USS Thach
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USS Thach (FFG-43), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy named for Admiral John Thach, a Naval Aviator during World War II, who invented the Thach Weave dogfighting tactic.
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USS Thach in the Persian Gulf, 2003 | |
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Name | Thach |
Namesake | Admiral John Thach |
Awarded | 27 April 1979 |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 6 March 1981 |
Launched | 18 December 1982 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Madalyn J. Thach |
Commissioned | 17 March 1984 |
Decommissioned | 1 November 2013 |
Stricken | 15 November 2013 |
Homeport | Naval Base San Diego |
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Motto | "Ready and Able" |
Fate | Sunk as part of a sinking exercise on 14 July 2016 during RIMPAC 2016. |
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Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
Draft | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
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