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DE-1055 USS HEPBURN

CLASS - KNOX As Built
Displacement, 3011 Tons Standard, 3877 Tons Full Load,
Dimensions, 439' 6" x 46' 9" x 15'; 24' 9" (sonar)
Armament, 1 - 5"/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod 9, 1 Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher
4-324mm US Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27 Knots, Range 4500 Nm@20 knts, Crew, 288 (17 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Todd Shipbuilding, San Pedro CA on 1 June 1966, Launched 25 March 1967
Commissioned 3 July 1969
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1055) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 20 December 1991.
Stricken 11 January 1995.
Fate: Sunk as Target - 4 June 2002
Location: 047°05' North 127° 17' West
Depth: 1452 Fathom

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Hepburn 110k Undated USN
Hepburn 88k Undated USN / Jerry Hays
Hepburn 76kb Hawaii 1972 Chuck Howshall
ET1 USN Ret.
Hepburn 46k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Hepburn 62k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Hepburn 54k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS HEPBURN DE-1055 History
Not available at this time
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


Note About Contacts.

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