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USS Schofield FFG 3
Ships Characteristics

This photo was taken in 1970,
well before the hanger was modified.


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Lockheed Ship Building & Construction, Seattle, WA
April 15, 1963
December 7, 1963
May 11, 1968
Decommissioned September 9, 1988
2,640 tons standard
3,245 tons full load
390 feet (118.9 m)
414.5 feet (126.4 m)
44.5 feet (13.5 m)
24 feet (7.3 m)
2 Westinghouse steam turbines;35k shp;1 shaft
2 Foster Wheeler 1,200 psi
27 knots
4,000 miles at 20 knots
277 (17 officers, 260 enlisted)
1 SH-2F LAMPS 1 Seasprite
1 Mk 22 launcher for Tartar SM1 x 16
1 Mk 30 5" 38 cal, Dual Purpose
1 Mk 16 8-tube ASROC launcher
2 Mk 32 triple tube Torpedo launcher
AN/SPS-10F surface search
AN/SPS-52 A/D 3-D Air Search
AN/SQS-26AXR bow mounted
1 Mk 4 Weapon Direction System
1 Mk 56 Gun Fire Control System with Mk 35 radar
1 Mk 74 Missile Fire Control System
1 Mk 114 ASW Fire Control System
1 AN/SPG-51C radar

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