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U.S.S. MILLER
(FF-1091)COURAGE-DEVOTION
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USS MILLER (FF-1091) - a Knox-class frigate
In Commission 1973 to 1991FF-1091 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FF-1091 Shellback Initiation | Add a FF-1091 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAY | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 MAY 1969 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
AUG | 1971 | - | Keel Date: 6 AUG 1971 at Avondale Shipyard Inc. Westwego LA | ||
JUN | 1972 | - | Launch Date: 3 JUN 1972 | ||
JUN | 1973 | - | JUN | 1973 | Commisioning |
JUN | 1973 | - | Commissioned: 30 JUN 1973 | ||
JAN | 1975 | - | JUL | 1975 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1977 | - | JUL | 1977 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
FEB | 1979 | - | SEP | 1979 | Deployed to Guentanemo bay ---Then joined fleet coast Nicurauga |
NOV | 1979 | - | APR | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
DEC | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 DEC 1979 - Indian Ocean | ||
DEC | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 DEC 1979 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAR | 1981 | - | AUG | 1981 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
APR | 1985 | - | NOV | 1985 | Mediterranean-West Africa |
JAN | 1989 | - | JAN | 1990 | Desert Shield |
AUG | 1990 | - | OCT | 1990 | Desert Shield |
OCT | 1991 | - | Decommissioned: 15 OCT 1991 |
FF-1091 General Specifications
Class: Knox-class frigate
Complement: 18 Officers and 267 Enlisted
Displacement: 3201 tons
Length: 438 feet
Beam: 46 feet 9 inches
Draft: 24 feet 9 in
Final Disposition: Sold to Turkey as a hulk (July 19 1999); subsequently sunk as a target in the Turkish Seawolf 2001 naval exercise June 20