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U.S.S. RATHBURNE
(FF-1057)THE PROUD DEFENDER
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USS RATHBURNE (FF-1057) - a Knox-class frigate
In Commission 1970 to 1992FF-1057 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FF-1057 Shellback Initiation | Add a FF-1057 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1968 | - | Keel Date: 8 JAN 1968 at Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co. Seattle WA | ||
MAY | 1969 | - | Launch Date: 2 MAY 1969 | ||
MAY | 1970 | - | Commissioned: 16 MAY 1970 | ||
APR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 29 SEP 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1972 | - | FEB | 1973 | West Pac |
JAN | 1973 | - | DEC | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 JAN 1974 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 JAN 1974 - Pacific Ocean | ||
FEB | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 FEB 1974 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
OCT | 1974 | - | MAY | 1975 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
JAN | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JAN 1975 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAR | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1975 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAR | 1975 | - | APR | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1976 | - | MAY | 1977 | West Pac |
JAN | 1978 | - | MAY | 1978 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1979 | - | OCT | 1979 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1979 | - | NOV | 1979 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1979 | - | OCT | 1979 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUL | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUL 1979 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1979 | - | FEB | 1980 | West Pac |
JUN | 1980 | - | NOV | 1980 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
MAR | 1982 | - | APR | 1982 | RIMPAC |
APR | 1982 | - | JUL | 1982 | West Pac |
OCT | 1982 | - | MAR | 1984 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1986 | - | MAY | 1986 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
MAY | 1986 | - | MAY | 1986 | Golden Shellback Intiation |
JAN | 1988 | - | JUN | 1988 | West Pac |
SEP | 1989 | - | MAR | 1990 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
DEC | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 31 DEC 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
DEC | 1989 | - | JUN | 1990 | Desert Shield |
MAY | 1991 | - | MAY | 1991 | Panama Canal |
DEC | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 31 DEC 1991 - Indian Ocean | ||
FEB | 1992 | - | Decommissioned: 14 FEB 1992 |
FF-1057 General Specifications
Class: Knox-class frigate
Named for: Variant spelling of the last name of John Rathbun (174
Complement: 18 Officers and 267 Enlisted
Displacement: 3305 tons
Length: 438 feet
Beam: 46 feet 9 inches
Flank Speed: over 27 knots
Range: 4 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sunk as target 5 July 2002
USS RATHBURNE (FF-1057)
The second Rathburne
(DE-1057) was laid down 8 January 1968 by Lockheed Shipbuilding &
Construction Co., Seattle, Wash.; launched 2 May 1969; sponsored by Mrs.
Charles A. Bowsher; and commissioned 16 May 1970, Comdr. Richard B. Evans in
command.
Rathburne arrived
at her home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 20 July 1970 and spent the
remainder of that year and the first quarter of the next engaged in weapons
systems' testing and various exercises. On 14 April 1971, she departed Pearl
Harbor for a six-month WestPac deployment, returning to Hawaii on 27 October
for an extended upkeep period. After a short visit to the west coast in May and
June 1972, Rathburne embarked upon
her second tour of duty in WestPac 31 July 1972. She ended 1972 and began 1973
in the western Pacific, off the coast of Vietnam, and did not return to Pearl
Harbor until 25 February 1973. She remained in the Pearl Harbor area throughout
1973 and is still operating there as of January 1974.
[Note: The above USS RATHBURNE (FF-1057) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS RATHBURNE (FF-1057), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]