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USS Talbot (DEG 4)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - Z - W - D
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Valley Stream"


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - Navy Expeditionary Medal
Second Row: National Defense Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 1 star


"Determined"
Specifications:
Class: Brooke
Type: SCB No. 199B / 1962 - 1963
Number in Class: 6
Displacement: 2,620 tons (std), 3,400 tons (full)
Length: 390' 0" (wl), 414' 6" (oa)
Beam: 44' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 24' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 Foster Wheeler 1200-psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 kts
Range: 4,000 nm @ 20 knots
Complement: 17 / 219
Missiles: 1 single arm Mk22 Mod 0 launcher for Tartar / Standard-MR SAMs (16)
Guns: 1 - 5"/38 Mk30 Gun (1x1) (350 rounds)
ASW Weapons: 1 Mk16 ASROC launcher (1x8) (16 missiles), 6 - 12.75" (324mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2x3) / Mk 46 torpedos (18)
Radars: AN/SPS-10F (surface), AN/SPS-52 (3-D air)
Sonars: AN/SQS-26AX
Fire Control Systems: 1 - Mk56 Mod 43 Gun FCS, 1 - Mk74 Mod 2/6 missile FCS, 1 - AN/SPG-51C missile radar, 1 - Mk114 Mod 10/13 ASW FCS
Helicopter: 1 - SH-2 LAMPS Helicopter
Talbot (DEG 4) Building and Operational Data:
  • 24 May 1963: Building contract awarded to the Bath Iron Works Corp.
  • 4 May 1964: Keel laid at the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine
  • 6 January 1966: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Frances K. Talbot
  • 22 April 1967: Commissioned, Cmdr Edwin E. Woods Jr., in command, assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Cruiser-Destroyer Force at Newport, R.I.
  • 5 January 1974: Homeport assignment changed to Norfolk, Va.
  • 30 June 1975: Reclassified Frigate (FFG 4)
  • 30 September 1988: Decommissioned after 21 years and 5 months of service
  • 31 April 1989: Leased to Pakistan, renamed PNS Hunain (D-164)
  • 29 November 1993: Returned U.S. Navy custody at Singapore, struck from the NVR
  • 29 March 1994: Sold for scrapping to Trusha Investments Pte. Ltd. c/o Jacques Pierot, Jr. & Sons Inc., New York City, N.Y. for $601,650
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    Ramsey
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    10k Silas Talbot was born on 11 January 1751 in Dighton, Mass. and was commissioned a captain in the Continental Army on 01 July 1775. After participating in the siege of Boston and aiding in the transportation of troops to New York, he obtained command of a fireship and attempted to use it to set fire to the British warship Asia. The attempt failed, but the daring it displayed won him a promotion to major on 10 October 1777. After suffering a severe wound while fighting to defend Philadelphia, Talbot returned to active service in the summer of 1778 and fought in Rhode Island. As commander of Pigot and later of Argo, both under the Army, he cruised against Loyalist vessels that were harassing American trade between Long Island and Nantucket and made prisoners of many of them. Because of his success fighting afloat for the Army, Congress made him a captain in the Continental Navy on 17 September 1779. However, since Congress had no suitable warship to entrust to him, Talbot put to sea in command of the privateer General Washington. In it he took one prize, but soon thereafter ran into the British fleet off New York. After a chase, he struck his colors to Culloden, a 74-gun ship-of-the-line and remained a prisoner until exchanged for a British officer in December 1781. After the war, Talbot settled in Fulton County, N.Y. He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1792 and 1793 and served in the federal House of Representatives from 1793 to 1795. On 5 June 1794, President Washington chose him third in a list of six captains of the newly established United States Navy. Before the end of his term in Congress, he was ordered to superintend the construction of the frigate President at New York. He commanded the Santo Domingo Station in 1799 and 1800 and was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for protecting American commerce and for laying the foundation of a permanent trade with that country. Captain Talbot resigned from the Navy on 23 September 1801 and died at New York City on 30 June 1813.

    USS Talbot (DEG 4) was the third ship named Talbot, and the second ship named in his honor. Her predecessors were TB 15 (named for John Gunnel Talbot) (1898-1912) and DD 114 (1918-1945).
    Bill Gonyo
    Downey, Cal.
    Talbot
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    94k circa 1966 -1967 Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Talbot
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    94k circa 1966 -1967: The crew of USS Talbot (DEG 4) manning the rails, taken shortly after construction. Bill Kievit
    Talbot
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    86k 1967: USS Talbot (DEG 4) underway off Puerto Rico.

    (U.S. Navy photo #USN 1124862 from the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships")
    Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Talbot
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    304k 27 May 1969: Genoa, Italy - Talbot arriving at Genoa Harbor for a port visit. Carlo Martinelli
    Genoa, Italy
    Talbot
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    38k 1969: transitting the Kiel Canal, which links the North Sea to the Baltic Sea in Germany Scott Reed
    SM3 (FFG 4)
    East Liverpool, Oh.
    Talbot
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    44k 1969: transitting the Kiel Canal
    Talbot
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    115k date/location unknown: aerial view, underway at speed
    Talbot
    060100432
    81k An undated postcard view of Talbot as DEG 4.    (Postcard #D2218 © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, Va.; shown at 150% of original size)

    Caption reads: U.S.S. Talbot (DEG-4) Guided Missile Escort Ship Built by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, Commissioned 22 April 1967.
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.
    Talbot
    060100433
    216k 06 December 1974: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico - Talbot underway in the harbor at Roosevelt Roads.

    (U.S. Navy Photo, Naval Photographic Center, NPC #1160612 by PHAN Garmon)
    David Johnston
    DCC(SS/SW), USN
    Navy Operational
    Support Center
    Brunswick, Maine
    Talbot
    060100405
    393k 06 December 1974: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico - Aerial port side view of Talbot entering the harbor at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. This took place during testing of the Oto Melara 76MM gun. Talbot was being used as a test platform for the new gun, which was to be used on the FFG-7 class Frigates. The gun was heavily tested off Puerto Rico.

    (U.S. Navy National Archives photo #K-105799 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Archive Manager
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    Talbot
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    465k 26 August 1975: the Atlantic Ocean - Aerial starboard side view of Talbot underway in the Atlantic.

    (U.S. Navy National Archives photo #K-110104 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
    Talbot
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    78k circa July 1978: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Post-yard period refresher training Walter Bengtson
    Talbot  141k   Talbot  128k   Talbot  98k   Talbot 138k

    1983: Philadelphia, Pa. - An four view series of USS Talbot (FFG 4) in drydock at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

    (Photos by  Scott Reed)
    Scott Reed
    SM3 (FFG 4)
    East Liverpool, Oh.
    Talbot
    06010043
    229k 01 January 1984: At sea - A bow on view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01503 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the Defense Visual Information Center)
    Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
    Archive Manager
    Talbot
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    136k 01 January 1984: At sea - A starboard quarter view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01508 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the Defense Visual Information Center)
    Talbot
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    151k 01 January 1984: At sea - An aerial view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01509 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    166k 01 January 1984: At sea - A bow view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01510 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    193k 01 January 1984: At sea - A port bow view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01511 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    137k 01 January 1984: At sea - A port bow view of Talbot underway during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01512 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    293k 01 January 1984: At sea - A starboard bow view of the guided missile frigate Talbot (FFG 4) underway during the multinational naval Exercise UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01513 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
    060100412
    122k 01 January 1984: At sea - Talbot approaching a port during the multinational naval Exercise UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01514 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    512k 01 January 1984: At sea - A port quarter view of the guided missile frigate Talbot underway off the coast of Peru.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01516 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    145k 01 January 1984: At sea - A port view of Talbot underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01517 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    137k 01 January 1984: At sea - A port view of Talbot underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01518 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
    060100415
    177k 01 January 1984: at sea - A port quarter view of the Chilean tanker Araucano (AO-53) as it refuels the Talbot during Operation Unitas XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-85-08237 by PHC Mitchell, from the DVIC)
    Talbot
    060100416
    266k 01 January 1984: at sea - A port bow view of the Talbot executing a high speed turn during the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01519 by PHC Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
    060100417
    386k 01 January 1984: at sea - A port quarter view of the Talbot executing a high speed turn during the multinational naval exercise Unitas XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01520 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the DVIC)
    Talbot
    060100418
    111k 14 June 1984: Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico - The large harbor tug Houma (YTB-811) maneuvers Talbot into port.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01502 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the DVIC)
    Talbot
    060100419
    169k 14 June 1984: Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico - Talbot, the destroyer USS Thorn (DD 988), the Peruvian submarine Pisagua (S-33), and the patrol combatant hydrofoils USS Hercules (PHM 2), and USS Aries (PHM 5), are docked at a pier during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01479 by PH2 Paul Erickson from the DVIC)
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    203k
    Talbot
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    659k 03 July 1984: Rio de Janiero, Brazil - A starboard view of the guided missile frigate USS Talbot with crew members manning the rails as the ship arrives in port during the 25th anniversary of UNITAS, an annual, multinational naval exercise. Sugarloaf Mountain is in the background.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-05547 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    89k 09 July 1984: Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal - Two nuns watch as Talbot passes through locks along the Panama Canal.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01504 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
    060100422
    102k 09 July 1984: Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal - Talbot is towed through the Miraflores Locks past the administration building during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01506 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    105k 09 July 1984: Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal - Talbot is towed through the Miraflores Locks past the administration building.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01507 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    191k 09 July 1984: Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal - Tractors tow Talbot and the Colombian submarine Pijao (S 28) through the Miraflores Locks along the Panama Canal.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01505 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
    060100425
    217k 14 July 1984: At sea - A port quarter view of as Talbot underway off the coast of Peru during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01516 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    159k 14 July 1984: At sea - A starboard quarter view of as Talbot underway off the coast of Peru during UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-01515 by PHC Terry C. Mitchell from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    492k 01 September 1984: at sea - An aerial starboard beam view of the Talbot underway.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-00448 from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    222k 01 September 1984: at sea - Machinist's Mate Fireman Howard S. Dugan works on a valve aboard the Brooke class guided missile frigate Talbot.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-00449 from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    357k 01 September 1984: at sea - Hull Maintenance Technician First Class Rohan Knight is presented an award on the fantail of the Brooke class guided missile frigate USS Talbot (FFG 4) by the commanding officer, Commander Tom H. Reynolds Jr.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-00450 from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    64k 23 September 1984: at sea - A target drone is launched from the stern of the Talbot, off the coast of Chile, during the joint U.S./South American Exercise UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-85-08735 by PH2 Don Koralawski from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    163k 23 September 1984: at sea - Ecuadorian sea cadets tour Talbot during the joint US/South American Exercise UNITAS XXV.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-85-08731 from the DVIC)
    Talbot
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    293k 31 May 1989: Charleston, S.C. - Pakistani officers and crew of the guided missile frigate PNS Siqqat salute Rear Admiral Bryon E. Tobin, Base Commander, as he comes on board for an official inspection. The ship, ex-USS Talbot (FFG 4), has just been transferred from the United States to Pakistan.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-09579 by PH3 Peter Dunn from the DVIC)

    Talbot Memorabilia
    Ship's
    Emblem
    Talbot
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski
    Ship's
    Plaque
    Talbot
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski
    Ship's
    Plaque
    Talbot
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski
    1984 UNITAS
    Cruise Patch
    Talbot
    Courtesy of
    Tommy Trampp
    Navy Times Ship in the Spotlight
    © Mario DeMarco
    Talbot
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski

    Talbot History
    View the USS Talbot (DEG 4) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

    Talbot's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.)   22 Apr. 1967 - 09 Aug. 1968Cmdr. Edward Elmore Woods Jr.
    2.)   09 Aug. 1968 - 03 Jan. 1970Cmdr. Don Edward Crawley (OCS '51) (Purcell, Okla.)
    3.)   03 Jan. 1970 - 24 Sep. 1971Cmdr. Richard Dennis Heenan (OCS ‘51) (Flushing, Mich.)
    4.)   24 Sep. 1971 - 21 Feb. 1973Cmdr. Paul Lasalle Merwin
    5.)   21 Feb. 1973 - 29 Aug. 1974Cmdr. Alfred Henry Spruell Jr.
    6.)   29 Aug. 1974 - 10 May 1976Cmdr. Nicholas (Nick) Brown (USNA ‘56) (Providence, R.I.)
    7.)   10 May 1976 - 02 Jun. 1978Cmdr. John Erich Liebmann (Greene County, N.Y.)
    8.)   02 Jun. 1978 - 28 Jun. 1980Cmdr. Albert Parren Johnson (USNA ‘60) (Lookout Mountain, Tenn.)
    9.)   28 Jun. 1980 - 06 Aug. 1982Cmdr. Thomas E. Morin
    10.) 06 Aug. 1982 - 18 Oct. 1984Cmdr. Kenneth Michael Castellano
    11.) 18 Oct. 1984 - 04 Dec. 1986Cmdr. Tom Hunter Reynolds Jr. (USNA ‘66) (Dundee, Ill.)
    12.) 04 Dec. 1986 - 01 Sep. 1988Cmdr. James Patrick Euliss II
    13.) 01 Sep. 1988 - 30 Sep. 1988Cmdr. Leonard Walter Wildemann III

    Crew Contact And Reunion Information

    Available at Talbot Website
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    USS Talbot on Facebook (the early years)
    Tin Can Sailors
    The U.S. Navy Memorial
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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    The Destroyer History Foundation
    USS Talbot Page on Military.Com
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