USS Hepburn (FF-1055)

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USS Hepburn (FF-1055)
The USS Hepburn (FF-1055) underway.jpg
Career (US) United States Navy ensign
Class and type: Knox-class frigate
Ordered: July 22, 1964
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards - Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down: June 1, 1966
Launched: March 25, 1967
Acquired: June 27, 1969
Commissioned: July 3, 1969
Decommissioned: December 20, 1991
Struck: January 11, 1995
Status: Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise June 4, 2002
General characteristics
Displacement: 3,238 tons (4,231 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 later replaced by one Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried: one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

The USS Hepburn (FF-1055) was a United States Navy Knox class frigate named for Arthur Japy Hepburn. She was laid down 1 June 1966, by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; and launched 25 March 1967; sponsored by Mrs. Arthur J. Hepburn and Mrs. Joseph R. Barse. She was delivered June 27, 1969 and commissioned July 3, 1969. She was decommissioned December 20, 1991 and struck January 11, 1995. Hepburn was disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise June 4, 2002.

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