Brooke-class frigate
{{Short description|US Navy frigate class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:USS Brooke (FFG-1) underway off San Clemente Island on 17 January 1988 (6640000).jpg | Ship caption = USS Brooke (FFG-1) }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Brooke class | Builders = Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, U.S. | Operators = *{{naval|United States}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Garcia|frigate|4}} | Class after = *{{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
| Subclasses = | Built range = 1962–1968 | In commission range = 1966–1989 | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 19 | Total ships completed = 6 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 6 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Guided missile frigate | Ship displacement = *2,640 tons std
| Ship length = *{{convert|390|ft|abbr=on|2}} (pp)
| Ship beam = {{convert|44|ft|2.875|in|m|abbr=on|2}} | Ship draft = *{{convert|14|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on|2}} (keel, full load)
| Ship propulsion = 2 Foster Wheeler boilers, 1 GE (1-3) or Westinghouse (4-6) geared turbine, {{convert|35000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}, 1 screw | Ship speed = {{convert|27.2|kn}} | Ship range = {{convert|4000|nmi}} | Ship complement = 14 officers, 214 crew | Ship sensors = *AN/SPS-52 3D air search radar
| Ship EW = AN/SLQ-32 | Ship armament = *1 × 5-inch/38-caliber gun
| Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 SH-2 Seasprite | Ship notes = }} |
The Brooke class was a United States Navy frigate class based on the design of the {{sclass|Garcia|frigate|4}}, but with the addition of the Tartar Guided Missile System. The first unit was commissioned in 1966 and the final sixth unit was decommissioned in 1989.
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Description
Brooke-class ships were nearly identical to the Garcia class, except the second 5-inch/38 caliber gun was replaced with a Mk.22 single arm missile launcher and the requisite Mk.74 Guided Missile Fire Control System to control it. Air search capabilities were provided by the AN/SPS-52 three dimension air search radar, which displaced the two dimension AN/SPS-40 carried on the Garcia class.
FFG-1 through FFG-3 had a Westinghouse geared steam turbine while FFG-4 through FFG-6 employed a General Electric turbine. All ships had two Foster Wheeler boilers. FFG-4 through FFG-6 had an angled base of the bridge structure behind the ASROC launcher for automatic reloading, displacing the loading crane carried on previous ships.
The Brooke class originally carried the DASH drone, but were later equipped with LAMPS SH-2 Seasprite after the hangar was enlarged.{{cite book|last=Moore |first=John |title=Janes American Fighting Ships of the 20th Century |pages=185 |publisher=Mallard Press |date=1991 |isbn=0-7924-5626-2}}
{{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} systems were evaluated on {{USS|Talbot|FFG-4|2}} including the 76 mm Mk.75 gun, the AN/SQS-56 sonar and other systems.{{cite web|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ffg-1.htm |title=FFG-1 Brooke |last=Pike |first=John |accessdate=4 June 2015}}
Initially classified as guided missile destroyer escorts (DEG), the class were redesignated as guided missile frigates (FFG) under the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification. FFG-1 through FFG-3 were authorized in FY1962 while FFG-4 through FFG-6 were authorized in FY1963. Plans called for ten more ships to be authorized in FY1964 and possibly three more in later years, but those plans were dropped because of the $11 million higher cost of the DEG over a DE.
Ships in class
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| {{USS|Brooke|FFG-1|2}}
|FFG-1 |{{Dodseal|FFG-1|85}} |rowspan=3|Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle |1966–1988 |Transferred to Pakistan in 1989; disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994 |[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG1}}] |
| {{USS|Ramsey|FFG-2|2}}
|FFG-2 | |1967–1988 |Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 15 June 2000 |[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG2}}] |
| {{USS|Schofield|FFG-3|2}}
|FFG-3 | |1968–1988 |Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 11/02/1999 |[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG3}}] |
| {{USS|Talbot|FFG-4|2}}
|FFG-4 |{{Dodseal|FFG-4|85}} |rowspan=3|Bath Iron Works |1967–1988 |Transferred to Pakistan in 1989; disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994 |[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG4}}] |
| {{USS|Richard L. Page|FFG-5|2}}
|FFG-5 | |1967–1988 |Transferred to Pakistan in 1989; disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994 |[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG5}}] |
| {{USS|Julius A. Furer|FFG-6|2}}
|FFG-6 | |1967–1989 |Transferred to Pakistan in 1989; disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994 |[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG6}}] |
Gallery
Image:USS Talbot (FFG-4) ASROC Panama Canal.jpg|Talbot with angled bridge structure for automated ASROC loading.
Image:USS Ramsey (FFG-2) radar and electronic equipment.jpg|Ramsey's SPS-52, black panel at center and AN/SPG-51, dish at right.
Image:USS Schofield (FFG-3) stbd beam view.jpg|Schofield underway near San Diego, CA
Notes
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External links
{{commons category|Brooke class frigates}}
- [http://destroyerhistory.org/coldwar/brookeclass/ Brooke-class guided missile frigates] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20090219202357/http://destroyerhistory.org/ Destroyer]
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