USS Rodney M. Davis
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USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60), at sea, 1990s. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Rodney M. Davis |
Namesake | USMC Sergeant Rodney M. Davis |
Awarded | 28 October 1982 |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 8 February 1985 |
Launched | 11 January 1986 |
Sponsored by | Judy P. Davis |
Commissioned | 9 May 1987 |
Decommissioned | 23 January 2015 |
Stricken | 31 March 2015 |
Homeport | Naval Station Everett, Washington |
Identification |
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Motto | "By Valor and Arms" |
Nickname(s) | The RMD, "ROCKIN' RODNEY!" |
Fate | Sunk as target, 12 July 2022 |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile 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) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate of the United States Navy named for Marine Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis (1942–1967), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Vietnam War.
Rodney M. Davis was laid down on 8 February 1985 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; Launched on 11 January 1986; Christened by Mrs. Judy P. Davis, Widow of Sgt. Davis, and commissioned on 9 May 1987.[1]
The ship was homeported at Yokosuka, Japan for several years while assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15. Rodney M. Davis was decommissioned at NS Everett on 23 January 2015. She was sunk 12 July 2022 during RIMPAC 2022.