USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089)
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_off_Maine.jpg/300px-USS_Jesse_L._Brown_(FF-1089)_off_Maine.jpg) USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089) |
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| Career (US) |   |
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| Ordered: | August 25, 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | April 8, 1971 |
| Launched: | March 18, 1972 |
| Acquired: | December 8, 1972 |
| Commissioned: | February 17, 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | July 27, 1994 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Motto: | Versatility Valor Victory |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, to Egypt as Domyat (Damietta) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,201 tons (4,182 tons full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.2 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament: | one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Jesse L. Brown (DE/FF/FFT-1089) was a Knox-class frigate of the US Navy. She was named for Jesse L. Brown, the first African-American naval aviator in the US Navy. Mrs. Gilbert W. Thorne, Ship's Sponsor. This ship was eventually decommissioned and sold to the Egyptian Navy and was renamed the Damyat.
Jesse L. Brown, a 3963-ton Knox-class escort ship built at Westwego, Louisiana, was commissioned in February 1973. In July 1975, she was reclassified as a frigate and designated FF-1089. Her career was spent with the Atlantic Fleet, and included several deployments to the Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf and northern European waters. Jesse L. Brown also participated in two joint operations with Latin American Navies, UNITAS XX in 1979 and UNITAS XXX a decade later. During the later 1980s and early 1990s, she engaged in counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean area.
Jesse L. Brown was transferred to the Naval Reserve in January 1992, and was redesignated FFT-1089. Based in Mobile, Alabama, after October 1992, she was actively involved in training reservists while participating in operations in the western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico area. In 1993, she transited the Panama Canal and paid a visit to Ecuador. Jesse L. Brown was decommissioned in July 1994 and transferred to the Egyptian Navy, in which she serves as Damietta (F-961).
[edit] Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
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Joint Meritorious Unit Award (with two bronze oak leaf clusters) |
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Navy Unit Commendation (with one bronze service star) |
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Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation |
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Navy "E" Ribbon (3) |
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Navy Expeditionary Medal (with one bronze service star) |
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National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze service star) |
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Sea Service Deployment Ribbon |
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Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon |
References : USS Jesse L. Brown on NavSource.org
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