The USS Hepburn (FF-1055) underway.jpg |
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| Career (US) | |
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| Ordered: | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1966 |
| Launched: | 25 March 1967 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Arthur J. Hepburn and Mrs. Lorraine Hepburn Barse |
| Acquired: | 27 June 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 3 July 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 December 1991 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1995 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target 4 June 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,238 tons (4,231 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (133.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi 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 later replaced by one Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
The USS Hepburn (FF-1055) was a United States Navy Knox class frigate named for Arthur Japy Hepburn. She was laid down 1 June 1966, by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; and launched 25 March 1967; sponsored by Mrs. Arthur J. Hepburn and Mrs. Lorraine Hepburn Barse. She was delivered 27 June 1969 and commissioned 3 July 1969. She was decommissioned December 20, 1991 and struck 11 January 1995. Hepburn was "disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise" (i.e., sunk as a target) on 4 June 2002.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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