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U.S.S. ESTOCIN

(FFG-15)

COURAGE HONOR AND TENACITY

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USS ESTOCIN (FFG-15) - an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

In Commission 1981 to 2003

FFG-15 Deployments - Major Events

Add a FFG-15 Shellback Initiation Add a FFG-15 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR1979-Keel Date: 2 APR 1979
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
NOV1979-Launch Date: 3 NOV 1979
SEP1980-Shellback Initiation - 26 SEP 1980 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN1981-Commissioned: 10 JAN 1981
JUN1982-DEC1982Mediterranean
DEC1983-MAR1984EastPac SpecOps
FEB1984-FEB1984Shellback Initiation - Pacific Ocean
FEB1984-Shellback Initiation - 2 FEB 1984 - Pacific Ocean
FEB1984-FEB1984Shellback Initiation
OCT1984-APR1985Indian Ocean/ Persian Gulf
APR1988-NOV1989Caribbean
JUN1991-AUG1991Great Lakes
JAN1999-MAY1999Caribbean
AUG2000- Shellback Initiation - 15 AUG 2000 - Pacific Ocean
JAN2001-JAN2003Caribbean
JAN2001-Shellback Initiation - 5 JAN 2001 - Atlantic Ocean
APR2003-Decommissioned: 3 APR 2003

FFG-15 General Specifications

Complement: 15 Officers and 190 Enlisted

Displacement: 4100 tons

Length: 453 feet

Beam: 45 feet

Draft: 22 feet

Flank Speed: over 29 knots

Final Disposition: Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)