USS Brooke (FFG-1) was the lead ship of her class of guided missile frigates in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1988. She was named for John Mercer Brooke. As of 2021, no other ship in the United States Navy has been named Brooke.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Brooke |
| Namesake | John Mercer Brooke |
| Ordered | 4 January 1962 |
| Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down | 19 December 1962 |
| Launched | 19 July 1963 |
| Acquired | 7 March 1966 |
| Commissioned | 12 March 1966 |
| Decommissioned | 16 September 1988 |
| Stricken | 2 January 1994 |
| Motto | Prima et Optima (English: First and Finest) |
| Fate | Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Brooke-class frigate |
| Displacement | 5,400 tons |
| Length | 390 ft (120 m) |
| Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine |
| Speed | 27.2 knots (50.4 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) |
| Complement | 14 officers, 214 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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| Aircraft carried | SH-2 Seasprite |
Laid down on 19 December 1962 by Lockheed Ship Building, Brooke was launched on 19 July 1963 and commissioned on 12 March 1966. Originally designated DEG-1, she was redesignated FFG-1 in 1975. She served in the Pacific Fleet and was homeported in San Diego, California.
Pakistan service
editFollowing decommissioning in 1988, she was transferred to Pakistan on 1 February 1989. Renamed Khaibar, she was returned to the United States on 14 November 1993 and sold for scrap on 29 March 1994.
Ship awards
editReferences
edit 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.