USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60)
_man_the_rails_as_the_ship_arrives_in_Thailand,_in_support_of_exercise_Cooperation_Afloat_Readiness_and_Training_(CARAT)_2005.jpg) The USS Rodney M. Davis at CARAT 2005 |
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| Overview | |
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| Order | October 28, 1982 |
| Keel laying | February 8, 1985 |
| Launch | January 11, 1986 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | May 9, 1987 |
| Decommissioning | 23rd January 2015 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
4166 tons |
| length |
138 meters |
| width |
14 meters |
| Draft |
6.7 meters |
| crew |
15 officers, 190 sailors, |
| drive |
2 × General Electric LM2500-30 41,000 shp (31 MW) gas turbines on one shaft with adjustable screw |
| speed |
29+ knots (54 km / h; 33 mph) |
| Armament |
1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm / L62 ship gun, |
The USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60) is a frigate of the US Navy of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate .
technology
The Rodney M. Davis is counted among the so-called long-hull , i. that is, it is about 138 meters long and 13 meters wide. She has a draft of 7 meters. Around 226 people work on the ship, including around 205 crew members and 21 members of the helicopter crews (six pilots, 15 maintenance personnel).
The Rodney M. Davis , like all ships of the Perry class, was initially designed primarily as an escort ship for defense against air and sea targets. For this purpose, she was equipped with an MK13 launcher for SM1 missiles for anti-aircraft missiles and Harpoon missiles for combating sea targets, which, however, was removed at the beginning of the 21st century.
The USS Rodney M. Davis still has a single 76 mm gun and two torpedo tubes that can be used against submarines for anti- naval targeting . In addition, the ship has a CIWS for defense against approaching anti-ship missiles . In addition, there are two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters on the Rodney M. Davis , which are suitable for combating surface targets and submarines and which can be equipped with Penguin anti-ship missiles and torpedoes .
Name and insignia
It is named after Rodney M. Davis (1942–1967), a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps , who fell during the Vietnam War in 1967 when he threw himself on an enemy hand grenade, saving the lives of several of his comrades. For this he was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.
The coat of arms of the USS Rodney M. Davis consists of a shield with helmet decoration, framed with the name and the identification of the ship. The motto of the frigate "BY VALOR AND ARMS" is under the sign.
history
construction
The frigate was laid down at Todd Pacific Shipyards (Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California) on October 28, 1982 , launched on January 11, 1986 and entered service on May 9, 1987. She was baptized by Mrs. Judy P. Davis, a relative of the namesake.
The frigate was initially stationed in the US naval base Yokosuka ( Japan ) (assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 - DesRon 15) and moved to Naval Station Everett in Washington state in 2005 . There she belongs to the " Destroyer Squadron 9 " with the frigates USS Ingraham and USS Ford .
Calls
The ship received several media coverage as it was extremely successful in hunting down drug smugglers with the United States Coast Guard .
- 2001
The "Rodney M. Davis" and the US Coast Guard cutter "Active " landed the ship "Svesda Maru", which sailed under the flag of Belize , about 1500 miles south of San Diego . Around 12.2 tons of cocaine were seized on this .
- 2002
The ship is decommissioned on October 1 and transferred to the Naval Reserve Force in San Diego.
- 2005
Returned to service with the DesRon 9 in Everett. In the summer, the “Davis” was involved in the 11th annual “Afloat Readiness and Training” (CARAT) training program. (CARAT are annual military exercises designed to improve cooperation between the navies of various southeastern countries.) Maintaining the freedom of the seas and improving maritime security efforts in the region is the primary training objective of these programs.
- 2006
In the summer of 2006, around 11 tons of tar oil was removed from the beaches of the “NAVMAG Indian Island” with the help of the crew of the “Davis” . (Navy Magazine Indian Island is a military island in Puget Sound / Whidbey County - Washington USA). This made it possible to carry out this environmental protection measure without labor costs. On November 28, 2006, the "Davis" left her home port, the "Naval Station" (NAVSTA) Everett and ran out of the South Pacific.
- 2007
On March 3, members of the crew took part in two partnership measures on the occasion of their visit to Panama City as part of COMREL (Community relations). The orphanage "Hogar Divino Nino" was visited and help was given to maintain and improve a library in the Cinco de Mayo district. On March 25, the passage through the Panama Canal from east to west was completed. On April 3rd, restoration work was carried out in the orphanage “Hogar Divino Nino” by 21 members of the ship's crew on the occasion of a three-day port visit. The crew donated a total of $ 1,100 for this. On April 19, the frigate stopped the fishing cutter “Mariana de Jesus” in international waters. The boat was manned by 31 migrants and completely overloaded. Water and food were given and necessary medical help was given. It was then handed over to the El Salvadoran Navy. On April 23, together with the Costa Ricarian coast guard ship “Juan Rafael Mora”, the fishing cutter “Cherubin”, on which there were 61 Chinese migrants, whose health was poor because they had not had food or water for four days.
In the same month, the frigate caught the Ecuadorian fishing boat Emperador during an anti-drug operation , on which 3850 gallons (around 14,600 liters) of liquefied cocaine were confiscated. (Each gallon was equivalent to 1.3 kilograms of pure cocaine.) After a six-month mission in the fight against drugs, the "Davis" returned to her home port on June 12.
- 2008
The "Rodney M. Davis" was already on patrol again in late spring. She then moved to the waters off Hawaii to join a training program for the upcoming fall tasks. She was ordered to participate in the RIMPAC 2008 maneuvers.
On December 5, the frigate was able to arrest a drug smuggler ship with more than four tons of cocaine in the eastern Pacific. The value of the drugs seized was about 90 million US dollars . The crew arrested.
"Rodney M. Davis" returned to Everett on April 21st. During this time she had carried out operations off the Latin American coast under the command of the "US Naval Forces Southern Command" (NAVSO) and the "4th Fleet".
- 2010
Assigned to the “4th Fleet”, the frigate stopped a fishing boat flying the flag of Ecuador on September 23. Around 1.5 tons of cocaine were seized on board. There were 17 crew members on board who were arrested and taken to Guayaquil in Ecuador along with the drug ship. The frigate was then integrated into the Maritime Strategy (Theater Security Cooperation - TSC), a US measure to secure the area of the Caribbean and Latin America. The TSC strategy includes military exchanges, multinational maneuvers and training, port visits in diplomatic missions and sponsorships.
Commanders of Rodney M. Davis
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Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register
- USS Rodney M. Davis official website
- navsource.org: USS Rodney M. Davis
- navysite.de: USS Rodney M. Davis
- MaritimeQuest USS Rodney M. Davis FFG-60 pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ Section refers to fas.org
- ↑ message on www.globalsecurity.org , accessed on 20 April 2012 found.