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USS Hova (DE-110)
''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 , 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 *List of escorteurs of the French Navy The ''escorteurs'' of the French Navy were light naval warships used for convoy protection during and after the Second World War. The earliest escorteurs in the French Navy were purchased from the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy. Af ... References External links * Cannon-class destroyer escor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free French Destroyer Escort (F704)
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Escorteur
The French term ''Escorteur'' (Escort Ship) appeared during the Second World War to designate a warship, of a medium or light displacement, whose mission was to protect ocean convoys and naval squadrons from attacks by submarines. This role was in general handled by a destroyer escort such as the and es built in the United States, or a built by the United Kingdom, or even a built by the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The Imperial Japanese Navy used the denomination of '' Kaibokan'' for this type of naval ship. The escorteurs of the French Navy In the immediate aftermath of the war, to fulfill the task of naval escorts, the French Navy was limited to a fleet of ''torpilleur'' and ''contre-torpilleur'' (otherwise known as destroyers), along with a number of avisos. They were later joined by several naval ships of German and Italian origin awarded as war reparations, and several escort ''bâtiments'' originated from the United Kingdom and the United States, all under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II Frigates Of France
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Cannon-class Destroyer Escorts Of The Free French Naval Forces
The ''Cannon'' class was a class of destroyer escorts built by the United States primarily for antisubmarine warfare and convoy escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS ''Cannon'', was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. Of the 116 ships ordered, 44 were cancelled and six were commissioned directly into the Free French Forces. Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting vulnerable cargo ships. With the decommissioning of the Philippine Navy's BRP ''Rajah Humabon'' (PS-11) in March 2018; HTMS ''Pin Klao'' (DE-413) of the Royal Thai Navy is the only ship of the class in commission. Propulsion The class was also known as the DET type from their diesel electric tandem drives. The propulsion system of the (GMT = General Motors Tandem) was identical. The DET's substitution for a turboelectric propulsion plant was the primary difference with the predecessor ("TE") class. The DET was, in turn, replaced with a direct-drive diesel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Ships
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ships Built In Wilmington, Delaware
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Cannon-class Destroyer Escorts Of The United States Navy
The ''Cannon'' class was a class of destroyer escorts built by the United States primarily for antisubmarine warfare and convoy escort service during World War II. The lead ship, USS ''Cannon'', was commissioned on 26 September 1943 at Wilmington, Delaware. Of the 116 ships ordered, 44 were cancelled and six were commissioned directly into the Free French Forces. Destroyer escorts were regular companions escorting vulnerable cargo ships. With the decommissioning of the Philippine Navy's BRP ''Rajah Humabon'' (PS-11) in March 2018; HTMS ''Pin Klao'' (DE-413) of the Royal Thai Navy is the only ship of the class in commission. Propulsion The class was also known as the DET type from their diesel electric tandem drives. The propulsion system of the (GMT = General Motors Tandem) was identical. The DET's substitution for a turboelectric propulsion plant was the primary difference with the predecessor ("TE") class. The DET was, in turn, replaced with a direct-drive diesel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Escorteurs Of The French Navy
The ''escorteurs'' of the French Navy were light naval warships used for convoy protection during and after the Second World War. The earliest escorteurs in the French Navy were purchased from the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy. After the war, these were supplemented by former German and Italian vessels transferred to French control as war reparations. After the war, the term ''escorteur'' replaced that of and traditionally used by the French Navy. However, in the 1970s, the designation of ''escorteur'' ceased to be used and was replaced with that of frigate, destroyer, aviso or patroller. Second World War ships * Royal Navy: ** River-class frigate (Free French Naval Forces) *** ''L'Aventure'' (F707) (ex-HMS ''Braid'') 1944–1961 *** '' L'Escarmouche'' (F709) (ex-HMS ''Frome'') 1944–1961 *** ''Tonkinois'' (F711) (ex-HMS ''Moyola'') 1944–1961 *** ''Croix de Lorraine'' (F710) (ex-HMS ''Strule'') 1944–1961 *** ''La Surprise'' (F708) (ex-HMS ''Torridge'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutual Defense Assistance Program
The Mutual Defense Assistance Act was a United States Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman on 6 October 1949. For US Foreign policy, it was the first U.S. military foreign aid legislation of the Cold War era, and initially to Europe. The Act followed Truman's signing of the Economic Cooperation Act (the Marshall Plan), on April 3, 1948, which provided non-military, economic reconstruction and development aid to Europe. The 1949 Act was amended and reauthorized on July 26, 1950. In 1951, the Economic Cooperation Act and Mutual Defense Assistance Act were succeeded by the Mutual Security Act, and its newly created independent agency, the Mutual Security Administration, to supervise all foreign aid programs, including both military assistance programs and non-military, economic assistance programs that bolstered the defense capability of U.S. allies. About the same time, the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951, also known or referred to as the Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allied Siege Of La Rochelle
The Allied siege of La Rochelle occurred during the Second World War in 1944–45, when Allied troops invaded France. La Rochelle was an important German naval base on the Atlantic for surface ships and submarines, from which U-boat campaigns were launched. La Rochelle and other harbours such as Royan and Saint-Nazaire, became " Atlantic pockets" still occupied by the Germans, which were bypassed by the main thrust of the Allied invasion, as was Dunkirk on the North Sea. The city was liberated only at the very end of the war, nine months after the Liberation of Paris, after the general German capitulation on 8 May 1945. Siege The Allied siege of the pocket of La Rochelle lasted from September 1944 to May 1945, without heavy bombardment. La Rochelle remained in German hands until the end of the war, like other Atlantic pockets such as Saint-Nazaire and Lorient. Just surrounding the city was considered wiser than conducting a frontal attack, as the city would ultimately fall anyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Anvil-Dragoon
Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15August 1944. Despite initially designed to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the Allied landing in Normandy, the lack of available resources led to a cancellation of the second landing. By July 1944 the landing was reconsidered, as the clogged-up ports in Normandy did not have the capacity to adequately supply the Allied forces. Concurrently, the French High Command pushed for a revival of the operation that would include large numbers of French troops. As a result, the operation was finally approved in July to be executed in August. The invasion sought to secure the vital ports on the French Mediterranean coast and increase pressure on the German forces by opening another front. After preliminary commando operations, the US VI Corps landed on the beaches of the Côte d'Azur under the shield of a large naval task fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lend Lease
Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (), was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was given on the basis that such help was essential for the defense of the United States; this aid included warships and warplanes, along with other weaponry. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, and ended on September 20, 1945. In general, the aid was free, although some hardware (such as ships) were returned after the war. Canada, already a belligerent, supplemented its aid to Great Britain with a similar, smaller program called Mutual Aid. A total of $50.1 billion (equivalent to $ in ) worth of supplies was shipped, or 17% of the total war expenditures of the U.S. In all, $31.4 billion went to the United Kingdom, $11.3 billion to the Soviet Union, $3.2 billion to France, $1.6 billion to Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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