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USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043)
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| Name: | USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043) |
| Awarded: | January 3, 1962 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | April 01, 1963 |
| Launched: | February 15, 1964 |
| Commissioned: | DE-1043 February 15, 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | September 30, 1988 |
| Reclassified: | FF-1040 June 30, 1975* |
| Struck: | December 15, 1992 |
| Motto: | Deter through Strength |
| Fate: | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 08/21/2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Garcia class frigate (Formerly destroyer escort) |
| Displacement: | 2,624 tons (light) |
| Length: | 414 feet 6 inches |
| Beam: | 44 feet 1 inch |
| Draught: | 24 feet 6 inches |
| Propulsion: | 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 27 knots |
| Complement: | 16 officers 231 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 5"/38 Mk 30(2x1) 1 8-tube ASROC Mk16 launcher (16 missiles) 6 x 12.75 in (324mm) Mk 32 (2x3) torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes 2 x MK 37 torpedo tubes (fixed, stern) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 x SH-2F Seasprite LAMPS I |
USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043) was a frigate in the US Navy and the third in its class. Named for medal of honor recipient Vice Admiral Edward Orrick McDonnell.[1]
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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