USS Julius A. Furer (FFG-6)

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USS Julius A. Furer (FFG-6)
History
United States
Name: USS Julius A. Furer
Namesake: Julius A. Furer
Ordered: 24 May 1963
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid down: 12 July 1965
Launched: 22 July 1966
Acquired: 3 November 1967
Commissioned: 11 November 1967
Decommissioned: 31 January 1989
Struck: 2 February 1994
Fate: Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994
General characteristics
Class & type: Brooke-class frigate
Displacement: 3,426 tons full
Length: 414 ft (126 m)
Beam: 44 ft (13 m)
Draft: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 27.2 knots (50.4 km/h; 31.3 mph)
Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)
Complement: 14 officers, 214 crew
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:
Aircraft carried: SH-2 Seasprite

USS Julius A. Furer (FFG-6) was a Brooke-class frigate in the United States Navy.

Julius A. Furer was launched 22 July 1966 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; and sponsored by Mrs. Julius A. Furer, widow of Rear Admiral Julius A. Furer. She was commissioned on 11 November 1967.

Fate

Julius A. Furer was decommissioned in 31 January 1989, struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 2 February 1994, and disposed of by Navy title transfer to the United States Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994.

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