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U.S.S. STARK
(FFG-31)STRENGTH FOR FREEDOM
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USS STARK (FFG-31) - an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
In Commission 1982 to 1999FFG-31 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FFG-31 Shellback Initiation | Add a FFG-31 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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AUG | 1979 | - | Keel Date: 24 AUG 1979 at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA | ||
MAY | 1980 | - | Launch Date: 30 MAY 1980 | ||
OCT | 1982 | - | Commissioned: 23 OCT 1982 | ||
NOV | 1982 | - | NOV | 1982 | Panama Canal |
JUN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUN | 1985 | - | AUG | 1985 | Great Lakes cruise |
FEB | 1987 | - | JUL | 1987 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
MAY | 1987 | - | MAY | 1987 | Missile Attack on USS Stark |
JAN | 1990 | - | JUL | 1990 | North Atlantic |
AUG | 1991 | - | FEB | 1992 | Desert Storm |
AUG | 1993 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 AUG 1993 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAY | 1998 | - | NOV | 1998 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
MAY | 1999 | - | Decommissioned: 7 MAY 1999 |
FFG-31 General Specifications
Class: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Named for: Harold Rainsford Stark
Complement: 15 Officers and 190 Enlisted
Displacement: 4100 tons
Length: 453 feet
Beam: 45 feet
Flank Speed: over 29 knots
Range: 5 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Disposed of by scrapping - dismantled June 21 2006