USS Francis Hammond

USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067)
History
United States
NameFrancis Hammond
NamesakeFrancis Hammond
Ordered22 July 1964
BuilderTodd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down15 July 1967
Launched11 May 1968
Acquired17 July 1970
Commissioned25 July 1970
Decommissioned2 July 1992
Stricken11 January 1995
MottoValor Honor
FateScrapped, 31 March 2003
General characteristics
Class & typeKnox-class frigate
Displacement3,243 tons (4,244 full load)
Length438 ft (133.5 m)
Beam46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)
Draft24 ft 9 in (7.5 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × CE 1,200 psi (8,274 kPa) boilers
  • 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
  • 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,099 kW)
Speedover 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors &
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
  • AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SQS-26 Sonar
  • AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system
  • Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare
& decoys		AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament
Aircraft carriedone SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Francis Hammond (DE/FF-1067) is the sixteenth Knox-class frigate, named in honor of Hospitalman Francis Colton Hammond, a Medal of Honor recipient.

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