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AGDE-1 / FF-1098 / AGFF-1
USS GLOVER

CLASS - GLOVER As Built
Displacement, 2643 Tons Standard, 3426 Tons Full Load
Dimensions, 414' 6" x 42' 3" x 14' 6"; 24' (sonar)
Armament, 1 x 5"/38 (twin) Mk 30, Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher
6-324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27 knots, Range 4500 nm@20 knots, Crew, 235 (18 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME on 29 July 1963, Launched 17 April 1965
Commissioned as AGDE-1, 13 November 1965
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1098) on 1 October 1979
Reclassified to Sonar Trials Ship (AGFF-1) on 15 June 1990, and transferred to Military Sealift Command
Decommissioned 28 August 1992
Stricken 20 November 1992
Fate: Sold for scrapping 15 April 1994, to N.R. Acquisitions of New York City for $80,743.79.
Actually scrapped in Wilmington NC starting on 8 November 1995

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Glover 15k Undated USN
Glover 141k Underway off New London, CT. circa 1970. Vin Morgan, Lt(jg)/USN. CIC Officer, then OPS Officer.
Glover 57k Ship's Patch Mike Smolinski
Glover 47k Ship's Patch Mike Smolinski
Glover 43k Ship's Patch Mike Smolinski

USS GLOVER DE-1098 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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


Note About Contacts.

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