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U.S.S. McClusky (FFG-41)
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Career (U.S.)
Namesake: Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California
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 2010
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 (31,000 kW) 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: 5,000Ênautical miles at 18Êknots (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: One OTO Melara Mk 75 76Êmm/62 caliber naval gun, two Mk 32 triple tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes, one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machineÊguns, one Mk 13 Mod 4 single arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine), Note: As of 2004, Mk13 systems removed from all active U.S. vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
U.S.S. 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 the U.S.S. 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 Company, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; launched on 18 September 1982; and commissioned on 10 December 1983 in Long Beach, California, Commander Lynch in command.
Important Events
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 break up 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 2009, McClusky is commanded by CDR Mark Lakamp.
