| USS Vreeland DE/FF-1068 |
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| Builder |
Avondale Marine, Westwego, LA
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| Authorized |
July 22, 1964
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| Keel Laid Down |
March 20, 1968
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| Launch Date |
June 14, 1969
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| Delivery Date |
May 30, 1970
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| Commission Date |
June 13, 1970
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| Decommission Date |
June 30, 1992
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| Status |
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP),
transferred, Foreign Assistance Act
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| Fate |
Leased to Greece June 30, 1992, Renamed Makedonia F-458
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| U.S. Stricken Date |
January 11, 1995
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| Hellenic Navy Renewed Lease |
June 30, 1996
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| Hellenic Navy Decommission Date |
January, 1999
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| Sold |
February 9, 2001
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| General Dimensions |
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| Length |
438 feet as built, 441.3 feet with Hurricane Bulwark |
| Length @ Waterline |
415 feet |
| Extreme Beam |
46 feet 7 1/4" |
| Waterline Beam |
46 feet 7 1/4" |
| Draft |
14'9" from DWL (Design Water Line) @ keel, 24'9" @ sonar dome
15' under max load @ keel, 25' @ sonar dome
14'5" minimum operating conditions @ keel, 24'5" @ sonar dome |
| Full Displacement |
4,200 tons (full load)
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| Light Displacement |
3208 tons
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| Dead Weight |
981 tons
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| Hull Material |
Steel hull, aluminum superstructure
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Heights Above D.W.L. "Superstructure"
(D.W.L. 14'-9" Above Molded Base Line) |
| Top Most Point of Ship |
119 feet 1 1/2" |
| AS-936A/SPS-10 Platform |
101 feet 11 1/2" |
| Underside of Quadmast Platform |
92 feet 1 1/2" |
| AS-1138/SPS-40 Platform |
81 feet 4 1/2" |
| 06 Level |
@ Top of Billboard: 67 feet 1 1/2 " |
| 05 Level |
@ Top of Mack: 58 feet 1 1/2" |
| 04 Level |
In Uptake Space: 49 feet 1 1/2" |
| 03 Level |
@ Center Line FR 54 (Gun Director Platform): 44 feet 11 1/2" |
| 03 Level |
In Uptake Space: 40 feet 1 1/2"
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| 03 Level |
CIC High Hat: 37 feet 7 1/8"
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| 02 Level |
@ Center Line FR 45 1/2 (Pilot House): 34 feet 6 1/8"
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| 02 Level |
@ Center Line FR 110 (Top of Helicopter Hanger): (as built) 35 feet 10 1/2"
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| 01 Level |
@ Center Line FR 45 1/2 to FR 54 (Captain's Cabin/Lobby): 26 feet 6 1/8"
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| 01 Level |
@ Center Line FR 147 (Flight Deck): 23 feet 5 1/4"
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Heights Above Base Line "Hull"
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| Main Deck |
@ Bow Point: 38 feet 9" |
| Main Deck |
FR 79 (Mid Ship): 29 feet 4 1/2" |
| Main Deck |
@Stern Point: 30 feet 6" |
| Second Deck |
@ Bow Point: 25 feet 4" |
| Second Deck |
@ FR 67 (Mid Ship): 21 feet 8 1/2" |
| Second Deck |
@ Stern Point: 21 feet 0" |
| First Platform |
@ Bow Point: 15 feet 6" |
| First Platform |
FR 67 (Mid Ship): 12 feet 6" |
| First Platform |
FR147 (Landing Force Locker): 12 feet 9" |
| Aft Perpendicular |
13 feet 3" |
| Second Platform |
@ Bow Point: 5 feet 0" |
| Second Platform |
FR 41: 5 feet 0" |
| Second Platform |
FR 121(After Most Frame of Second Platform): 5 feet 3" |
| Sonar Transducer Room |
FR 10: 7 feet 9" Below Base Line |
| Propulsion |
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| Boilers |
2 Babcock & Wilcox 1,200 psi. |
| Turbine |
1 Westinghouse geared steam |
| Shafts |
1 Shaft: 35,000 SHP (Shaft Horse Power) |
| Endurance |
4,000 NM @ 22 knts on 1 boiler |
| Max Speed |
27 Knots |
| Bunkerage |
200,000 gallons |
| Weapons |
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| ASROC |
1 MK-16 eight cell ASROC (RUR-5A) launcher for 8 ASROC missiles |
| Harpoon |
Up to 8 RGM-84 Harpoon in place of ASROC missiles |
| Gun Mount |
1 FMC 5" 54 cal Mk-42 Mod-9 Dual-Purpose Gun Mount |
| SeaSparrow |
1 MK-25 BPDMS (Basic Point Defense Missile System) 8 cell NATO SeaSparrow Launcher (replaced by CIWS in 1984) |
| CIWS |
1 General Dynamics MK-15 20mm Phalanx M-61A1 Gatling Gun |
| Torpedoes |
2x Mk32 Twin 324mm torpedo tubes for 24 Mk46 Mod 5 |
Light AA |
4 X Browning .50 BMG machine guns |
| Fire Control |
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Gun Director |
Mk68 gunfire control system |
Sub Surface |
Mk114 underwater fire control system |
Missile Fire Control |
Mk115 Missile Fire Control System |
| Radar |
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Air Search |
AS-1138/SPS-40 |
Surface Search |
AS-936A/SPS-10 |
Gun Director |
SPG-53A radar used with Mk68 gunfire control system |
Weapon Direction |
Mk1 weapon direction system |
| Sonar |
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Bow Mounted |
AN/SQS-26CX Bow Mounted Sonar Dome |
Variable Depth Sonar |
AN/SQS-35 Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) |
Towed Array |
AN/SQR-18 Towed Array Sonar System (TACTAS) |
Sonar Signal Processor |
AN/SQR-17 Sonar Signal Processor Subsystem (SSPS) |
| Electronic Countermeasures |
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ECM |
AN/SLQ-32(V)2 ESM/ECM system |
ECM |
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie |
Chaff and Decoy Launching System |
MK 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Bloom Offboard Countermeasures) |
Omnidirectional Receiving Antenna |
AS-1174/SLR Triple Output Antenna |
Omnidirectional Receiving Antenna |
AS-1175/SLR |
| Aircraft |
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LAMPS |
Kaman SH-2F/G Seasprite LAMPS (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) |
| Personnel Boats |
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Captain's Gig |
26' Personnel Boat MK-2 |
Motor Whale Boat |
26' Motor Launch MK-5 |
| Anchors |
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Stockless |
8,000 lb Stockless Keel Anchor fitted centerline aft of sonar dome |
Danforth |
4,000 lb Lightweight Danforth Anchor fitted to the port side |
| Crew |
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Officers |
18 |
Enlisted |
267 |
Total |
285 |
