USS Jack Williams
United States Navy frigate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24), sixteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jack Williams, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) on 1 March 1983 | |
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Name | Jack Williams |
Namesake | U.S. Navy Pharmacist Mate, Jack Williams |
Ordered | 28 February 1977 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 25 February 1980 |
Launched | 30 August 1980 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Fern Williams Carr, sister of PhM3c Williams |
Commissioned | 19 September 1981 |
Decommissioned | 13 September 1996 |
Stricken | 13 September 1996 |
Homeport | Mayport, Florida |
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Nickname(s) | The Arky |
Fate | Transferred to Bahrain as RBNS Sabha, 1996 |
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Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length | 445 feet (136 m), overall |
Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
Draught | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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Speed | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I |
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