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U.S.S. JOSEPH HEWES
(FF-1078)Click to view crew list
USS JOSEPH HEWES (FF-1078) - a Knox-class frigate
In Commission 1971 to 1994FF-1078 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FF-1078 Shellback Initiation | Add a FF-1078 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1969 | - | Keel Date: 14 MAY 1969 at Avondale Shipyard Inc. Westwego LA | ||
MAR | 1970 | - | Launch Date: 7 MAR 1970 | ||
APR | 1971 | - | Commissioned: 24 APR 1971 | ||
JUN | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | Circumnavigation |
JUN | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 JUN 1972 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 NOV 1972 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
NOV | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 NOV 1972 - Indian Ocean | ||
JAN | 1975 | - | JUL | 1975 | Middle East |
JUL | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1975 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUN 1977 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1977 | - | AUG | 1977 | Guantanamo Bay |
NOV | 1977 | - | DEC | 1977 | North Atlantic |
MAR | 1979 | - | SEP | 1979 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
APR | 1980 | - | OCT | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1982 | - | JUN | 1983 | Guantanamo Bay |
APR | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1985 | - | DEC | 1985 | UNITAS |
JUN | 1987 | - | NOV | 1987 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1989 | - | OCT | 1989 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
JUL | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 JUL 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUL | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 JUL 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1994 | - | Decommissioned: 30 JUN 1994 |
FF-1078 General Specifications
Class: Knox-class frigate
Complement: 18 Officers and 267 Enlisted
Displacement: 3211 tons
Length: 438 feet
Beam: 46 feet 9 inches
Draft: 24 feet 9 in
Final Disposition: Transferred to Taiwan as Lan Yang (FF-935)