USS McClusky (FFG-41)
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.jpg) USS McClusky (FFG-41) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Namesake: | Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro |
| Laid down: | 18 October 1981 |
| Launched: | 18 September 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1983 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base San Diego |
| Motto: | Persistent, Courageous, Victorious |
| Nickname: | Mighty Mac |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
| Length: | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Draught: | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azipods for maneuvering and docking. |
| 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: |
AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar. |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: |
As built:
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
USS McClusky (FFG-41), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976). In the Battle of Midway, then-Lieutenant Commander McClusky led USS Enterprise's air group, which sank the Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi.
McClusky was laid down on 18 October 1981 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, Ca.; launched on 18 September 1982; and commissioned on 10 December 1983 in Long Beach, California, Commander Lynch in command.
[edit] Important Events
- 1983 — 10 December, Lieutenant Donald R. Calloway becomes the ship's first Supply Officer.
- 1986 — Involved in the patrolling of Taiwan International Waters during Chinese large scale exercises in region.
- 1991 — Changed homeports to Yokosuka, Japan; assisted in Operation Fiery Vigil, the evacuation of civilians from the Philippines during eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
- 1992 — The ship visited Vladivostok, Russia, the first ship to do so after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
- 1996 — After three Persian Gulf Deployments, 15 Bilateral exercises and over 40 port visits, McClusky departs Yokosuka for homeport shift back to San Diego.
- 2000 — First Counter Narcotics Ops — numerous busts and drug seizures
- 2002 — Counter Drug Ops, and Rescue of Richard Van Pham, Shift ISIC from Destroyer Squadron 7 (DesRon 7) to DesRon 1.
- 2003 — INSURV and Battle “E” Winner — Counter Drug OPS
As of 2011, McClusky is commanded by Commander Darren Glaser.
[edit] References
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.
[edit] External links
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