USS Duncan (FFG-10)
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| USS Duncan (FFG-10) comes about near San Diego, California. | |
| Career (US) | Image:US Naval Jack.svg
<tr valign=top><td>Ordered:</td><td>27 February 1976</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Builder:</td><td>Todd Pacific Shipyards</td></tr> |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 29 April 1977 |
| Launched: | 1 March 1978
<tr valign=top><td>Commissioned:</td><td>15 May 1980</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Decommissioned:</td><td>17 December 1994</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Struck:</td><td>5 January 1998</td></tr> |
| Status: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
<tr valign=top><td>Homeport:</td><td>NS Long Beach, California (former)</td></tr> |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load |
| Length: | 453 ft (138.1 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m)
<tr valign=top><td>Draught:</td><td>22 ft (6.7 m)</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Propulsion:</td><td>2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller</td></tr> |
| Speed: | 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
<tr valign=top><td>Range:</td><td>5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)</td></tr> |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
<tr valign=top><td>Sensors and processing systems:</td><td>AN/SPS-49 air-search radar</br>AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar</br>CAS and STIR fire-control radar</br>AN/SQS-56 sonar.</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Electronic warfare and decoys:</td><td>AN/SLQ-32</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Armament:</td><td>One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun</br>one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)</br>two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes</br>one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Aircraft carried:</td><td>2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters</td></tr> |
USS Duncan (FFG-10), fourth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Vice Admiral Donald B. Duncan (1896–1975). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY75 program, Duncan was laid down on 29 April 1977, launched on 1 March 1978, and commissioned on 15 May 1980. Decommissioned on 17 December 1994 and stricken on 5 January 1998, Duncan was sold to Turkey on 5 April 1999 for use as a parts hulk.
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