- Construction
- Design and description
- Service history
- Awards, citations and campaign ribbons
- Notes
- References
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Knox-class frigate | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=3,243 tons (4,244 full load) | Ship tons burthen= | Ship length=438 ft (133.5 m) | Ship beam=46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) | Ship height= | Ship draught=24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) | Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*2 × CE 1200psi boilers- 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
- 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW)
| Ship sail plan= | 27|kn|mph km/h|0}} | 4500|nmi|km|-1}} @ {{convert|20|kn|mph km/h|0}} | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=18 officers, 267 enlisted | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors=*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
| Ship EW=AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System | Ship armament=*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 later replaced by one Phalanx CIWS
| Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft=one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | USS Francis Hammond (DE/FF-1067) is the ninth Knox-class frigate, named in honor of Hospitalman Francis Colton Hammond, a Medal of Honor recipient. Construction She was originally designed as a Knox-class ocean escort (DE-1067), and was built by Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California. The ship's keel was laid on 15 July 1967. She was launched on 11 May 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Phyllis Hammond Smith (widow of Hospitalman Hammond). The ship was commissioned at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California on 25 July 1970, with Commander John E. Elmore in command. Design and descriptionThe Knox class design was derived from the {{sclass-|Brooke|frigate}} modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an overall length of {{convert|438|ft|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|47|ft|m|1}} and a draft of {{convert|25|ft|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|4066|LT|t}} at full load. Their crew consisted of 13 officers and 211 enlisted men.[1] The ships were equipped with one Westinghouse geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce {{convert|35000|shp|lk=in}}, using steam provided by 2 C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}}. The Knox class had a range of {{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|20|kn}}.[2] The Knox-class ships were armed with a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward and a single 3"/50 caliber gun aft. They mounted an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the bridge. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin {{convert|12.75|in|adj=on}} Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships also had the 3-inch (76 mm) gun replaced by an eight-cell BPDMS missile launcher in the early 1970s.[3] Service historyAs part of the Navy's 1975 ship reclassification, Francis Hammond was reclassified as a frigate (FF-1067) on 30 June 1975. In December 1986, after the ship's company of Francis Hammond raised over $11,000 for Navy Relief (beating their goal of ten times the ship's hull number), permission was granted to temporarily add a dollar sign, a thousands separator, and an extra zero to the hull number painted on the side of the ship.[4] Decommissioned 2 July 1992 in Long Beach, California after twenty-one years and nine months in active commission and struck from the Navy Register on 11 January 1995. Francis Hammond was disposed of by scrapping 31 March 2003. {{clear left}} Awards, citations and campaign ribbons | Combat Action Ribbon | | Joint Meritorious Unit Award | | Navy Unit Commendation | | Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation | | Navy "E" Ribbon (4) | | Navy Expeditionary Medal | | number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} | National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze service star) | | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal | | number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} | Vietnam Service Medal (with two bronze service stars) | | number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991-2016).svg|width=60}} | Southwest Asia Service Medal (with two bronze service stars) | | Humanitarian Service Ribbon | | Sea Service Deployment Ribbon | | Vietnam Campaign Medal | | Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) | | Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) |
References : USS Francis Hammond on NavSource.org Notes1. ^Friedman, pp. 357–60, 425
2. ^Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598
3. ^Friedman, pp. 360–61; Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598
4. ^{{cite journal |date=December 1986 |title=Hammond adds a zero for Navy Relief |journal=All Hands |publisher=United States Navy |issue=837 |page=36 |url=http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198612.pdf |accessdate=12 September 2015}}
References - {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1982|isbn=0-87021-733-X}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|last3=Budzbon |first3=Przemysław|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-55750-132-7|lastauthoramp=y}}
External links - {{NVR url|id=FF1067|title=Naval Vessel Register FF1067}}
- NavSource Images
- http://ussfrancishammond.org/
- http://ussfrancishammond.com/
- Navysite.de
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