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Ship's patch
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USS Duncan (FFG 10)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - D - B - D
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Navy E Ribbon /5 - National Defense Service Medal


Class: Oliver Hazard Perry As Built (Short Hull)
Displacement: 2750 tons (std), 3605 tons (full)    Dimensions: 445' (oa) x 45' x 14' 9"; 24' 6" (sonar)
Armament: 1 OTO Melara 3"/62 cal. Mk 75, 1 Vulcan Phalanx CIS, 4-.50 cal. MGs,1 Mk 13 Mod 4 launcher,
4 SSM McDonnell-Douglas Harpoon missiles, 36 GDC-Pomona Standard SM-1MR missiles,
6-324mm Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes / Mk 46 torpedoes, 2 hangars / 1 SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS MkI helo
Machinery: 2 GE LM 2500 gas turbine engines; 41,000 shp; 1 shaft, cp propeller, 325 hp retractable propeller pods
Speed: 29 Knots    Crew: 13/206 (includes 19 air detachment)
Radars: AN/SPS-55 (surface), AN/SPS-49 (air)
Sonars: AN/SQS-56, AN/SQR-19 TACTAS (towed array)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Todd Pacific Shipyard, Seattle WA on 29 April 1977
Launched 1 March 1978, Commissioned 15 May 1980
Assigned to Naval Reserve Force, Long Beach CA, 21 January 1984
Decommissioned 17 December 1994, Stricken 5 January 1998

Fate: Sold to Turkey, 4 May 1999, for cannibalization of spare parts.

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Duncan 248k Admiral Donald B. Duncan, the namesake of FFG 10, was one of the principal architects of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.

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Robert M. Cieri
Duncan 270k 14 March 1980: Seattle WA - A port beam view of the Australian frigate Adelaide (F-01) at 80 percent completion. The guided missile frigate USS Duncan (FFG 10) is alongside the Adelaide. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-02727 by Todd-Pacific Shipyard, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 160k 15 April 1980: A starboard bow view of Duncan as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. conducts sea trials. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-83-11595 by Todd Shipyard Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center) Bill Gonyo
Duncan 145k 15 April 1980: A starboard bow view of Duncan as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. conducts sea trials. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-83-11599 by Todd Shipyard Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center) Bill Gonyo
Duncan 72 June 1982: Hobart, Tasmania - Taken at the wharves. Nick Jansen
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Duncan 66 June 1982: same as previous Nick Jansen
Duncan 62 June 1982: same as previous Nick Jansen
Duncan 45 June 1982: same as previous Nick Jansen
Duncan 61 June 1982: same as previous Nick Jansen
Duncan 295k 16 October 1984: at sea - An aerial port bow view of the replenishment oiler USS Wabash (AOR 5) conducting an underway replenishment of Duncan. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-01957 by PH3 O'Sullivan, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 192k 16 October 1984: at sea - A starboard bow view of the replenishment oiler USS Wabash (AOR 5) (center) conducting an underway replenishment of Duncan. The Australian frigate HMAS Darwin (F-04) is underway on the right. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-01956 by PH3 O'Sullivan, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 133k 1 October 1986: at sea off San Diego - A starboard bow view of Duncan. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-08644 by PH1 Paul Pappas, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 159k 1 October 1986: at sea off San Diego - A port beam view of Duncan. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-08642 by PH1 Paul Pappas, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 212k 1 October 1986: at sea off San Diego - A port beam view of Duncan. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-08641 by PH1 Paul Pappas, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 175k January 1987: at sea - exact date unknown, An aerial view of the US Navy Cimarron Class Oiler USS Willamette (AO 180) (center) as she services Duncan, during an Underway Replenishment at sea as the Knox Class Frigate USS Gray (FF 1054) follows in trail. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-05-06680, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 267k January 1987: at sea - exact date unknown, An aerial bow view of the Willamette and Duncan as they prepare for an Underway Replenishment at sea. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-05-06674, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Wadsworth 256k 1 July 1988: NavSta Pearl Harbor HI - Four US Navy guided missile frigates are moored side by side in the harbor during Exercise RimPac '88. They include, from left: the guided missile frigates USS Duncan (FFG 10), the USS Mahlon S.Tisdale (FFG 27), the USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG 23) and Wadsworth. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-91-12038) by PH1 Terry Cosgrove, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 112k 1 July 1988: at sea, off Hawaii - A starboard beam view of Duncan underway during Exercise RimPac '88. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-91-12044, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 122k 29 September 1989: at sea - A port view of Duncan underway during PACEX '89. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-09733 by JO1 Lancaster, from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Duncan 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 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 Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource

Duncan Memorabilia
Ship's Plaque

Duncan

Courtesy of
Mike Smolinski
Welcome Aboard
Pamphlet (Circa 1989)
Clifton Sprague

Courtesy of
Robert M. Cieri

Change of Command
Pamphlet (1989)
Clifton Sprague

Courtesy of
Robert M. Cieri

EOOW patch

Courtesy of
Mike Smolinski

USS Duncan FFG 10 History
Note: History is unavailable at this time
This class of ship was built too late to be covered by the DANFS project

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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