USS Rathburne (FF-1057)

Career (US)
USS Rathburne (FF-1057)
Class and type:	Knox-class frigate
Ordered:	July 22, 1964
Builder:	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down:	January 8, 1968
Launched:	May 2, 1969
Commissioned:	May 16, 1970
Decommissioned:	February 14, 1992
Struck:	January 11, 1995
Status:	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, RIMPAC 2002, July 5, 2002
General characteristics
Displacement:	3,305 tons (4,295 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
Range:	4,500 nautical miles @ 20 knots
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 Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter
Motto:	Proud Defender

The USS Rathburne (FF-1057) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy. Despite the different spelling, she was named for John Rathbun, and was laid down 8 January 1968 by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington; launched 2 May 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Charles A. Bowsher; and commissioned 16 May 1970, Comdr. Richard B. Evans in command. Rathburne was decommissioned February 14, 1992 and struck January 11, 1995. She was disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, RIMPAC 2002, July 5, 2002.

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