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.jpg) USS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | August 25, 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | January 23, 1970 |
| Launched: | November 21, 1970 |
| Acquired: | October 14, 1971 |
| Commissioned: | October 30, 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | June 30, 1993 |
| Struck: | June 30, 1993 |
| Motto: | To the Front |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, (Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment), to Turkey December 13, 1993. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,222 tons (4,185 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.2 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament: | one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles (later replaced with one 20 mm Phalanx CIWS) |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) was a Knox class frigate built for the United States Navy by Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana. She was laid down January 23, 1970, launched November 21, 1970 and purchased October 14, 1971. She was commissioned October 30, 1971, decommissioned June 30, 1993 and struck June 30, 1993. Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, (Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment), to Turkey December 13, 1993.
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