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DEG-6 / FFG-6 USS JULIUS A. FURER

CLASS - BROOKE As Built
Displacement, 2643 Tons Standard, 3426 Tons Full Load,
Dimensions, 415' x 44' x 14' 6"; 24' (sonar)
Armament, 1 - 5"/38 (single) Mk 56, 1 ASROC octuple launcher,
1 Tartar/Standard MR single Mk 22 launcher,
6-324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes.
Machinery, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27.2 Knots, Range 4000 NM @20 Knots, Crew, 214 (14 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath ME on 4 January 1965, Launched 4 April 1966
Commissioned 5 August 1967
Reclassified Frigate (FFG-6) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 30 September 1988
To Pakistan 31 March 1989, renamed Tabuk.
Fate Returned USN, and stricken 12 January 1994
Sold 29 March 1994

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Julius A. Furer 127k Unknown location/date. USN.
Julius A. Furer 119k Unknown location/date. USN.
Julius A. Furer 72k Entering Valletta Harbor, Malta 20 April 70 Tom Sirignano IC3 (69-71)
Julius A. Furer 37k Moored pier Quebec, Charleston, SC. Nov or Dec 1979. Walter Bengtson.
Julius A. Furer 50k ship's patch (DEG) Mike Smolinski
Julius A. Furer 51k ship's patch (FFG) Mike Smolinski

USS JULIUS A. FURER FFG-6 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information


Contact Name: Edmund Smith, OS2, Aboard 75-79
Address: Address: P.O. Box 67, Powder Springs, GA 30127
Phone: 800-922-6645
E-mail: Ed@martech-group.com


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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