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USS GRAY DE/FF 1054

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Welcome to the USS Gray DE/FF– 1054 Org website. We are a group or former crew members keeping the USS Gray’s memory alive.

At the time of her decommissioning, she was homeported in Teasure Island, California, serving as a training platform in COMSURFRON Three. The Knox-class frigates, all of which have been retired, fulfilled a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys. Aircraft 1 - SH-2F (SeaSprite LAMPS I) BPDMS (Sea Sparrow RIM 7 from 8 tube box launcher)  SLQ-26 Nixie towed torpedo decoy Prarie masker Radar SPS 40B (Air search) SPS 10 (Surface search) MK 1 (target designator), MK 68 (gun fire control) MK 114 (antisubmarine fire control) Sonar SQS 35 IVDS,SQS 26 CX (bow mount) SQR-18V or SQR-18A (towed array) Complement 285 (18 officers, 267 enlisted)(active duty ships) 175 USN (10 USN officers, 165 USN enlisted)+; Approx. 150 reserve personnel: (9 officers, 141 enlisted)(NRF ships)

 

About the USS GRAY

CLASS - KNOX As Built
Displacement, 3011 Tons Standard, 3877 Tons Full Load, Dimensions, 439' 6" x 46' 9" x 15'; 24' 9" (sonar)
Armament, 1 - 5"/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod 9, 1 Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 launcher
4-324mm US Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27 Knots, Range 4500 Nm@20 knots.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Todd Shipbuilding, Seattle. on November 19 1966.
Launched November 3 1967.
Commissioned April 4 1970.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1054) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned June 29 1991.
Stricken January 11 1995.
Fate Disposed of on 11 Oct 2000 at Hunters point Naval shipyard San Francisco Ca. Scrapped  July 2001.

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