.jpg) 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 | |
| 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 |
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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
World War II
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.
Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
See also
References
- "ex-Hova (DE 110)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- "HOVA- destroyer d'escorte - Classe "CANNON (États Unis d'Amérique)"". Alamer.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
External links
- Photo gallery of Hova/Hova (DE-110) at NavSource Naval History
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- 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
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