Hugh W. McKee was an officer in the United States Navy in the 1870s.

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, McKee was appointed to the Naval Academy 25 September 1861. Graduated in 1866, he had attained the rank of lieutenant by March 1870, and was serving in the Asiatic Squadron. He was mortally wounded 11 June 1871, while leading a company of bluejackets over the walls of a Korean fort on Kangwa Island close by the Inchon beaches during a punitive expedition. He died on board Colorado and was buried at his birthplace.

USS McKee (DD-87) was named in his honor.