 USS Underwood underway in the Caribbean Sea in 2006 | |
| Career (United States) |  |
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| Name: | Underwood |
| Namesake: | Captain Gordon Waite Underwood |
| Ordered: | 27 April 1979 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down: | 30 July 1981 |
| Launched: | 6 February 1982 |
| Sponsored by: | Elizabeth T. Underwood |
| Christened: | 6 February 1982 |
| Acquired: | 14 January 1983 |
| Commissioned: | 29 January 1983 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 March 2013 |
| Homeport: | Mayport, Florida |
| Identification: |
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| Motto: | "Fear the Wood"/"Just Friend and Brave Enemy" |
| Status: | Undergoing scrapping |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Draught: | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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| Speed: | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 17 Officers and 198 Enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
USS Underwood (FFG-36) was the twenty-seventh ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, named for Captain Gordon Waite Underwood (1910–1978).
Ordered from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 27 April 1979 as part of the FY79 program, Underwood was laid down on 30 July 1981, launched on 6 February 1982, and commissioned on 29 January 1983. She was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 and homeported at Mayport, FL.
  Underwood passing under the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge, June 2006 |
On 13 January 2010, Underwood was ordered to assist in the humanitarian relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[1]
Underwood was extensively used to counteract drug trafficking in Latin America with the assistance of the Coast Guard.[2]
Underwood was decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport on 8 March 2013.[3] It was then moved to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where it was laid up.
On 27 February 2023, Underwood arrived at Brownsville, Texas, where it will be scrapped.[4]
Awards[]
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
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References[]
- ↑ Bacon, Lance M. (13 January 2010). "Carl Vinson, 6 Other Ships Headed to Haiti". Navy Times. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/01/navy_vinson_haiti_011310w/.
- ↑ "America's Expanding War on Drugs in Latin America". HuffPost. 3 February 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/03/americas-drug-war-latin-america_n_2610624.html.
- ↑ "Farewell, USS Underwood". https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/2013/03/13/farewell-uss-underwood/15835414007/.
- ↑ "USS Underwood FFG-36 being towed to scrapped at Port of Brownsville". 27 February 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rukR5dgl6SM.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links[]
- Photo gallery of USS Underwood (FFG-36) at NavSource Naval History
- Official website
- MaritimeQuest USS Underwood FFG-36 pages
- GlobalSecurity.org FFG-36
The original article can be found at USS Underwood and the edit history here.