USS Hodges (DE-231) was a Rudderow-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.

After shakedown off Bermuda, Hodges returned to Charleston before steaming to the British West Indies for antisubmarine patrol.

After more operations along the East Coast, she sailed 14 October 1944 from New York, reaching New Guinea 20 November via the Panama Canal Zone.

Misjudging the target angle, the plane knocked down her foremast and radio antennas and splashed without inflicting a single casualty.

After repairs at Manus Hodges arrived Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 15 February to escort a convoy to Leyte.