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USS Sample (DE 1048)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - J - O - M
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Edgarville"
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Second Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Third Row: Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 stars - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
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
Sample (DE 1048) Building and Operational Data:
  • 19 July 1963: Keel laid at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co, Seattle, Wa.
  • 28 April 1964: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. David M. Abshire, daughter of Rear Admiral Sample
  • 23 March 1968: Commissioned, Cdr Ronald T. Kelly in command, assigned to DesRon 29 at Long Beach, Cal.
  • October 1968: reassigned to DesRon 25 (DesDiv 252) at Pearl Harbor, Hi.
  • 30 June 1975: Reclassified Frigate (FF 1048)
  • 23 September 1988: Decommissioned
  • 15 April 1989: Leased to Brazil, renamed NAe Parana (D-29)
  • 24 January 2001: Sold to Brazil (auctioned for scrap in November 2004 to Arusha Shipping, Ltd. of Monrovia, Liberia. Towed to Alang, India and scrapped)
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    By And/Or Copyright
    Sample 101k date / location unknown -
    Sample 101k date / location unknown Bill Gonyo
    Sample 66k 1972 Tom Sparkman
    Sample 307k 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial bow view of the oiler USS Mispillion (AO 105), center, providing underway replenishment to the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG 16), right, and Sample. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02668 from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
    Sample 199k 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial starboard view of, from front to back: Sample, the oiler USS Mispillion (AO 105) and the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG 16) underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02652 from the DVIC)
    Sample 169k 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial starboard view of, from front to back: Sample, the oiler USS Mispillion (AO 105) and the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG 16) underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02659 from the DVIC)
    Sample 139k 1 October 1981: San Francisco Bay CA - A starboard beam view of Sample underway during Fleet Week activities. Visible in the background are the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco skyline. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-01915 by PH3 Curt Fargo from the DVIC)
    Sample 155k 1 October 1981: San Francisco Bay CA - A starboard beam view of Sample underway during Fleet Week activities. Visible in the background are the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco skyline. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-01916 by PH3 Curt Fargo from the DVIC)
    Sample 197k 14 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-04683 by PH2 D. Smith from DVIC) Jerry Hays
    Sample 98k 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial bow view of the battleship USS New Jersey (BB 62) (right) and Sample. The ships are part of a task group underway off the coast of California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08976 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) Navsource
    Sample 111k 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial starboard bow view of the battleship USS New Jersey (BB 62) (right) and Sample. The ships are part of a task group underway off the coast of California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08983 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC)
    Sample 148k 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08996 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC)
    Sample 157k 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port beam view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08997 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC)
    Sample 142k 1 July 1986: At sea - Aerial port beam view of Sample underway during a midshipman’s summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03034 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC)
    Sample 116k 1 July 1986: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway during a midshipman’s summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03037 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC)
    **Davidson/Sample** 62k 1 July 1986: At sea - A starboard view of Davidson and USS Sample (FF 1048) underway during a midshipmen's summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03057 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC)
    Sample 98k 1987: at Pearl Harbor (Photo © Russell Crosby) Russell Crosby
    Sample 129k July 1987: Pearl Harbor HI - A nice port bow view taken by Bob Cieri at Pearl Harbor. Robert M. Cieri
    Sample 73k 1997: location unknown - Brazilian Navy photo Artemio B. Rosa Jr
    Sample 61k date / location unknown - Brazilian Navy photo Robert Hurst
    Sample 169k 25 November 2005: Alang, India - Parana (ex-USS Sample DE/FF 1048), lying off the shipbreakers area at Alang (Photo ©Zahan) -
    View the USS Sample (DE 1048), DANFS history entry
    located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
    Sample's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    23 March 1968 - 21 August 1969      Cmdr. Ronald Thomas Kelly
    21 August 1969 - 16 July 1971   Cmdr. William Thomas Marin
    16 July 1971 - 29 January 1973   Cmdr. Clarence Edwin Fend Jr.
    29 January 1973 - 24 July 1974   Cmdr. William Clifford Carlson (later became Radm.)
    24 July 1974 - 23 July 1976   Cmdr. Ronald Lloyd Johnson
    23 July 1976 - 29 September 1978   Cmdr. Michael David Bickel
    29 September 1978 - 13 October 1980   Cmdr. James L. Boydston
    13 October 1980 - 08 October 1982   Cmdr. Thomas Lee Taylor
    08 October 1982 - 11 January 1985   Capt. Walter Richard Heinecke
    11 January 1985 - 25 February 1987   Cmdr. Bo Gottfrid Lindfors
    25 February 1987 - 23 September 1988   Cmdr. Carl C. Hill III
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    None
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