 – 24 September 1911) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Philippine-American War.

Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Ensign Hovey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1907. He served aboard the USS Pampanga (PG-39) in the Philippines in 1911. While in charge of a shore party on the island of Basilan, Ensign Hovey was killed by gunshot when attacked by natives 24 September 1911.

USS Hovey (DD-208) was named for him.

Veterans of Foreign Wars post #168 in Portsmouth NH is named for him as Emerson Hovey. There is some irony in this - the Philippine conflict was not classified as a "foreign war" at the time of his death, since the Philippines was then a United States colony.

There is a fountain in Portsmouth's waterfront Prescott Park honoring him.

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.