USS Jarrett (FFG-33)
 The Jarrett after a mission |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | January 23, 1978 |
| Keel laying | February 11, 1981 |
| Launch | 17th October 1981 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | July 2nd 1983 |
| Decommissioning | April 21, 2011 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
4100 tons |
| length |
138.1 meters |
| width |
13.5 meters |
| Draft |
7.5 meters |
| crew |
17 officers, 198 sailors |
| drive |
1 propeller, driven by 2 gas turbines; 41,000 wave horsepower |
| speed |
29+ knots |
| Armament |
1 gun 76 mm, 2 torpedo launchers. Disarmed: 1 rocket launcher |
The USS Jarrett (FFG-33) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate . It was named after Vice Admiral Harry B. Jarrett.
history
FFG-33 was commissioned in early 1978 and laid down on February 11, 1981 at Todd Pacific Shipyards in San Pedro, California. The ship was launched in October 1981 and the Jarrett was put into service on July 2, 1983 .
During the First Gulf War , a helicopter launched by Jarrett observed the Iranian ship Iran Ajr laying a mine. The mines found in this way could later be correlated with mines that had severely damaged the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) . The Jarrett was indirectly responsible for starting Operation Praying Mantis .
During Operation Desert Storm , an Iraqi Silkworm marine target missile was fired at the Jarrett combat group , which also included the USS Missouri (BB-63) and the British HMS Gloucester (D96) . She was intercepted by Gloucester with a Sea Dart . The Jarrett had attempted to launch the missile with Phalanx CIWS , but hit the battleship Missouri with four to five projectiles in one case of friendly fire .
In 1997 the Jarrett conducted a submarine hunt exercise against the Chilean Simpson and the American USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) , alongside the frigate USS Elliot (DD-967) and USS Valley Forge (CG-50) . On December 18, 1998, Commander Kathleen McGrath was the first woman to take command of a frigate on the USS Jarrett and, as the second woman after Commander Maureen A. Farren, a US warship.
In August 2003, Jarrett drove with the first Expeditionary Strike Group . During a six-month move in 2009, the crew seized $ 266 million worth of drugs in the Eastern Pacific. The frigate's last mission began on September 3, 2010. Under the command of the Joint Interagency Task Force South , it was used to combat smugglers in the Pacific. On April 21, 2011, the Jarrett was decommissioned. The ship has been mothballed and may be sold to an allied Navy.
Web links
- Jarrett on navy.mil (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report on the incident on gulflink.osd.mil ( Memento from December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ USS Jarrett (FFG 33) , navsource.org
