French frigate Hova

	Port side view of Free French Destroyer Escort Hova(F704).
History
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:	1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard; 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full;
Length:	306 ft (93 m) o/a; 300 ft (91 m) w/l;
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:	3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns; 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun; 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns; 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar; 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors; 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks;

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

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.

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