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_underway.jpg) The USS Hepburn (FF-1055) underway.jpg |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | July 22, 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards - Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | June 1, 1966 |
| Launched: | March 25, 1967 |
| Acquired: | June 27, 1969 |
| Commissioned: | July 3, 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | December 20, 1991 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Fate: | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise June 4, 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,238 tons (4,231 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 later replaced by one Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
The USS Hepburn (FF-1055) was a United States Navy Knox class frigate named for Arthur Japy Hepburn. She was laid down 1 June 1966, by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; and launched 25 March 1967; sponsored by Mrs. Arthur J. Hepburn and Mrs. Joseph R. Barse. She was delivered June 27, 1969 and commissioned July 3, 1969. She was decommissioned December 20, 1991 and struck January 11, 1995. Hepburn was disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise June 4, 2002.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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