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U.S.S. RICHARD L. PAGE
(FFG-5)FIT TO FIGHT
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USS RICHARD L. PAGE (FFG-5) - a Brooke class frigate
In Commission 1967 to 1988FFG-5 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAN | 1965 | - | JAN | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1965 | - | Keel Date: 4 JAN 1965 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
| APR | 1966 | - | Launch Date: 4 APR 1966 | ||
| AUG | 1967 | - | Commissioned: 5 AUG 1967 | ||
| SEP | 1968 | - | FEB | 1969 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1970 | - | OCT | 1970 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| OCT | 1970 | - | JUL | 1971 | To Boston Naval Shipyard/ drydock |
| AUG | 1972 | - | FEB | 1975 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1975 | - | FEB | 1976 | Philly Naval Ship Yards - Dry Dock. Redesignated FFG-5 upon comp |
| OCT | 1976 | - | APR | 1977 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1977 | - | JUN | 1978 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1979 | - | JUL | 1979 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| MAR | 1982 | - | SEP | 1982 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| SEP | 1983 | - | APR | 1984 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| MAY | 1987 | - | NOV | 1987 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| SEP | 1988 | - | Decommissioned: 30 SEP 1988 | ||
FFG-5 General Specifications
Class: Brooke class frigate
Named for: Richard L. Page
Complement: 14 Officers and 214 Enlisted
Displacement: 3426 tons
Length: 414 feet
Beam: 44 feet
Flank Speed: 27 Knots
Range: 4 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration March 28 1994
USS RICHARD L. PAGE (FFG-5)
The guided missile escort Richard L. Page (DEG-5) was laid down on 4 January 1965 by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath Maine; launched 4 April 1966; sponsored by Miss Edmonia Lee Whittle and Mrs. Nannie Page Trinker granddaughters of Brigadier General Page; and commissioned at Boston on 5 August 1967 Comdr. Milton J. Schultz Jr. in command.
In mid-October 1967
Richard L. Page moved from Boston to her homeport
Newport
R.I.
then sailed south for shake-down exercises in the Caribbean. On 21 December she returned to Newport and
after post-shakedown availability began operations with CortRon 6. Into 1968 she operated in the western Atlantic
and
in the fall
she deployed to the Mediterranean for duty with the 6th Fleet. On that duty until 10 February 1969
she returned to Newport on the 18th and in March
resumed operations with the 2d Fleet. On 1 July 1969
she relieved Brumby (DE-1044) as flagship of DesDiv 122
then conducted exercises in the Caribbean.
Richard L. Page spent all of 1971 and the first eight months of 1972 in port at Newport and in operations along the east-coast of the United States and in the Caribbean. In mid-August 1972
she steamed out of Newport
R.I.
bound for an extended deployment with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. As of January 1974
she continues operations in the Mediterranean.
[Note: The above USS RICHARD L. PAGE (FFG-5) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS RICHARD L. PAGE (FFG-5) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]