USS Hawes
Perry-class frigate of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Hawes (FFG-53) is a later model Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate. She is named for Rear admiral Richard E. Hawes (1894–1968) who was twice decorated with the Navy Cross for submarine salvage operations.
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USS Hawes (FFG-53) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Hawes |
Namesake | Rear admiral Richard E. Hawes |
Awarded | 22 May 1981 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 26 August 1983 |
Launched | 18 February 1984 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Ruth Hawes Watson |
Commissioned | 9 February 1985 |
Decommissioned | 10 December 2010 |
Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
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Motto | "Ever Ready, Ever Fearless" |
Fate | Scrapped in Brownsville 2021 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
Draught | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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Speed | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
Aviation facilities |
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