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U.S.S. HAWES
(FFG-53)EVER READY EVER FEARLESS
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USS HAWES (FFG-53) - an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
In Commission 1985 to 2010FFG-53 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FFG-53 Shellback Initiation | Add a FFG-53 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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AUG | 1983 | - | Keel Date: 26 AUG 1983 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
FEB | 1984 | - | Launch Date: 18 FEB 1984 | ||
FEB | 1985 | - | Commissioned: 9 FEB 1985 | ||
MAY | 1987 | - | NOV | 1987 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
AUG | 1988 | - | OCT | 1988 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
DEC | 1988 | - | JUN | 1989 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
APR | 1990 | - | MAY | 1990 | Panama Canal |
DEC | 1990 | - | MAR | 1991 | Desert Storm |
MAR | 1993 | - | SEP | 1993 | North Atlantic |
AUG | 1995 | - | FEB | 1996 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1997 | - | MAR | 1997 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1998 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1998 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
APR | 2000 | - | DEC | 2000 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUN | 2000 | - | DEC | 2000 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUN | 2000 | - | DEC | 2000 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
OCT | 2000 | - | OCT | 2000 | OPERATION DETERMINED RESPONSE |
DEC | 2001 | - | MAY | 2002 | Operation Deep Freeze |
FEB | 2002 | - | FEB | 2002 | BALTIC SEA OPERATIONS |
DEC | 2002 | - | MAY | 2003 | Mediterranean |
DEC | 2002 | - | JUN | 2003 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 2005 | - | NOV | 2005 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 2007 | - | AUG | 2007 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
DEC | 2010 | - | Decommisioed - 10 DEC 2010 |
FFG-53 General Specifications
Class: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Named for: Rear Admiral Richard E. Hawes
Complement: 15 Officers and 190 Enlisted
Displacement: 4100 tons
Length: 453 feet
Beam: 45 feet
Flank Speed: over 29 knots
Range: 5 000 nautical miles