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USS Vreeland
United States Navy Knox-class frigate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Vreeland (FF-1068) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy. The ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland (1852–1916).
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Name | USS Vreeland (DE-1068) |
Namesake | Charles E. Vreeland |
Ordered | 22 July 1964 |
Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
Yard number | 1073 |
Laid down | 20 March 1968 |
Launched | 14 June 1969 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Jamie L. Whitten |
Acquired | 30 May 1970 |
Commissioned | 13 June 1970 |
Reclassified | FF-1068, 1 July 1975 |
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Decommissioned | 30 June 1992 |
Motto | Quo fas et Gloria Ducunt (English: Where duty and glory lead) |
Fate | Transferred to Greece, 30 June 1992 |
Stricken | 11 January 1995 |
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Name | Macedonia (F458) |
Acquired | 30 June 1992 |
Decommissioned | January 1999 |
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Class and type | Knox-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,208 tons (4,189 full load) |
Length | 438 ft (133.5 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |
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Speed | over 27 knots (50 km/h) |
Endurance | 4,500 nautical miles @ 20 knots (8,300 km @ 37 km/h) |
Complement | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
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Aircraft carried | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
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Vreeland (DE-1068) was laid down on 20 March 1968 by the Avondale Shipyard at Westwego, La.; launched on 16 June 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Jamie L. Whitten, wife of the Congressman representing Mississippi's 2nd Congressional district; and commissioned at Charleston, S.C., on 13 June 1970.