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DE-1082 USS ELMER MONTGOMERY

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 Avondale Marine, Avondale LA. on January 23 1970.
Launched November 21 1970.
Commissioned October 30 1971.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1082) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned June 30 1993.
Stricken June 30 1993.
Fate To Turkey as parts hulk December 13 1993.

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Elmer Montgomery 141k Off Virginia Capes, 1975. USN / CDR. James H. Hopper III USN-RET.
Elmer Montgomery 138k Operations With The French Navy, Guld Of Aden, 1974. Official French Navy Photo
CDR. James H. Hopper III USN-RET.
Elmer Montgomery 25k Macamedes, Angola, 1974. © CDR. James H. Hopper III USN-RET.
Elmer Montgomery 198k On deployment sometime between 1981 and 1988. Approaching the Suez Canal. This photo shows configuration before hurricane bow and CIWS were installed. Capt Craig Vance USN.
Elmer Montgomery 286k Rounding the tip of South America in 1991. Returning from escorting Kitty Hawk around the Horn after her SLEP overhaul. Capt Craig Vance USN.
Elmer Montgomery 237k Just before launching on November 21 1970. Capt Craig Vance USN.
Elmer Montgomery 243k Just after launching on November 21 1970. Capt Craig Vance USN.
Elmer Montgomery 260k Shown on the left during her last underway period. Canadian Fleet Ops. in Oct/Nov 1992. Center, HMCS Preserver 510. Far right, USS Clark FFG-11. Capt Craig Vance USN.
Elmer Montgomery 265k Circa 1973. Capt Craig Vance USN.
Elmer Montgomery 174k Montgomery launching a MK 46 or Mk 44 exercise torpedo from port-side fixed-train MK 32 torpedo tube. Taken between 1974 and 1976. © Capt Craig Vance USN.
Elmer Montgomery 83k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Elmer Montgomery 72k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS ELMER MONTGOMERY DE-1082 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

Contact Name: Bill Salter
Address: 23218 Palomar Place, Land o' Lakes, FL 34639
Phone: (813) 908-1100 (work), (813) 996-2194 (home)
E-mail: wsalter@techtransfer.com


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

Article About Ships Namesake Submitted by Bill Salter


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