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USS Voge (DE1047)


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Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Armor Glass"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ 1 star - CG Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ 1 star
Second Row: Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3) - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row: Humanitarian Service Ribbon - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 3 stars - CG Special Operations Service Ribbon w/ 3 stars


Specifications:
Class: Garcia
Type: SCB No. 199A / 1961 - 1963
Number in Class: 10
Displacement: 2,620 tons (std), 3,400 tons (full)
Length: 390' 0" (wl), 414' 6" (oa)
Beam: 44' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 24' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 Foster Wheeler 1200-psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 kts
Range: 4,000 nm @ 20 knots
Complement: 13 / 234
Guns: 2 - 5"/38 Mk30 Gun (2x1) (350 rounds)
ASW Weapons: 1 - Mk16 ASROC launcher (1x8) (16 missiles), 6 - 12.75" (324mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2x3) / Mk 46 torpedos (18)
Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air)
Sonars: AN/SQS-26AXR in DE 1040 - 1045, AN/SQS-26BX in DE 1047 - 1051
Fire Control Systems: Mk56 Mod 43 Gun FCS, Mk114 Mod 8/11 ASW FCS
Helicopter: 1 - SH-2 LAMPS Helicopter
Voge (DE1047) Building and Operational Data:
  • 21 November 1963: Keel laid at the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mi.
  • 4 February 1965: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Alice Voge Oetting, widow of Rear Admiral Voge
  • 25 November 1966: Commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Cdr William F. Keller in command, assigned to CortRon 6, homeported at Newport, R.I.
  • 16 August 1973: homeport changed to Mayport, Fla.
  • 30 June 1975: Reclassified Frigate (FF1047)
  • 23 September 1989: Decommissioned
  • 15 December 1992: Stricken
  • 25 July 1995: Sold for scrapping, later repossessed by the Navy from the scrapper
  • 26 May 2000: Scrapping contract awarded to the Metro Machine Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. for $2,600,000.00. The contract was completed on 16 January 2001.
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    Voge 51k date / location unknown Robert Hurst
    J.A. Furer 202k undated: Newport, R.I. - Postcard view of Pier 1. USS Julius A. Furer and Voge are alongside USS Yosemite (AD19). USS Dealey (DE1006), USS Cromwell (DE1014), and USS Compton (DD705) are behind them nested alongside another tender. (Photo © The John Twomey Distributing Co., Newport, R.I.) Mike Smolinski
    Voge 78k 12 June 1970: in the N. Atlantic (Photo © Richard Leonhardt) Richard Leonhardt
    Voge 6293k 1972 movie, one minute. Shows USS Voge (DE1047) moving up from lifeguard station to refuel from USS Nantahala (AO60), after USS Edward McDonnell's breakaway. My ship, the USS Intrepid (CV11) was on port side of Nantahala, so my vantage point was excellent. We had pretty heavy seas that day, she took some hefty white water over the bow ....exciting footage. Jim Converse,
    former Lt.(jg),
    USS Intrepid (CVS11)
    Voge 112k 20 November 1986: At sea - A aerial port quarter view of Voge underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-87-01420 from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
    Voge 144k 12 August 1988: At sea - A port beam view of Voge underway with the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV67) battle group. The ship, which is part of Task Group 24.2, is in the 18-ship formation that is transiting the North Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-01279 by PH2 William Lipski from the DVIC)
    Voge 155k 1 September 1988: At sea - A starboard quarter view of Voge conducting a high-speed evasive maneuver while operating with the USS John F. Kennedy (CV67) battle group. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-02073 by JO1 Millie Tamberg from the DVIC)
    Voge 129k 8 November 1988: Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy - A view of ship's composing the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV67) battle group tied up alongside each other. They are, left to right: Voge, the frigate USS McCandless (FF1084), the destroyer tender USS Yellowstone (AD41), the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Bainbridge (CGN25) and the guided missile frigate USS McInerney (FFG8). (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-02109 by JO1 Millie Tamberg from the DVIC)
    ***Edward McDonnell / Voge*** 100k date unknown: Philadelphia PA - Voge outboard, and Edward McDonnell (FF1043) sharing a berth just ahead of the heavy cruiser Des Moines (CA134) at the Inactive Ship Facility in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. (from the authors collection, photo taken from Warship Boneyards by Kit and Carolyn Bonner) Robert Hurst

    View the USS Voge (DE1047) DANFS history entry
    located on the U.S. Naval Historical Center web site.

    Voge's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    25 November 1966 - 24 April 1968      Cmdr. William F. Keller
    24 April 1968 - 28 November 1969   Cmdr. Francis B. Shemanski
    28 November 1969 -16 April 1971   Cmdr. Floyd H. (Hoss) Miller (later became Radm.)
    16 April 1971 - 25 August 1972   Cmdr. Henry Clayton Atwood Jr.
    25 August 1972 - 18 March 1974   Cmdr. Manuel A. Hallier
    18 March 1974 - 09 January 1976   Cmdr. P. Y. Jackson Jr.
    09 January 1976 - 06 July 1977   Cmdr. R. W. Ortengren Jr.
    06 July 1977 - 24 July 1980   Cmdr. Gordon E. Scott
    24 July 1980 - 01 October 1982   Cmdr. William Robert Parchen
    01 October 1982 - 23 February 1985   Cmdr. Thomas Anthony Barry
    23 February 1985 - 25 March 1987   Cmdr. P. N. Johnson
    25 March 1987 - 01 August 1989   Cmdr. J. D. Barton

    Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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    Additional Resources

    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
    USS Voge Page on Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry
    USS Voge Page on Military.Com
    USS Voge Page on Military.Com
    USS Voge Page on Navysite

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