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U.S.S. STEIN
(FF-1065)INDOMITABLE
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USS STEIN (FF-1065) - a Knox-class frigate
In Commission 1972 to 1992FF-1065 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FF-1065 Shellback Initiation | Add a FF-1065 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1970 | - | Keel Date: 1 JUN 1970 at Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co. Seattle WA | ||
DEC | 1970 | - | Launch Date: 19 DEC 1970 | ||
JUN | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 JUN 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1972 | - | Commissioned: 8 JAN 1972 | ||
APR | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 APR 1972 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1972 | - | APR | 1974 | Viet Nam |
APR | 1972 | - | APR | 1974 | Vietnam |
JUN | 1973 | - | MAY | 1974 | Vietnam |
SEP | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 SEP 1973 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1974 | - | AUG | 1974 | West Pac |
SEP | 1974 | - | APR | 1975 | West Pac |
NOV | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 NOV 1974 - Pacific Ocean | ||
DEC | 1975 | - | JAN | 1976 | Dry Dock |
MAR | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1978 - Indian Ocean | ||
AUG | 1979 | - | JAN | 1980 | West Pac |
AUG | 1979 | - | JAN | 1980 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
SEP | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 SEP 1979 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 SEP 1979 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1980 | - | NOV | 1980 | Dry Dock |
AUG | 1982 | - | JAN | 1983 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1983 | - | SEP | 1983 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
JAN | 1984 | - | AUG | 1984 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
APR | 1984 | - | SEP | 1984 | West Pac |
AUG | 1984 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 AUG 1984 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1987 | - | JUL | 1987 | Circumnavigation |
JAN | 1987 | - | JUN | 1987 | Operation Earnest Will |
AUG | 1988 | - | JAN | 1989 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1989 | - | JAN | 1989 | Sea Trials |
SEP | 1989 | - | NOV | 1989 | RIMPAC |
NOV | 1989 | - | MAR | 1990 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
JAN | 1991 | - | JAN | 1992 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
MAR | 1992 | - | Decommissioned: 19 MAR 1992 |
FF-1065 General Specifications
Class: Knox-class frigate
Complement: 18 Officers and 267 Enlisted
Displacement: 3226 tons
Length: 438 feet
Beam: 46 feet 9 inches
Draft: 24 feet 9 in
Range: 4 500 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Sold to Mexico
USS STEIN (FF-1065)
Stein (DE-1065) was laid down on 1 June 1970 by the
Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co. at Seattle, Wash.; launched on
19 December 1970; sponsored by Mrs. Rose S. Parks; and commissioned on
8 January 1972, Comdr. Nepier V. Smith in command.
The ocean escort spent another eight weeks at the Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard and completed fitting-out. She conducted trials, then
got underway in early March and arrived at her home port, San Diego, on the 17th. Two weeks later,
she headed south along the coast of Mexico
and South America on her shakedown
cruise. Stein returned to San Diego in May and, late the following month, commenced
post-shakedown repairs and
modifications at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
On 8 December, she completed yard work and began intensive preparations for her first deployment to the
western Pacific.
She departed San Diego Bay in mid-April 1973 and stopped
at Midway and Guam, before entering Subic Bay in the Philippines on May
19th. She operated with the 7th Fleet until the end of August, when she cleared
the area for a visit to Australia and New Zealand before
returing to the west coast. Stein called at Manus Island;
Townville, Australia; and Auckland, New Zealand, in September and returned
to Australia, at Sydney, in October. On her way back to the United
States, the escort ship stopped off at Suva, Pago Pago, and Pearl
Harbor before reaching San Diego on 1 November.
She remained in port there until June 1974, when she got
underway for a series of special operations. Stein then
operated out of San Diego until mid-August. After a short period in port, she
departed again on another special operation. This one, however, ended at Cubi
Point on Subic Bay in the Philippines and began her second tour of duty
with the 7th Fleet. She worked out of Subic Bay until late October when she sailed
on a voyage that carried her to Singapore, and thence into the Indian
Ocean. In November, she visited Karachi and returned to Singapore, where she was in
December 1974.
[Note: The above USS STEIN (FF-1065) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS STEIN (FF-1065), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]