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CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
FRAM I Conversion Shipyard: San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA
FRAM I Conversion Period: February 1961 - January 1962
Propulsion system: General Electric geared turbines; 60,000 SHP
Propellers: two
Length: 391 feet (119.2 meters)
Beam: 41 feet (12.5 meters)
Draft: 18.7 feet (5.7 meters)
Displacement: approx. 3,400 tons full load
Speed: 34 knots
Aircraft after FRAM I: two DASH drones
Armament after FRAM I: one ASROC missile launcher, two 5-inch/38 caliber twin mounts, Mk-32 ASW torpedo tubes (two triple mounts)
Crew after FRAM I: 14 officers, 260 enlisted
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Newark NJ. April 23 1945.
Launched October 20 1945 and commissioned March 22 1946.
Stricken April 1 1975.
Unit Awards and Citations
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals (8),Combat Action Ribbons (5),Navy Unit Commendation (1),Vietnam Service Medals (27) and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citations (3).
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