USS Moinester (FF-1097)
_underway.jpg) USS Moinester (FF-1097) | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Moinester (FF-1097) |
| Namesake: | LTJG Robert William Moinester |
| Ordered: | 25 August 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Yard number: | 1165 |
| Laid down: | 25 August 1972 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1973 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Gertrude Mahoney Moinester, mother of namesake |
| Acquired: | 17 October 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 2 November 1974 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 July 1994 |
| Motto: |
Mare est vita Mea The Sea is My Life |
| Fate: | Transferred to Egypt, 28 June 1994 |
| Career (Egypt) |  |
| Name: | Rasheed (F966) |
| Leased: | 28 June 1994 |
| Purchased: | 25 March 1998 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2007[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,011 tons (3,877 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 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 |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Moinester (FF-1097) was a Knox-class frigate. It was propelled by one Westinghouse steam turbine with a total of 35,000 shp. It was decommissioned and sold to the Egyptian Navy and the Moinester became the Egyptian frigate Rasheed (F966). As of 2007, Rasheed remained active in the Egyptian Navy.[1]
The ship was named for LTJG Robert William Moinester. He posthumously received the Silver Star for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as Officer-in-Charge of the Huế Ramp, Huế Detachment, Naval Support Activity in connection with military operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. On the morning of 31 January 1968."[2] Moinester was christened by Mrs. Gertrude Mahoney Moinester, the mother of the ship's namesake and ship sponsor.[3]
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Egypt". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.
- ↑ "Robert William Moinester". Militarytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
- ↑ Maritime Reporter. June 1973. Missing or empty
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References
External links
- USS Moinester (DE 1097)
- Naval Vessel Registry - FF1097
- Navsource images
- A Sailor's Homepage: http://FF1097.dancom.com; alt: http://www,dancom.com/ff1097
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