USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) underway |
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| Career (United States Navy) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt |
| Ordered: | July 22, 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards - Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | May 11, 1968 |
| Launched: | May 3, 1969 |
| Commissioned: | March 26, 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | July 2, 1992 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Fate: | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, RIMPAC 2002, July 10, 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,225 long tons (3,277 t) (4,218 long tons (4,286 t) full load) |
| Length: | 438 feet (133.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46 feet 9 inch (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 feet 9 inch (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| 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 Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy named after the Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt.
Harold E. Holt was built by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division in San Pedro, California, laid down May 11, 1968, launched May 3, 1969 and delivered March 19, 1971. Harold E. Holt was commissioned March 26, 1971, decommissioned July 2, 1992 and struck January 11, 1995. The ex-Harold E. Holt hulk was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2002.
Although not scheduled for deployment so soon after commissioning, Harold E. Holt was sent to the Gulf of Tonkin on short notice soon after the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive began in the spring of 1972. During deployment, she served as PIRAZ escort and provided gunfire support near Quang Tri. She came under fire from shore batteries several times and sustained two mine hits without serious damage. She returned to Long Beach in late November, 1972, and was later awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation for this deployment.
In May 1975, Harold E. Holt was involved in the Mayaguez incident. During the recapture of the Mayaguez, Marines crossing from Harold E. Holt conducted the first hostile ship-to-ship boarding by the U.S. Navy since 1826.
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