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USS Rathburne (DE 1057)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - V - U - V
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row: Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Third Row: National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal
Fourth Row: Humanitarian Service Ribbon - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Specifications:
Class: Knox
Type: SCB No. 199C / 1964
Number in Class: 46
Displacement: 3020 tons (std), 4065 tons (full)
Length: 415' (wl), 438' (oa)
Beam: 46' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 24' 9" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 Combustion Engineering 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 kts
Range: 4,500 nm @ 20 knots
Complement: 16 / 211
Missiles: 1 8-tube Mk25 Sea Sparrow BPDMS in DE 1052-1069, 1071-1083, 1 8-tube Mk29 NATO Sea Sparrow IPDMS in DE 1070, Harpoon missiles from modified ASROC launcher
Guns: 1 x 5"/54 cal. DP Mk 42 (600 rds)
ASW Weapons: 1 Mk16 ASROC launcher (16 missiles), 4-12.75" (324mm) Mk 32 (4x1 fixed) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos (6)
Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air), AN/SPS-58 threat warning in some ships
Sonars: AN/SQS-26CX, AN/SQS-35 IVDS in FF-1052, 1056, 1063-1071, 1073-1076, 1078-1097
Fire Control Systems: Mk68 Mod. 11/13/14 Gun FCS, Mk114 Mod 14/16 ASW FCS
Helicopter: 1 - SH-2 LAMPS Helicopter
Rathburne (DE 1057) Building and Operational Data:
  • 08 January 1968: Keel laid by the Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co., Seattle, Wash.
  • 02 May 1969: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Charles A. Bowsher, wife of Chas. Bowsher, Ass't Sec. of the Navy
  • 16 May 1970: Commissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., Comdr. R. B. Evans in command, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 25 (DesDiv 251) at Pearl Harbor
  • September 1974: Reassigned to Destroyer Squadron 33 at Pearl Harbor
  • 30 June 1975: Reclassified Frigate (FF 1057)
  • 14 February 1992: Decommissioned at Pearl Harbor Naval Station after 21 years and 9 months of service
  • 11 January 1995: Struck from the NVR
  • 05 July 2002: Sunk by various ordnance during Exercise RimPac 2002, Location: 022° 11' 42" N, 160° 13' 07" W; Depth: 2552 fathoms; Tonnage: 3001
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    Rathburne
    0602105719    		 347k 02 May 1969: Seattle, Wash. - The future USS Rathburne sliding down the building way after being christened. Note all the balloons on the right side of the photo. S. Dale Hargrave
    Newport News, Va.
    Rathburne
    0602105720    		 254k 14 April 1970: the Pacific Ocean - Three views of USS Rathburne (DE 1057) underway.

    (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 71262, NH 71263, and NH 71264 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Archive Manager
    DE / FF / LCS Archive
    Navsource
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    0602105721    		 350k
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    0602105722    		 339k
    Rathburne
    0602105716    		 86k 1971: Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - Bow view of Rathburne in drydock. Carl F. Breth
    IC3, USN
    Rathburne
    0602105717    		 159k 1971: Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - Stern view of Rathburne in drydock.
    Rathburne
    0602105718    		 131k 1971: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor - Rathburne moored and partially dressed.
    Rathburne
    0602105701    		 44k date / location unknown Tom Morgan
    Rathburne
    0602105702    		 243k undated: Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hi. - USS Rathburne (DE 1057) approaches the USS Arizona Memorial Brian Kroenung
    EWC(SW), USN
    Rathburne
    0602105723    		 594k 01 October 1974: the Pacific Ocean - USS Rathburne (DE 1057) underway off the coast of Hawaii.

    (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 107486 by PH3 D. J. Tyree from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Archive Manager
    DE / FF / LCS Archive
    Navsource
    Rathburne
    0602105704    		 125k 22 May 1982: At sea - BM2 Luis Gaytan pulls the king post line tight during a manila high-line transfer-at-sea. A Navy chaplain is being transferred from the frigate USS Whipple (FF 1062) to Rathburne.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-01396 from the DVIC)
    Rathburne
    0602105705    		 103k 22 May 1982: At sea - BMSN John Vieira (on ladder) hooks a cable to the king post block-and-tackle during a manila high-line transfer-at-sea. A Navy chaplain is being transferred from Whipple to Rathburne.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-01397 from the DVIC)
    Rathburne
    0602105706    		 121k 22 May 1982: At sea - Chaplain (Lt.) Gary Hill waits in the boatswain's chair for transfer from Whipple to Rathburne. The transfer-at-sea will be made using a manila high-line.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-01398 from the DVIC)
    Rathburne
    0602105707    		 136k 22 May 1982: At sea - A manila high-line carries Chaplain (Lt.) Gary Hill from Whipple to Rathburne during a transfer-at-sea.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-01399 from the DVIC)
    Rathburne
    0602105708    		 40k date / location unknown Michael Gormady
    (1973-1975)
    Rathburne
    0602105709)    		 121k 01 November 1989: Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hi. - The nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS Georgia (SSBN 729) and, directly behind it, the frigate Rathburne lies tied up at the naval station.
    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04504 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC )    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Archive Manager
    DE / FF / LCS Archive
    Navsource
    Rathburne
    0602105703)    		 164k 14 September 1990: At sea - A port bow view of Rathburne underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-11615 by PH3 D. Erickson from the Defense Visual Information Center)
    Rathburne
    0602105710    		 648k 01 June 1991: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hi. - A starboard bow view of Rathburne as it approaches the channel to enter Pearl Harbor.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-02845 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC)
    Rathburne
    0602105711    		 32k 05 July 2002: Rathburne's farewell, RimPac 2002 Sinkex. Peter Skoutas
    EN1(SW), USN
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    0602105712    		 101k
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    0602105713    		 113k
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    0602105714    		 76k
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    0602105715    		 26k
    Rathburne Memorabilia
    Ship's Plaque
    carved from wood
    Rathburne
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski    		 Ship in the Spotlight
    Navy Times © Mario DeMarco
    Rathburne
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski    		 Cruise Patch
    WestPac'85
    Rathburne
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski
    Rathburne History
    View the USS Rathburne (DE 1057) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Rathburne's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.)  16 May 1970 - 01 Mar. 1972Cmdr. Richard B. Evans
    2.)  01 Mar. 1972 - 19 Jun. 1973Cmdr. Ming E. Chang (OCS '56) (Shanghai, China / Fairfax, Va.) (ret. as Radm.)
    3.)  19 Jun. 1973 - 06 Dec. 1975Cmdr. Harold Berton Russell (USNA '58) (Santa Cruz, Cal.)
    4.)  06 Dec. 1975 - 03 Dec. 1977Cmdr. Leland E. Wood Jr. (NROTC '58)
    5.)  03 Dec. 1977 - 08 Feb. 1980Cmdr. Raymond Walter Addicott (Bellingham, Wash.)
    6.)  08 Feb. 1980 - 03 Feb. 1982Cmdr. Thomas Stephenson Althouse (USNA '62) (Ocean Gate, N.J.)
    7.)  03 Feb. 1982 - 11 Apr. 1982Cmdr. John Malcolm Schantz (USNA '63) (Washington, D.C.)
    8.)  11 Apr. 1982 - 17 May 1982Capt. Thomas Stephenson Althouse (USNA '62) (Ocean Gate, N.J.)
    9.)  17 May 1982 - 22 Jun. 1984Cmdr. Bernard D. Cole (Neptune, N.J.)
    10.) 22 Jun. 1984 - 05 Sep. 1986Cmdr. Thomas Mitchell Hutcheson Jr. (prior enl.) (Denison, Kan.)
    11.) 05 Sep. 1986 - 15 Jan. 1988Cmdr. Robert Vernon Coates Jr. (Providence, R.I.)
    12.) 15 Jan. 1988 - 15 Dec. 1989Cmdr. Stanley D. Guertin (USNA '72)
    13.) 15 Dec. 1989 - 13 Dec. 1991Cmdr. Ted S. Wide
    14.) 13 Dec. 1991 - 14 Feb. 1992Lcdr. Cedric Antonio Bradfield
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Last Known Reunion:
    September 2016 at Pensacola, Fla.
    Contact: Ray Schendel
    Address: 4606 Chapel Ridge Lane Apt. 4
    City/State: Council Bluffs IA 51501
    Phone: (712) 310-2505
    E-mail: rayschendal at yahoo.com
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