USS Patterson (FF-1061)
_underway.jpg) USS Patterson (DE / FF-1061) |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | frigate |
| Keel laying | October 12, 1967 |
| Launch | 3rd May 1969 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| period of service |
March 14, 1970 - |
| Whereabouts | scrapped |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
4,100 ts |
| length |
133.5 meters |
| width |
14.25 meters |
| Draft |
7.6 meters |
| crew |
17 officers, 228 sailors |
| drive |
1 propeller, 1 gear turbine, 2 boilers; 35,000 wave horsepower |
| speed |
27+ knots |
| Range |
4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots |
The USS Patterson (DE / FF-1061) was a frigate of the Knox-class frigate . She was in service with the United States Navy from 1970 to 1991 and was the third ship named after Daniel Todd Patterson (born March 6, 1786, † August 25, 1839).
history
The Patterson keel was laid on October 12, 1967 at Avondale Shipyards , New Orleans . After being launched on May 3, 1969, she was commissioned with the Navy on March 14, 1970. The test drives took place off the coast of Cuba , in the summer of 1971 the ship crossed the Atlantic for the first time and visited Northern Europe. At the beginning of 1974 the Patterson was used for the first time in the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet. At the time of the reclassification as a frigate in mid-1975, she was in the shipyard and prepared to accommodate a LAMPS helicopter ( SH-2 Seasprite ) and equipped with a starter for Sea Sparrow missiles .
The Patterson returned to the Mediterranean in late 1976 and early 1977 , as did in 1978/79. Her second voyage in northern European waters followed in the fall, and in the summer she provided humanitarian aid to the hurricane victims on St. Lucia . In October of that year the next stay in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf followed , which lasted until January 1981. The sixth stay in the Mediterranean followed in autumn 1981 , and the ship was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation in 1982 for operations in the Red Sea .
In June 1983 the Patterson was assigned to the Naval Reserve Force in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . For the next eight years she operated along the American coast as a training ship for naval reserves. In late 1990, she took part in anti-drug operations in the Caribbean and crossed the Panama Canal twice . A last trip to Bermuda in May 1991 was followed by decommissioning on September 30, 1991. It was assigned to the reserve fleet until it was deleted from the shipping register in January 1995 , after which it was considered to be sold to Greece as a spare parts donor . On September 29, 1999, it was sold to Baltimore Marine Industries Inc in Baltimore for scrapping and was completely scrapped by mid-2000.