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U.S.S. RAMSEY
(FFG-2)SECOND TO NONE
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USS RAMSEY (FFG-2) - a Brooke-class frigate
In Commission 1967 to 1988FFG-2 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FFG-2 Shellback Initiation | Add a FFG-2 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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FEB | 1963 | - | Keel Date: 4 FEB 1963 at Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co. Seattle WA | ||
OCT | 1963 | - | Launch Date: 15 OCT 1963 | ||
JUN | 1967 | - | Commissioned: 3 JUN 1967 | ||
APR | 1968 | - | NOV | 1968 | West Pac |
OCT | 1969 | - | APR | 1970 | WestPac Planeguard for USS Hancock / Shellback . |
MAR | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 31 MAR 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1971 | - | NOV | 1971 | West Pac |
MAY | 1971 | - | NOV | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1972 | - | MAR | 1973 | West Pac |
JUN | 1972 | - | MAR | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1975 | - | AUG | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1976 | - | APR | 1977 | West Pac |
SEP | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 SEP 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 SEP 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 OCT 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1979 | - | JUL | 1979 | West Pac |
OCT | 1980 | - | APR | 1981 | West Pac |
OCT | 1980 | - | APR | 1981 | West Pac |
NOV | 1982 | - | NOV | 1982 | Emergency Sortie from Pearl Harbor Due to Hurricane Iwa |
JAN | 1983 | - | JUN | 1983 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
FEB | 1983 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 FEB 1983 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1987 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 JUN 1987 - Indian Ocean | ||
SEP | 1988 | - | Decommissioned: 1 SEP 1988 |
FFG-2 General Specifications
Class: Brooke-class frigate
Named for: DeWitt Clinton Ramsey
Complement: 241 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 3426 tons
Length: 414 feet 6 inches
Beam: 44 feet 2 inches
Flank Speed: 27 knots
Range: 4 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sunk as a target 15 June 2000
USS RAMSEY (FFG-2)
Ramsey (DEG-2) was laid down 4 February 1963 by Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co. Seattle Wash.; Iaunched 15 October 1963; sponsored by Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Ramsey; and commissioned 3 June 1967 Comdr. William D. Robertson Jr. in command.
After shakedown off the west coast Ramsey (DEG 2) departed Long Beach Calif. on 1 May 1968 for the western Pacific. Following duty off Vietnam and her return to Long Beach 9 November she sailed again for the western Pacific 8 October 1969 and again operated off Vietnam before returning to Long Beach 18 April 1970. Between January 1970 and January 1974 Ramsey alternated two more WestPac cruises with operations off the west coast of the United States. As of January 1974 she is in port at Long Beach Calif.
Ramsey has earned five battle stars for Vietnam service.
[Note: The above USS RAMSEY (FFG-2) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS RAMSEY (FFG-2) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]