USS Fox (CG-33)
_underway_in_the_Pacific_Ocean_on_16_December_1988_(6483087).jpg) USS Fox (DLG-33 / CG-33) 1988 |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | January 16, 1962 |
| Keel laying | January 15, 1963 |
| Launch | November 21, 1964 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | May 8, 1966 |
| Decommissioning | April 15, 1994 |
| Whereabouts | Canceled in 2007 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
8957 ts |
| length |
166.7 m |
| width |
16.8 m |
| Draft |
9.4 m |
| crew |
64 officers, 546 men |
| drive |
4 Brown & Wilcox water tube boilers |
| speed |
34 kn |
The USS Fox (DLG-33 / CG-33) was a guided missile cruiser of the Belknap class .
history
The ship was laid down at Todd Pacific Shipyards in 1963 and put into service with the US Navy in 1966 .
The Fox made its first five mission trips between 1967 and 1973 as part of the Vietnam War . There it served as a radar control center for combat aircraft that had taken off from the carriers and as a base for a CSAR helicopter.
In 1975, the Fox ran into the Indian Ocean, where it conducted exercises with the Royal Australian Navy and the Navy of Iran. Further trips led the ship to the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, as well as the Sea of Okhotsk . She was involved in rescuing Boat Peoples off Vietnam and took part in Operation Earnest Will . Until 1993, several missions in the Persian Gulf fell into the service time of the Fox .
In 1995 the cruiser was decommissioned and canceled in 2007.
Web links
- Fox in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- Pictures of the Fox at navsource.org (engl.)
- Pictures of the Fox in the Naval Historical Center
- USS Fox Association (Engl.)