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USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row: Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Third Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 stars
Fourth Row: Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 star - Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star - Humanitarian Service Ribbon w/ 1 star
Fifth Row: Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
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
Harold E. Holt (DE 1074) Building and Operational Data:
  • 22 July 1964: Building contract awarded to Todd Shipyard Corp.
  • 11 May 1968: Keel laid by the Todd shipyard Corp., Los Angeles Div., San Pedro, Cal.
  • 3 May 1969: Launched
  • 26 March 1971: Commissioned at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Cmdr. John P. Leahy in command
  • 15 May 1975: Took part in the SS Mayaguez rescue operation
  • 30 June 1975: Reclassified Frigate (FF 1074)
  • 2 July 1992: Decommissioned at Naval Station Pearl Harbor after 21.3 years of service
  • 11 January 1995: Struck from the NVR
  • 10 July 2002: Sunk as a target by various ordnance during Exercise RimPac 2002 at Location: 023° 02' N, 160° 04' W, Depth: 2560 fathoms, Tonnage: 3011
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    H.E. Holt 6k Harold Edward Holt (5 August 1908 - presumed dead 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician who became the 17th Prime Minister of Australia in 1966. His term as Prime Minister dramatically ended in December of the following year when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea and was presumed drowned. Holt spent 32 years in Parliament, including many years as a senior Cabinet Minister, but was Prime Minister for only 22 months. This necessarily limited his personal and political impact, especially when compared to his immediate predecessor Robert Menzies, who was PM for a total of 18 years.

    Today, Holt is mainly remembered for the sensational circumstances of his death, for his controversial role in expanding Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War and for his famous (or infamous) "All the way with LBJ" quote. In the opinion of his biographer Tom Frame, this has tended to obscure the many achievements of Holt's long and distinguished political career.

    USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074) (1971-1992) was the first ship named in his honor, she was also the first American warship to bear the name of a foreign head of state.

    (Photo and complete biography at Wikipedia)    		 Navsource
    H.E. Holt 418k 17 April 1975: An at-sea view of USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074). Ed Zajkowski
    H.E. Holt 80k 15 May 1975: An aerial surveillance photo of USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074) pulls alongside the SS Mayaguez to allow the boarding party to board. (U.S. Air Force Photo) Robert Hurst
    H.E. Holt 47k May 1975: Overhead pic of the USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074) towing away the American cargo ship Mayaguez, after its capture from the Khmer Rouge by a boarding party of Marines, following the attack on Koh Tang Island.
    H.E. Holt 39k 15 May 1975: Harold E. Holt tows the SS Mayaguez away from Koh Tang Island, Cambodia. (Photo from the Marine Corps Historical Collection)
    **Roark / Holt** 233k 15 June 1982: NavSta, Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I. - An aerial view of the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility. Berthed at the shipyard are the Knox-class frigates USS Roark (FF 1053) and Harold E. Holt. Moored alongside them is the guided missile frigate USS Brooke (FFG 1). (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-06232 by PH1 David McLean from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
    H.E.Holt 155k 2 July 1986: Honolulu, Hi. - A port bow view of Harold E. Holt in port. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-08679 by PH2 Lancaster from the DVIC)
    H.E. Holt 94k circa 1991 / location unknown (All Three Photos © David W. Threlkeld) David W. Threlkeld
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    ***Duncan/Holt*** 179k 31 May 1996: Pearl Harbor, Hi. - Port quarter view of the decommissioned guided missile frigate Duncan moored with other reserve ships at the Ships Intermediate Maintenance Facility (SIMF) in the middle loch at Pearl Harbor. To the right are the Knox class frigates Harold Holt (FF 1074), Whipple (FF 1062) and one unidentified unit. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-97-01130 by Don S. Mongomery, USN (ret.), from the DVIC) Navsource
    H.E. Holt 29k 10 July 2002: RimPac 2002 Sinkex, Harold E. Holt's final farewell Peter Skoutas
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    Holt Memorabilia
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    The USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site is not presently available.
    Harold E. Holt's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.)  26 Mar 1971 - 18 Feb 1972Cmdr. John Patrick Leahy
    2.)  18 Feb 1972 -17 Sep 1973Cmdr. Charles William Cullen
    3.)  17 Sep 1973 - 17 Sep 1975Cmdr. Robert A. Peterson
    4.)  17 Sep 1975 - 09 Jul 1977Cmdr. Thomas Francis Howley
    5.)  09 Jul 1977 - 30 Oct 1979Cmdr. Norman Alfred Mayo
    6.)  0 Oct 1979 - 21 Oct 1981Cmdr. Donn Valentine Parent
    7.)  21 Oct 1981 - 08 Jul 1983Capt. Marvin Joseph Weniger
    8.)  08 Jul 1983 - 16 Jun 1985Capt. Jerry Robert Bailey
    9.)  16 Jun 1985 - 01 Oct 1987Cmdr. William C. Keller
    10.) 01 Oct 1987 - 25 Aug 1989Cmdr. Arthur Gregory Teves
    11.) 25 Aug 1989 - 28 Jul 1991Cmdr. Robert Kevin (Doc) Blanchard
    12.) 28 Jul 1991 - 02 Jul 1992Cmdr. Leo Joseph Quilici II
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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    Tin Can Sailors Shipmate Registry - USS Harold E. Holt
    USS Page on Destroyers Online
    USS Harold E. Holt Page on Military.Com
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