USS Julius A. Furer (FFG-6)
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| Name: | USS Julius A. Furer |
| Namesake: | Julius A. Furer |
| Ordered: | 24 May 1963 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 12 July 1965 |
| Launched: | 22 July 1966 |
| Acquired: | 3 November 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 11 November 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 January 1989 |
| Struck: | 2 February 1994 |
| Fate: | Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994 |
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| Class & type: | Brooke-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,426 tons full |
| Length: | 414 ft (126 m) |
| Beam: | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
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| Speed: | 27.2 knots (50.4 km/h; 31.3 mph) |
| Range: | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 214 crew |
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| Aircraft carried: | SH-2 Seasprite |
USS Julius A. Furer (FFG-6) was a Brooke-class frigate in the United States Navy.
Julius A. Furer was launched 22 July 1966 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; and sponsored by Mrs. Julius A. Furer, widow of Rear Admiral Julius A. Furer. She was commissioned on 11 November 1967.
Fate
Julius A. Furer was decommissioned on 31 January 1989, struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 February 1994, and disposed of by Navy title transfer to the United States Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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