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DEG-1 / FFG-1 USS BROOKE

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 SB Construction on December 19 1962.
Launched July 19 1963.
Commissioned March 12 1966.
Reclassified Frigate (FFG-1) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned September 16 1988.
To Pakistan February 1 1989, renamed Khaibar.
Fate Returned USN November 14 1993
Stricken January 2 1994.
Sold March 29 1994.

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Brooke 131k Unknown location/date. USN
Brooke 87k Unknown location/date. USN
Brooke 118k Nearly identical to the Garcia class frigates, except for the replacement of the aft 5"/38 gun with a Mk 22 missile launcher and radar improvements. USN
Brooke 76k ship's patch (DEG) Mike Smolinski
Brooke 77k ship's patch (FFG) Mike Smolinski

USS BROOKE FFG-1 History
View This Vessel's DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Steve Hunt - Secretary/Treasurer USS Brooke Assoc.
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: thehubbahubba@aol.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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