USS Stephen W. Groves
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For the John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, see USS Groves (DE-543).
USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29), twenty-first ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided missile frigates, was named for Ensign Stephen W. Groves (1917–1942), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at the Battle of Midway during World War II.
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USS Stephen W. Groves in the Atlantic Ocean in 2008 | |
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Name | Stephen W. Groves |
Namesake | Ensign Stephen W. Groves |
Awarded | 23 January 1978 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 16 September 1980 |
Launched | 4 April 1981 |
Commissioned | 17 April 1982 |
Decommissioned | 24 February 2012 |
Homeport | Mayport Naval Station |
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Nickname(s) | Stevie G |
Status | Being towed to Brownsville to be scrapped as of 5 November 2020 |
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Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
Draft | 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 | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
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