French frigate Hova
Appearance
Port side view of Free French Destroyer Escort Hova(F704).
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Hova (DE-110) |
Builder | Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware |
Laid down | 25 September 1943 |
Launched | 22 January 1944 |
Commissioned | 18 March 1944 |
Fate | Transferred to Free France, 18 March 1944 |
Stricken | 14 May 1952 |
History | |
Free France | |
Name | Hova (F-704) |
Namesake | Hova |
Acquired | 18 March 1944 |
History | |
France | |
Name | Hova (F-704) |
Acquired | 14 October 1946 |
Stricken | Returned to the US Navy May 1964 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
Armament |
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Hova was an Escorteur in the Free French Naval Forces during World War II and the French Navy post-war. The ship was originally built as USS Hova (DE-110), an American Cannon-class destroyer escort, and then designated in France as the F704 Escorteur.
History
[edit]World War II
[edit]During World War II, Hova was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 29 February 1944, and retained the name Hova.
Hova participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944 and Operation Vénérable in April 1945.[2]
Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "HOVA- destroyer d'escorte - Classe "CANNON (États Unis d'Amérique)"". Alamer.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
External links
[edit]- Photo gallery of Hova/Hova (DE-110) at NavSource Naval History
Categories:
- Cannon-class destroyer escorts of the United States Navy
- Ships built in Wilmington, Delaware
- 1944 ships
- Cannon-class destroyer escorts of the Free French Naval Forces
- World War II frigates of France
- Cold War frigates of France
- Cannon-class destroyer escorts of the French Navy
- Ships built by Dravo Corporation
- French naval ship stubs