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	USS Stein underway, March 1987
History
US
Ordered	July 22, 1964
Builder	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	1 June, 1970
Launched	19 December, 1970
Acquired	30 December, 1971
Commissioned	8 January, 1972
Decommissioned	19 March, 1992
Stricken	11 January 1995
Motto	Indomitable
Fate	Sold to Mexico
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,226 tons (4,207 full load)
Length	438 ft (133.5 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.6 m)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × CE 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW)
Speed	over 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	list error: <br /> list (help); 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	list error: <br /> list (help); one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles; one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun; Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers); one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

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The third USS Stein (DE-1065) was a Knox-class destroyer escort, later redesignated as a frigate (FF-1065) in the United States Navy.

The USS Stein was named after Tony Stein, the first Marine (of 22) to receive the [Medal of Honor] for action in the Battle of Iwo Jima

Stein was laid down on 1 June 1970 at Seattle, Washington, by Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co.; launched on 19 December 1970; sponsored by Mrs. Rose S. Parks; and commissioned on 8 January 1972, Comdr. Nepier V. Smith in command.

Stein was decommissioned on 19 March 1992 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995. She was subsequently sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed the Armada República Mexicana Ignacio Allende, abbreviated ARM Allende (F-211). [1]

History

The ocean escort spent another eight weeks at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and completed fitting-out. She conducted trials, then got underway in early March and arrived at her home port, San Diego, on the 17th. Two weeks later, she headed south along the coast of Mexico and South America on her shakedown cruise. Stein returned to San Diego in May and, late the following month, commenced post-shakedown repairs and modifications at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. On 8 December, she completed yard work and began intensive preparations for her first deployment to the western Pacific.

She departed San Diego Bay in mid-April 1973 and stopped at Midway and Guam, before entering Subic Bay in the Philippines on May 19th. She operated with the 7th Fleet until the end of August, when she cleared the area for a visit to Australia and New Zealand before returing to the west coast. Stein called at Manus Island; Townville, Australia; and Auckland, New Zealand, in September and returned to Australia, at Sydney, in October. On her way back to the United States, the escort ship stopped off at Suva, Pago Pago, and Pearl Harbor before reaching San Diego on 1 November.

She remained in port there until June 1974, when she got underway for a series of special operations. Stein then operated out of San Diego until mid-August. After a short period in port, she departed again on another special operation. This one, however, ended at Cubi Point on Subic Bay in the Philippines and began her second tour of duty with the 7th Fleet. She worked out of Subic Bay until late October when she sailed on a voyage that carried her to Singapore, and thence into the Indian Ocean. In November, she visited Karachi and returned to Singapore, where she was in December 1974.

She is noteworthy as a U.S. Navy vessel that has apparently been attacked by an unknown species of giant squid. In 1978, the "NOFOUL" rubber coating of her AN/SQS-26 SONAR dome was damaged by multiple cuts over 8 percent of the dome surface. Nearly all of the cuts contained remnants of sharp, curved claws found on the rims of suction cups of some squid tentacles. The claws were much larger than those of any squid that had been discovered at that time.^[1]

Cruises

1987 World Cruise

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

^ Johnson, C. Scott "Sea Creatures and the Problem of Equipment Damage" United States Naval Institute Proceedings August 1978 pp.106-107

External links

[proceedings-1] Johnson, C. Scott "Sea Creatures and the Problem of Equipment Damage" United States Naval Institute Proceedings August 1978 pp.106-107

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 The third '''USS ''Stein'' (DE-1065)''' was a [[Knox class frigate|''Knox''-class]] [[destroyer escort]], later redesignated as a [[frigate]] (FF-1065) in the [[United States Navy]].
-The ''USS Stein'' was named after [[Tony Stein]], the first Marine (of 22) to receive the Medal of Honor for action in the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]]
+The ''USS Stein'' was named after [[Tony Stein]], the first Marine (of 22) to receive the [Medal of Honor] for action in the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]]
 ''Stein'' was laid down on [[1 June]] [[1970]] at [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], by Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co.; launched on [[19 December]] [[1970]]; sponsored by Mrs. Rose S. Parks; and commissioned on [[8 January]] [[1972]], Comdr. Nepier V. Smith in command.