Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
For other ships with the same name, see
USS Duncan
.
USS
Duncan
(FFG-10) comes about near San Diego, 1986.
|
History
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United States
|
Name
| Duncan
|
Namesake
| Vice Admiral
Donald B. Duncan
|
Ordered
| 27 February 1976
|
Builder
| Todd Pacific Shipyards
,
Seattle
, Washington
|
Laid down
| 29 April 1977
|
Launched
| 1 March 1978
|
Sponsored by
| Mrs. Aniela Mateja Duncan
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Commissioned
| 15 May 1980
|
Decommissioned
| 17 December 1994
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Stricken
| 5 January 1998
|
Homeport
| Long Beach, California
(former)
|
Identification
| |
Motto
|
- "Vigilant and Swift"
- "Virtus Velox"
|
Fate
| Disposed of through the
Security Assistance Program
(SAP)
|
Badge
| |
Turkey
|
Acquired
| 4 May 1999
|
Fate
| Cannibalized for spare parts, scuttled 2017
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General characteristics
|
Class and type
| Oliver Hazard Perry
-class
frigate
|
Displacement
| 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
|
Length
| 445 feet (136 m),
overall
|
Beam
| 45 feet (14 m)
|
Draught
| 22 feet (6.7 m)
|
Propulsion
| |
Speed
| over 29 knots (54 km/h)
|
Range
| 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
|
Complement
| 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus
SH-60
LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
|
Sensors and
processing systems
| |
Electronic warfare
& decoys
| AN/SLQ-32
|
Armament
| |
Aircraft carried
| 1 ×
SH-2F Seasprite
helicopter
|
The
USS
Duncan
(FFG-10)
was the fourth ship of the
Oliver Hazard Perry
-class
of guided-missile frigates, and was named for
Vice Admiral
Donald B. Duncan
(1896–1975). Ordered from
Todd Pacific
,
Seattle
, Washington on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY75 program,
Duncan
was laid down on 29 April 1977, launched on 1 March 1978, and commissioned on 15 May 1980.
History
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Duncan
, former
PF-111
, was sponsored by Mrs. Aniela Mateja Duncan, widow of the ship's namesake.
In December 1982,
Duncan
developed a 40 feet (12 m) fissure in her superstructure during a storm.
[1]
It was a class design deficiency that occurred on other frigates.
[2]
In January 1984,
Duncan
was transferred to the
United States Navy Reserve
Fleet and
Selected Reserve
(SELRES) members provided for a portion of the ship's manning.
[3]
Duncan
and her crew were awarded the
Battle Effectiveness Award
five times for 18-month time periods ranging from July 1981 to June 1983 and July 1986 to December 1990.
[4]
Duncan
participated in
Port of Hueneme
Harbor Days in October 1992.
[5]
In March 1993, sailors aboard
Duncan
rescued four fisherman from Ecuador who were stranded on their disabled fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean.
Duncan
towed their boat to safety in
Manta, Ecuador
.
[6]
Duncan
and her crew were nominated for the
Humanitarian Service Medal
in March 1993, but no unit award was given.
[4]
1992 Sitka port visit
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Duncan
participated in
Sitka, Alaska
's 125th anniversary
Alaska Day
celebration, 18 October 1992. The port visit became notorious following allegations of sexual misconduct with minors by crew members and the event's relative proximity to the
Tailhook scandal
and subsequent investigation.
[7]
After
Duncan
was decommissioned, the story re-appeared in national media in 1996, following investigative reporting by the
Dayton Daily News
'
Russell Carollo
, due to complaints that the Navy didn't adequately punish the sailors involved.
[8]
A
grand jury
in Sitka
indicted
two
Duncan
sailors on sexual assault charges,
[9]
but the cases were dismissed in January 1997 due to prosecutorial delay and the Judge's determination that the two had
already been tried
by the Navy. A 22-year-old Ensign had faced court martial, but pleaded down to a letter of reprimand. Later, he also received an
other than honorable discharge
. The second sailor, a 23-year-old enlisted man, also faced court martial, but his charges were dropped by the court's presiding officer.
[10]
Decommissioning
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Duncan
was decommissioned on 17 December 1994 and stricken on 5 January 1998,
Duncan
was sold to
Turkey
on 5 April 1999 for use as a parts
hulk
. She was the first
Perry
-class frigate to be decommissioned, in commission for just 14.6 years. At the time, the Soviet Union had recently collapsed and
Duncan
was one of the oldest, unmodified, short hulled frigates in the fleet. She lacked some of the options others in her class had been modified with. For example, as a short hull ship, she did not have SH-60 Seahawk capability and a RAST to haul down the helicopter and transport it into the hangar. She also lacked a
towed array sonar
(TACTAS) and the MK-92 COherent Receiver Transmitter (CORT) modification. On 4 October 2017, ex-
Duncan
was scuttled by the submarine TCG
Sakarya
on the
Black Sea
.
[11]
[12]
See also
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- Golcuk Naval Base
- location of several of the ex-USN
Oliver Hazard Perry
-class frigates in service with Turkey and one mast-less hulk, possibly ex-Duncan.
References
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This article includes information collected from the
Naval Vessel Register
, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the
public domain
. The entry can be found
here
.
- ^
Daniels, R.J (2004).
The End of an Era: The Memoirs of a Naval Constructor
. Penzance: Periscope Publishing Ltd. p. 219.
ISBN
978-1-904381-18-1
.
OCLC
56400391
.
- ^
Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Volume 131
. London: Royal Institution of Naval Architects. 1989. p. 90
. Retrieved
24 May
2014
.
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USS Duncan (FFG-10) Crew's Book
. 1984. p. 70.
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a
b
"Navy Unit Awards"
.
Navy Unit Awards
. Archived from
the original
on 14 October 2004
. Retrieved
24 May
2014
.
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Smith, Ed (3 October 1992). "Frigate gets red-carpet welcome from Port Hueneme".
Oxnard Press-Courier
.
Oxnard, California
.
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Warner, Gary A. (6 March 1993). "Naval Officer from OC leads rescue".
Orange County Register
.
Santa Ana, California
.
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"Sailors under investigation for misconduct with minors".
European Stars And Stripes
. 16 November 1992.
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Carollo, Russell
(16 October 1995). "Tailhook's shadow eclipsed sordid tale of Alaskan port call".
European Stars And Stripes
.
- ^
"Two ex-sailors charged in alleged '92 sexual assault".
European Stars And Stripes
. 10 March 1996.
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"Charges Dismissed in Navy, Sitka case".
Daily Sitka Sentinel
.
Sitka, Alaska
. 3 January 1997.
- ^
"Frigate Photo Index FFG-10 USS DUNCAN"
.
www.navsource.org
. Retrieved
21 October
2020
.
- ^
Yaylalı, Devrim (6 October 2017).
"The Sinking of Ex-USS Duncan"
. Retrieved
21 October
2020
.
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