USS Lovelace (DE-198) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for naval aviator Donald Alexander Lovelace (1906–1942). Lovelace was laid down on 22 May 1943; launched on 4 July 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Donald A. Lovelace, widow; and commissioned on 7 November 1943.