USS Doyle (FFG-39)
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USS Doyle (FFG-39) |
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| Career (US) | |
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| Laid down: | 23 October 1981 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 21 May 1983 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Homeport: | Mayport, Florida |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load |
| Length: | 453 ft (138.1 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 29+ knots (54+ km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (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: | AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar. |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: | One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for |Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
| Nickname: | Valiant Mariner |
USS Doyle (FFG-39) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, on 23 October 1981. She was launched on 22 May 1982 and commissioned on 21 May 1983.
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The crew of German frigate FGS Niedersachsen (F208) rendering honors to the United States on 11 September 2003, by manning the rail.[1] |
See USS Doyle for other ships of this name.
- ^ A Show Of Respect for the Fallen. The Mayport Mirror. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
- www.doyle.navy.mil, official USS Doyle website
- MaritimeQuest USS Doyle FFG-39 pages
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