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DEG-3 / FFG-3 USS SCHOFIELD

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 Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co.,
on April 15 1963.
Launched December 7 1963.
Commissioned May 11 1968.
Reclassified Frigate (FFG-3) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned September 8 1988.
Stricken January 25 1992.
Fate Sunk as a target, November 2 1999.
Location: 036-16'00.7" North, 120-48'00.0" West.
Depth: 1954 fathoms. Tonnage: 2500.

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Schofield 117k Unknown location/date. USN.
Schofield 120k Unknown location/date. USN.
Schofield 47k ship's patch (DEG) Mike Smolinski
Schofield 80k ship's patch (FFG) Mike Smolinski

USS SCHOFIELD FFG-3 History
NOTE: Not available at this time.
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name:TOM GILLESPIE
Address:37 ELIZABETH AVE
CRANFORD NJ 07016-2419
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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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