| USS Julius A. Furer (FFG-6) | |
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| Career (US) |  |
| 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 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 General Electric geared turbine, 35,000 shp, 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 27.2 knots |
| Range: | 4,000 nautical miles |
| Complement: | 14 officers, 214 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-52 3D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar AN/SQS-26 bow mounted sonar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 AN/SLQ-25 Nixie |
| Armament: |
1x5"/38 caliber gun 1x Mk 22 RIM-24 Tartar/RIM-66 Standard missile launcher (16 missiles) 1x8 cell ASROC launcher 2x3 12.75 in (324mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes 2 x MK 37 torpedo tubes (fixed, stern, removed later) |
| 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.
Pakistan service
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For other ships of the same name, see PNS Badr.
Julius A. Furer was decommissioned on 31 January 1989, and leased to Pakistan as PNS Badr. She was 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.
Ship awardsEdit
- Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
- Navy Expeditionary Medal (2)
- National Defense Service Medal
- Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
- Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon[1]
ReferencesEdit
- 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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