USS Brumby (FF-1044)
USS Brumby (FF-1044) |
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Overview | |
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Type | frigate |
Shipyard | |
Keel laying | August 1, 1963 |
Launch | June 6, 1964 |
Namesake | Frank H. Brumby |
1. Period of service | |
Commissioning | August 5, 1965 |
Decommissioning | March 31, 1989 |
Whereabouts | released for scrapping |
2. Period of service | |
period of service | 1989-1994 |
Commissioning | March 31, 1989 |
Decommissioning | November 14, 1994 |
Whereabouts | Returned to the US Navy |
Technical specifications | |
displacement |
3,400 ts |
length |
126.34 m |
width |
13.44 m |
Draft |
7.9 m |
crew |
16 officers, |
drive |
1 propeller, |
speed | |
Range | |
Armament |
2 × 5-inch guns, |
USS Brumby (FF-1044) was a frigate of the Garcia class of the United States Navy . It was named after Admiral Frank H. Brumby .
The Brumby in 1963 as escort destroyers designed and ran on July 6, 1964 by Stack . It was put into service over a year later, on August 5, 1965. Its area of operation was in the Atlantic Ocean during the Vietnam War .
She was decommissioned on March 31, 1989 and leased to the Pakistani Navy on the same day . Because Pakistan refused to halt its nuclear weapons production program , the United States terminated the lease in 1994. The ship was handed over to the US Navy and struck off the register on September 9. The United States Maritime Administration then sold them for scrapping .
Web links
- the USS Brumby on destroyersonline.com