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The USS Gray (FF-1054) executing a turn off the coast of California
Career (US)
Ordered:
July 22 , 1964
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards , Seattle, Washington
Laid down:
November 19 , 1966
Launched:
November 3 , 1967
Acquired:
March 27 , 1970
Commissioned:
April 4 , 1970
Decommissioned:
June 29 , 1991
Reclassified:
Reclassified as a Frigate June 30 , 1975
Struck:
January 11 , 1995
Motto:
Seek Engage Destroy
Fate:
Scrapped July 21 , 2001
General characteristics
Class and type:
Knox -class frigate
Displacement:
3,202 tons (4,165 full load)
Length:
438 ft (133.5 m)
Beam:
46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught:
24 ft 9 in (7.6 m)
Propulsion:
2 × CE 1200psi boilers
1 Westinghouse geared turbine
1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW)
Speed:
over 27 knots (31 mph/50 km/h)
Range:
4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (23 mph/37 km/h)
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
Aircraft carried:
one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter
The USS Gray (FF-1054) was a United States Navy Knox class frigate . She was named for Marine Corps Sergeant Ross F. Gray , who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor . She was constructed by Todd Pacific Shipyards , Seattle, Washington , laid down November 19 , 1966 , launched November 3 , 1967 and delivered March 27 , 1970 . Gray was commissioned April 4 , 1970 , reclassified as a Frigate June 30 , 1975 . She was decommissioned June 29 , 1991 , struck January 11 , 1995 and scrapped July 21 , 2001 .
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