USS Schofield
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USS Schofield (FFG-3) was a Brooke-class frigate laid down on 15 April 1963 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., Seattle, Washington and launched on 7 December 1963. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. F. Perry Schofield and commissioned on 11 May 1968. The ship was named after US Navy Admiral Frank Herman Schofield. Schofield received four battle stars for service in Vietnam.
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United States | |
Namesake | Frank Herman Schofield |
Ordered | 4 January 1962 |
Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington |
Laid down | 15 April 1963 |
Launched | 7 December 1963 |
Acquired | 3 May 1968 |
Commissioned | 11 May 1968 as DEG-3 |
Decommissioned | 8 September 1988 |
Reclassified | as FFG-3 30 June 1975 |
Stricken | 25 January 1992 |
Motto | Liberte par Vigilance |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 2 November 1999 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Brooke-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,426 tons full |
Length | 414 ft (126 m) |
Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) |
Propulsion | 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine |
Speed | 27.2 knots (31.3 mph; 50.4 km/h) |
Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) |
Complement | 14 officers, 214 crew |
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Aircraft carried | SH-2 Seasprite |
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