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U.S.S. TRUETT
(FF-1095)DO IT TRUETT
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USS TRUETT (FF-1095) - a Knox-class frigate
In Commission 1974 to 1994FF-1095 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FF-1095 Shellback Initiation | Add a FF-1095 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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APR | 1972 | - | Keel Date: 27 APR 1972 at Avondale Shipyard Inc. Westwego LA | ||
FEB | 1973 | - | Launch Date: 3 FEB 1973 | ||
JUN | 1974 | - | Commissioned: 1 JUN 1974 | ||
JUL | 1975 | - | DEC | 1975 | UNITAS |
AUG | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 AUG 1975 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1976 | - | DEC | 1976 | North Atlantic |
AUG | 1976 | - | AUG | 1976 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
SEP | 1977 | - | APR | 1978 | med/redsea |
JAN | 1980 | - | JUN | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
FEB | 1980 | - | AUG | 1980 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1980 | - | SEP | 1980 | Guantanamo Bay |
AUG | 1980 | - | AUG | 1980 | DIW 24 hrs 17 miles off the coast of Cuba |
AUG | 1985 | - | OCT | 1985 | North Atlantic |
DEC | 1985 | - | JUN | 1986 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1986 | - | OCT | 1986 | Antarctic Circle |
SEP | 1986 | - | OCT | 1986 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
AUG | 1988 | - | FEB | 1989 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1988 | - | FEB | 1989 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1988 | - | FEB | 1989 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1991 | - | DEC | 1991 | Mediterranean-Red Sea 3-91 |
JUL | 1994 | - | Decommissioned: 30 JUL 1994 |
FF-1095 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: Leased to Royal Thai Navy in 1994 and eventually sold 9 December 1999
USS TRUETT (FF-1095)
Truett (DE-1095) was laid down on 27 April 1972 at Westwego, La., by Avondale Shipyards, Inc.; launched on 3 February 1973; sponsored by Mrs. Geraldine Truett Walter; delivered to the Navy on 24 May 1974 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.; and commissioned there on 1 June
1974, Comdr. James W. Egerton in
command.
On 20 August, Truett departed
Hampton Roads and headed for the West
Indies. After arriving at Guan-tanamo
Bay, Cuba, on 3 September, the ocean escort devoted the next six weeks to a
feverish series of drills and
exercises to prepare for duty in the Atlantic Fleet. On 8 October, Truett completed shakedown
training and sailed for home. After a
brief stop at St. Thomas in the
Virgin Islands, Truett returned to Norfolk on 18 October.
Following local
operations in the Hampton Roads area and repairs at the Norfolk Naval
Shipyard, Truett got underway in April
1975 to conduct further tests and to
train some 40 officers attending the Surface Warfare School. In May, she embarked her LAMPS helicopter and its detachment of officers and men.
On 24 May, the ocean escort cleared
Norfolk to participate in Exercise
"Solid Shield." After nine days of hard work, she returned to
Norfolk to prepare for a "Unitas" deployment.
During her stay at Norfolk, the Navy re-classified the ship as a frigate on 1 July 1975 and redesignated her FF-1095.
Twenty days later, the
frigate left Norfolk and set a course
for the Panama Canal. En route, she conducted
exercises with units of the Colombian Navy. Truett transited the canal
on 8 August and headed down the
western coast of South America. For the duration of "Unitas XVI," she
trained with units of various South American navies, among which were those of Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil,
and Venezuela. In the course of the
deployment, she visited many ports and
rounded Cape Horn at the southern tip
of South America. After conducting exercises with the navies of the east coast
nations of South America, she made a
brief stop at Trinidad before returning home to Norfolk on 8 December. During the first two months of 1976, she resumed normal operations out of Norfolk.
Between 3 and 21 March, Truett
participated in an ASW-and-convoy-operations exercise,
"Safepass 76," with units of
NATO's Standing Naval Force, Atlantic. Succeeding
months were spent in preparation for the ship's forthcoming NATO deployment in
the North Atlantic. Departing Norfolk
on 14 June, Truett spent the next six months engaging in two
major fleet exercises and visiting 20 ports
from Norway to Portugal. The fleet
frigate returned to Norfolk on 17 December and spent the remainder of the year
enjoying a period of leave and a
tender availability.
The greater part of 1977
was spent in priming the ship for
deployment to the Mediterranean late in the year. During this workup period, Truett engaged in two major Atlantic Fleet exercises and underwent
six inspections or qualifications. On 27 September, she departed for the Mediterranean and operations with
the 6th Fleet which took her into the
new year.
On 2 February 1978, Truett transited the Suez Canal and operated with the Middle East Force in the Red Sea
and Gulf of Aden during the Ethiopian/Somalian crisis. Her operations there included a 56-day, continuous at-sea period. Returning to the
Mediterranean in April, Truett arrived
back in Norfolk on 25 April. The
summer was spent conducting operations off the east coast, and the fleet frigate then proceeded to Braswell Shipyard,
Boston, for a regular overhaul which
commenced on 27 September. The ship remained there into 1979.
[Note: The above USS TRUETT (FF-1095) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS TRUETT (FF-1095), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]