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U.S.S. JACK WILLIAMS

(FFG-24)

GAURDEZ BEIN

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USS JACK WILLIAMS (FFG-24) - an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

In Commission 1981 to 1996

FFG-24 Deployments - Major Events

Add a FFG-24 Shellback Initiation Add a FFG-24 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB1980-Keel Date: 25 FEB 1980
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
AUG1980-Launch Date: 30 AUG 1980
SEP1981-Commissioned: 19 SEP 1981
APR1983-NOV1983Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
AUG1983-OCT1983Beirut Blocade
JAN1984-MAR1984Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
OCT1984-JAN1985Panama Canal
JAN1985-JAN1988Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
APR1985-DEC1985West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
OCT1985-MAY1986Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
DEC1985-Shellback Initiation - 13 DEC 1985 - Indian Ocean
JAN1988-JUL1988Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
APR1988-SEP1988Operation Praying Mantis
JUL1989-JAN1990Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
MAY1992-NOV1992Mediterranean
AUG1994-SEP1994The 1994 Cuban Balseros Crisis aug 1994 feeding 802 survivors
JAN1996-Shellback Initiation - 2 JAN 1996 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1996-Decommissioned: 13 SEP 1996

FFG-24 General Specifications

Class: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

Complement: 15 Officers and 190 Enlisted

Displacement: 4100 tons

Length: 453 feet

Beam: 45 feet

Draft: 22 feet

Range: 5 000 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Transferred to Bahrain 1996