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USS Elmer Montgomery (DE-1082)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Q - J - H
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Unit Commendation - CG Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row: Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star
Third Row: Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Fourth Row: CG Special Operations Service Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)


Class: Knox (As Built)      FY / SCB No.: 64/199C
Displacement: 3020 tons (std), 4065 tons (full)    Dimensions: 438'(oa), 415" (wl) x 46' 9" x 24' 9"
Armament: 1 x 5"/54 Mk 42, 1 ASROC Mk16 (16 missiles), 4-324mm Mk 32 (4x1 fixed) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 CE 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots    Range: 4,500 nm @ 20 knots    Crew: 13 / 211
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

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA on 23 January 1970
Launched 21 November 1970, Commissioned 30 October 1971
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1082) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned at NavSta Mayport FL 30 June 1993, Stricken 30 June 1993

Fate: Grant Aid To Turkey as parts hulk 13 December 1993

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Elmer Montgomery 133k 21 November 1970: Westwego LA - Just prior launching at Avondale Shipyard Craig Vance
Captain, USN
Elmer Montgomery 131k 21 November 1970: Westwego LA - Just after launching at Avondale Shipyard
Elmer Montgomery 175k 14 September 1971: the Gulf of Mexico - Taken while on Builder's Sea Trials. (Photo from the US Naval Photographic Center, Naval Station, Washington DC) Robert M. Cieri
Elmer Montgomery 129k circa 1973 Craig Vance
Captain, USN
Elmer Montgomery 153k 1974: Gulf Of Aden - Taken during operations with the French Navy (Official French Navy photo) James H. Hopper III
Commander, USN (ret.)
Elmer Montgomery 43k 1974: Macamedes, Angola (Photo © James H. Hopper)
Elmer Montgomery 158k 1975: taken off the Virginia Capes
Elmer Montgomery 111k sometime between 1974 & 1976: Montgomery launching a MK 44 or Mk 46 exercise torpedo from port-side fixed-train MK 32 torpedo tube. Taken between 1974 and 1976. (Photo © Craig Vance) Craig Vance
Captain, USN
Elmer Montgomery 92k 25 October 1980: Barcellona, Spain Fabio Peņa
Elmer Montgomery 97k 25 October 1980: Barcellona, Spain
Elmer Montgomery 88k 25 October 1980: Barcellona, Spain
Elmer Montgomery 114k sometime between 1981 & 1986: Approaching the Suez Canal. This photo shows configuration before hurricane bow and CIWS were installed. Craig Vance
Captain, USN
Elmer Montgomery 124k date / location unknown Wendell R. McLaughlin, Jr.
Elmer Montgomery 140k 7 May 1985: At sea off the Virginia Capes - A port view of the USS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-87-01946 from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Elmer Montgomery 120k 20 May 1986: At sea off the Virginia Capes - An elevated port bow view of Elmer Montgomery underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-87-01431 from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 126k January 1988: At sea - A port bow view of Elmer Montgomery firing its Mark 42 5-inch/54-caliber gun to port. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-88-03653 by Malcolm Muir, Phd, from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 110k 2 September 1988: At sea - A port bow view of Elmer Montgomery underway during exercise West Wind '88. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-89-02684 by PH3 Haley from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 164k 2 September 1988: At sea - Crew members observe from the port bridge wing as Elmer Montgomery participates in an underway replenishment during exercise West Wind '88. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-89-02701 by PHAN Myers from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 167k 2 September 1988: At sea - Crewmen aboard Elmer Montgomery stand by to receive a refueling hose from the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) while participating in an underway replenishment. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-89-02686 by PH3 Haley from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 104k 2 September 1988: At sea - The bow of Elmer Montgomery plows through heavy seas during exercise West Wind '88. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-89-02685 by PH3 Haley from the Defense Visual Information Center)
Elmer Montgomery 162k 5 September 1988: At sea - A port bow view of Elmer Montgomery as she comes alongside the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) during the allied forces exercise Team Work '88. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-90-03005 by PH3 Camerer, from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 137k 5 September 1988: At sea - A port bow view of Elmer Montgomery as she comes alongside Forrestal. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-90-03006 by PH3 Camerer from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 139k 5 September 1988: At sea - A port bow view of Elmer Montgomery coming alongside Forrestal. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-90-03007 by PH3 Camerer from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 137k 5 September 1988: At sea - Officers and crew watch from the superstructure of Elmer Montgomery as their ship comes alongside Forrestal during allied forces exercise Team Work '88. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-90-03004 by PH3 Camerer from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 112k 5 September 1988: At sea - Crewmen at an underway replenishment station aboard Elmer Montgomery haul in on a line as they make preparations to receive fuel. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-90-03010 by PH3 Camerer from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 185k 5 September 1988: At sea - Fuel lines trail in the water as they are passed from Forrestal to Elmer Montgomery. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-90-03008 by PH3 Camerer from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 168k 5 September 1988: At sea - A hose stretches from Forrestal to Elmer Montgomery as Montgomery takes on fuel from Forrestal. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-90-03009 by PH3 Camerer from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 123k January 1991: At sea - Flight deck crewmen watch as Elmer Montgomery steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-01987 by Lcdr Dave Parsons from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 109k 28 March 1991: NavSta Mayport FL - Sailors on the pier handle mooring lines as Elmer Montgomery docks in port. The ship is one of five vessels of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60) Battle Group that has just returned to Mayport following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-91-09977 by PH3 Bent from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 143k 28 March 1991: NavSta Mayport FL - Friends and family members gathered on the pier cheer the return of Elmer Montgomery. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-91-06952 by Julie Irwin from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 125k 28 March 1991: NavSta Mayport FL - Two girls wave flags as they stand in the crowd gathered to welcome Elmer Montgomery returning to Mayport after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-91-06951 by Julie Irwin from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 92k 28 March 1991: NavSta Mayport FL - Crew members aboard Elmer Montgomery look out from the railing upon the vessel's return to port along with four other ships of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) Battle Group. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-91-07726 by PH3 Lorrie Hughes-Smith from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 117k 28 March 1991: NavSta Mayport FL - Crew members aboard Elmer Montgomery look out from the railing upon the vessel's return to port. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-91-07724 by PH3 Lorrie Hughes-Smith from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 132k 28 March 1991: NavSta Mayport FL - Crew members aboard Elmer Montgomery wait for the accommodation ladder to be moved into place after tying up at the pier. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-91-06947 by Julie Irwin from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 218k 28 March 1991: NavSta Mayport FL - Family members and friends crowd onto the accommodation ladder to go aboard Elmer Montgomery. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-91-06941 by Julie Irwin from the DVIC)
Elmer Montgomery 98k 1991: Rounding the tip of South America - Returning from escorting Kitty Hawk around the Horn after her SLEP overhaul. Craig Vance
Captain, USN
Elmer Montgomery 96k January 1992: NavSta Mayport FL - Elmer Montgomery lies tied up to the pier at the naval station. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-92-04784 by OS2 John Bouvia from the DVIC) Navsource
Elmer Montgomery 122k October / November 1992: Shown on the left during her last underway period, Canadian Fleet Ops. HMCS Preserver (510) is in the center, USS Clark (FFG-11)(right). Craig Vance
Captain, USN

The USS Elmer Montgomery (DE-1082), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site is not available.

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

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Additional Resources

Article About Ships Namesake Submitted by Bill Salter
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
USS Elmer Montgomery Page on Destroyers Online
USS Elmer Montgomery Page on Military.Com
USS Elmer Montgomery Page on Navysite

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