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| − | |Ship caption=USS ''Francis Hammond'' (FF-1067) |
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| − | |Ship country=United States |
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| − | |Ship namesake= [[Francis C. Hammond|Francis Hammond]] |
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| − | |Ship ordered=22 July 1964 |
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| − | |Ship builder=[[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division|Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division]], [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]], [[California]] |
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| − | |Ship laid down=15 July 1967 |
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| − | |Ship launched=11 May 1968 |
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| − | |Ship acquired=17 July 1970 |
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| − | |Ship commissioned=25 July 1970 |
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| − | |Ship decommissioned=2 July 1992 |
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| − | |Ship struck=11 January 1995 |
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| − | |Ship motto=''Valor Honor'' |
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| − | |Ship fate=Scrapped, 31 March 2003 |
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| − | |Ship class={{sclass|Knox|frigate}} |
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| − | |Ship displacement=3,243 tons (4,244 full load) |
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| − | |Ship propulsion=*2 × CE {{convert|1200|psi|lk=in|abbr=on|0}} boilers |
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| − | *1 Westinghouse geared turbine |
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| − | *1 shaft, {{convert|35000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on|0}} |
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| − | |Ship speed=over {{convert|27|kn|mph km/h|0}} |
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| − | |Ship range={{convert|4500|nmi|km|-1}} at {{convert|20|kn|mph km/h|0}} |
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| − | |Ship complement=18 officers, 267 enlisted |
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| − | |Ship sensors=* AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar |
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| − | * AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar |
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| − | * AN/SQS-26 [[Sonar]] |
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| − | * AN/SQR-18 [[Towed array sonar]] system |
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| − | * [[AN/SPG-53|Mk68]] Gun Fire Control System |
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| − | |Ship EW=[[SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite|AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System]] |
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| − | |Ship armament=* one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for [[RUR-5 ASROC]] and [[Harpoon missile]]s |
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| − | * one Mk-42 [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun|5-inch/54]] caliber gun |
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| − | * [[Mark 46 torpedo]]es from four single tube launchers) |
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| − | * one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for [[Sea Sparrow]] missiles later replaced by one [[Phalanx CIWS]] |
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| − | '''USS ''Francis Hammond'' (DE/FF-1067)''' is the sixteenth {{sclass|Knox|frigate}}, named in honor of [[Hospitalman]] [[Francis C. Hammond|Francis Colton Hammond]], a [[Medal of Honor]] recipient. |
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| − | == Construction == |
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| − | She was originally designed as a ''Knox''-class [[ocean escort]] (DE-1067), and was built by [[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division|Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division]], San Pedro, [[California]]. The ship's keel was laid on 15 July 1967. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 11 May 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Phyllis Hammond Smith (widow of Hospitalman Hammond). The ship was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[Long Beach Naval Shipyard]], Long Beach, California on 25 July 1970. |
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| − | ==Design and description== |
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| − | The ''Knox''-class design was derived from the {{sclass|Brooke|frigate}} modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an overall length of {{convert|438|ft|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|47|ft|m|1}} and a draft of {{convert|25|ft|m|1}}. They [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|4066|LT|t}} at full load. Their crew consisted of 13 officers and 211 enlisted men.<ref>Friedman, pp. 357–60, 425</ref> |
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| − | The ships were equipped with one Westinghouse geared [[steam turbine]] that drove the single propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce {{convert|35000|shp|lk=in}}, using steam provided by 2 C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}}. The ''Knox'' class had a range of {{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|20|kn}}.<ref name=g8>Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598</ref> |
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| − | The ''Knox''-class ships were armed with a [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun]] forward and a single [[3-inch/50-caliber gun]] aft. They mounted an eight-round [[RUR-5 ASROC|ASROC]] launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the [[bridge (nautical)|bridge]]. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin {{convert|12.75|in|adj=on}} [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mk 32 torpedo tubes]]. The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying [[Gyrodyne QH-50|DASH]] drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a [[SH-2 Seasprite]] LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships also had the 3-inch (76 mm) gun replaced by an eight-cell [[RIM-7 Sea Sparrow#Basic point defense missile system (BPDMS)|BPDMS]] missile launcher in the early 1970s.<ref>Friedman, pp. 360–61; Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598</ref> |
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| − | ==Service history== |
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| − | As part of the Navy's [[United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification|1975 ship reclassification]], ''Francis Hammond'' was reclassified as a frigate (FF-1067) on 30 June 1975. |
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| − | USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) was laid down on 15 July 1967 at San Pedro, Calif., by Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division; launched on 11 May 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Phyllis Hammond Smith, widow of HM3 Francis C. Hammond; and commissioned on 25 July 1970, Cmdr. John E. Elmore in command.<ref name="US Navy">{{cite web |title=USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067/FF-1067) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/alphabetical-listing/f/uss-francis-hammond--de-1067-ff-1067-0.html|publisher=US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=28 March 2025}}{{source attribution}}</ref> |
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| − | The 16th of 46 Knox-class destroyer escorts, USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) was designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW). Armed with ASROC and torpedoes, her primary mission would be to patrol the Pacific Ocean, locate and identify Soviet submarines, and, in the event of armed conflict, destroy them. It was not until 26 August that she got underway for her first engineering sea trials, with a second set soon to follow on 3 September. USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) steamed northwards on 24 October 1970 to commence a series of port visits and trials at sea. Her first destination was Treasure Island in San Francisco, Calif., to conduct firefighting and damage control training, as well as provide a few days liberty for her crew (25-30 October).<ref name="US Navy"/> |
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| − | Getting underway on 3 July 1971, FUSS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) ’s shakedown training went relatively smoothly, though she was unable to complete her naval gunfire support (NGFS) qualifications owing to scheduling issues and a casualty to her gun mount. USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) left for her Western Pacific (WestPac) deployment on 7 January 1972 in company with other members of DesRon 9, USS John Paul Jones (DDG-32) and Higbee (DD-806). Following her arrival at Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines (R.P.), on 2 February, USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) conducted three days of independent steaming exercises (10-12 February) in local waters in order to prepare her crew for the rigors of the deployment ahead. |
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| − | Following her escort duties, USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) served on the gunline near the Cua Viet River. Over the course of the next three weeks, she provided fire support for South Vietnam’s counter offensive against Quang Tri City, South Vietnam (Operation Lam Son 72), as well as at Point Allison (Quang Tri), Betsy (Hue), and Claudia (north of Da Nang). On 13 January 1976, USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) departed Yokosuka to escort Midway while it conducted various exercises. Once this was complete, she returned to Yokosuka for another period of tender availability with Jason (23 January-8 February) and then set a course for Chinhae, South Korea, again escorting Midway en route (9-12 February). |
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| − | USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067) got underway one last time on 17 March 1992, making two brief visits to Treasure Island, San Francisco (19, 21-22 March), offloading her ammunition at Concord Naval Station (20 March), and conducting a final Tiger Cruise on her journey back to Long Beach (23-24 March). Shortly after arriving back in her home port, she began her decommissioning availability (30 March). {{stack|[[File:USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067) with extra hull number in 1986.jpg|thumb|''Francis Hammond''{{'}}s repainted hull number of "$10,670". CDR Paul Donaldson and the Command Master Chief present the donation to the base Navy Relief Society representative]]}} |
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| − | In December 1986, after the ship's company of ''Francis Hammond'' raised over $11,000 for [[Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society|Navy Relief]] (beating their goal of ten times the ship's hull number), permission was granted to temporarily add a dollar sign, a thousands separator, and an extra zero to the hull number painted on the side of the ship. The repaint was performed, at night, while at anchor in Sagami-wan, by LCDR Don Pacetti, the ship’s Operations Officer.<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 1986 |title=Hammond adds a zero for Navy Relief |journal=All Hands |publisher=United States Navy |issue=837 |page=36 |url=http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198612.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924173859/http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198612.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref> |
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| − | [[Ship decommissioning|Decommissioned]] 2 July 1992 in Long Beach, California after twenty-one years and nine months in active commission and struck from the [[Navy Register]] on 11 January 1995. ''Francis Hammond'' was disposed of by scrapping 31 March 2003. |
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| − | |[[Vietnam Service Medal]] (with two bronze [[service star]]s) |
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| − | |[[Southwest Asia Service Medal]] (with two bronze [[service star]]s) |
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| − | References : [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021067.htm USS ''Francis Hammond'' on NavSource.org] |
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| − | ==Notes== |
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| − | == References == |
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| − | *{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1982|isbn=0-87021-733-X}} |
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| − | *{{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|last3=Budzbon |first3=Przemysław|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-55750-132-7|name-list-style=amp}} |
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| − | == External links == |
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| − | *{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1067|title=Naval Vessel Register FF1067}} |
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| − | *http://ussfrancishammond.org/ |
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| − | *http://ussfrancishammond.com/ |
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| − | {{Knox class frigate}} |
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| − | {{Los Angeles SB&DDC and Todd, Los Angeles ships}} |
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| − | {{Wikipedia|USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067)}} |
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| − | {{DEFAULTSORT:Francis Hammond}} |
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