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U.S.S. OUELLET

(FF-1077)

THE PHANTOM FRIGATE
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USS OUELLET (FF-1077) - a Knox-class frigate

In Commission 1970 to 1993

FF-1077 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1969-Keel Date: 15 JAN 1969
at Avondale Shipyard Inc. Westwego LA
JAN1970-Launch Date: 17 JAN 1970
DEC1970-Commissioned: 12 DEC 1970
JAN1972-AUG1972West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JAN1972-AUG1972West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1972-JAN1972West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1973-NOV1973West Pac
JUN1976-DEC1976West Pac
JAN1977-MAR1979West Pac-Indian Ocean
FEB1977-Shellback Initiation - 19 FEB 1977 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1977-MAY1978West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
FEB1978-Shellback Initiation - 19 FEB 1978 - Indian Ocean
SEP1980-APR1981West Pac-Indian Ocean
MAY1982-OCT1982West Pac-Indian Ocean
OCT1983-MAR1984West Pac
OCT1984-OCT1984Collision - USS Moore (FFG-19)
FEB1987-AUG1987West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
FEB1987-OCT1987West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
MAY1987-Shellback Initiation - 16 MAY 1987 - Indian Ocean
DEC1988-MAY1989West Pac
AUG1993-Decommissioned: 6 AUG 1993
SEP1997-NOV1997Dry Dock For Transfer to Thai Navy

FF-1077 General Specifications

Class: Knox-class frigate

Complement: 18 Officers and 267 Enlisted

Displacement: 3232 tons

Length: 438 feet

Beam: 46 feet 9 inches

Draft: 24 feet 9 in

Final Disposition: Transferred to Thailand as Phuttaloetla Naphalai (F-462)



USS OUELLET (FF-1077)



The first Ouellet was laid down 14 January 1969 by Avondale Shipyards Inc., Westwego, La.; launched 17 January 1970; sponsored by Mrs. Chester J. Ouellet; and commissioned 12 December 1970, Comdr. Albert L. Henry in command.

[Note: The above USS OUELLET (FF-1077) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS OUELLET (FF-1077), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]