USS Voge (FF-1047)
_high_speed_evasive_maneuver.jpg) USS Voge (FF-1047) |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | frigate |
| Shipyard | |
| Keel laying | November 21, 1963 |
| Launch | February 4, 1965 |
| Namesake | Richard George Voge |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | November 25, 1966 |
| Decommissioning | 23rd August 1989 |
| home port | Newport Naval Base |
| Whereabouts | scrapped |
| 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 Voge (FF-1047) was a frigate of the Garcia class of the United States Navy . It was named after Rear Admiral Richard George Voge .
history
The keel laying of the Voge took place on November 21, 1963 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City (Michigan) . The launch took place on February 4, 1965, the ship was christened by Alice Voge Oetting, the widow of the namesake. She was then transferred to Boston Naval Shipyard for equipment , before being put into service on November 25, 1966, under the command of Commander William F. Keller. It served mainly as protection for convoys , in the fight against enemy submarines and in amphibious warfare .
During a dock stay for overhaul, she was reclassified as a frigate under the registration number FF-1047 on July 1, 1975, originally designed as a destroyer escort.
On August 28, 1976, the Voge was on patrol in the Ionian Sea near Greece when it collided with the Soviet Project 659 submarine K-22 and was badly damaged. The Voge was no longer manoeuvrable after the collision and had in a dry dock in the French Toulon be towed.
After decommissioning on August 23, 1989, the Voge was mothballed at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and finally sold for scrapping on July 25, 1995. However, since the buyer did not pay the agreed price, the property returned to the US Navy. It was finally sold to another scrapping company in Philadelphia on May 26, 2000 for $ 2,600,000 . The scrapping was completed on January 16, 2001.
Awards
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Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation -
Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation -
3x Navy "E" Ribbon -
Navy Expeditionary Medal -
National Defense Service Medal -
Humanitarian Service Ribbon -
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon -
Special Operations Service Ribbon with three service stars
Web links
- History of USS Voge (FF-1047) in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)
- Photos of the Voge, u. a. of the collision with the K-22 on August 28, 1976
- Playing Chicken of the Sea. " TIME Magazine , March 28, 1977, accessed March 29, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ^ FF 1047 - The Photos. (No longer available online.) Destroyersonline.com, archived from the original on March 28, 2010 ; Retrieved March 29, 2010 .
