USS Gray (FF-1054)

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The USS Gray (FF-1054)
The USS Gray (FF-1054) executing a turn off the coast of California
Career (US) United States Navy ensign
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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