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USS Gray (FF-1054)
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 The USS Gray (FF-1054) executing a turn off the coast of California |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Ordered: | July 22, 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | November 19, 1966 |
| Launched: | November 3, 1967 |
| Acquired: | March 27, 1970 |
| Commissioned: | April 4, 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | June 29, 1991 |
| Reclassified: | Reclassified as a Frigate June 30, 1975 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Status: | Scrapped July 21, 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,202 tons (4,165 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (133.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament: | one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
| Motto: | Seek Engage Destroy |
The USS Gray (FF-1054) was a United States Navy Knox class frigate. She was named for Marine Corps Sergeant Ross F. Gray, who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor. She was constructed by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, laid down November 19, 1966, launched November 3, 1967 and delivered March 27, 1970. Gray was commissioned April 4, 1970, reclassified as a Frigate June 30, 1975. She was decommissioned June 29, 1991, struck January 11, 1995 and scrapped July 21, 2001.
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