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| | | | The picture shows two views of this Old United States Navy U.S.S. Stephen W. Groves FFG-29 Plankowner Advertising Ceramic or Porcelain Coffee Cup. The mug is not dated and the year that it was made is unknown. The mug pictures a silhouette of this frigate ship and the insignia or emblem of the U.S.S. Stephen W. Groves. It is marked as follows: USS STEPHEN W. GROVES FFG-29
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VICTOR The mug measures 3-1/2'' tall. It appears to be in mint unused condition as pictured. Below here, for reference is a short History of the U.S.S. Stephen W. Groves: U.S.S. Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Career (United States) Namesake: Ensign Stephen W. Groves (1917 - 1942)
Awarded: 23 January 1978
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid down: 16 September 1980
Launched: 4 April 1981
Commissioned: 17 April 1982
Decommissioned: 24 February 2012
Motto: Dirigo (I Direct)
Nickname: Stevie G
Status: Inactive, out of commission General characteristics Class & 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)
Draft: 22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller,2 Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range: 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly 6 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 & decoys: AN/SLQ-32
Armament As built: 1 OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun, 2 MkÊ32 triple tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes, 1 Vulcan PhalanxÊCIWS; four .50 cal (12.7 mm) machineÊguns, 1 Mk 13 Mod 4 single arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MRÊStandard anti-ship/air missiles (40Êround magazine). Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active U.S. vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 SH-60 LAMPS III helicoptersU.S.S. Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29), twenty-first ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile frigates, was named for Ensign Stephen W. Groves (1917 - 1942), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at the Battle of Midway during World War II. Background Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Stephen W. Groves was laid down on 16 September 1980, launched on 4 April 1981, and commissioned on 17 April 1982, Commander Philip A. Bozzelli commanding. The USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) is the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy. A previous ship named for Ensign Groves, destroyer escort USS Groves (DE-543) was canceled in 1944 prior to completion. Assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 and home ported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, She was decommissioned on 24 February 2012. History On 28 August 2005, she sailed from her then home port of Pascagoula, Mississippi, along with sister ship John L. Hall (FFG-32) under threat from Hurricane Katrina; Naval Station Pascagoula is now closed as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Deployed to the Indian Ocean, on 10 May 2011 she met the Somali pirate longliner Jih Chun Tsai 68 after being ordered to intercept the hijacked Taiwanese fishing vessel. Receiving fire from the longliner, the Stephen W. Groves engaged her in a single ship action that saw the pirate vessel sunk with 3 pirates killed, 2 wounded, and one of the Taiwanese hostages killed. She was also on station in the desert sheild era when the U.S.S. Stark took two missiles from a iraq fighter jet and assisted her is her return to Mayport, Florida. 36 sailors were killed and many were injured. |
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