USS Bagley (FF-1069)

USS Bagley (FF-1069)
History
United States
NameBagley
Ordered22 July 1964
BuilderLockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down22 September 1970
Launched24 April 1971
Acquired28 April 1972
Commissioned6 May 1972
Decommissioned26 September 1991
Stricken11 January 1995
MottoFleets Finest
FateDisposed of by recycling, 19 September 2000
General characteristics
Class & typeKnox-class frigate
Displacement3,209 tons (4,190 full load)
Length438 ft (133.5 m)
Beam46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)
Draft24 ft 9 in (7.5 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × CE 1200psi boilers
  • 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
  • 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,099 kW)
Speedover 27 knots (50 km/h)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h)
Complement18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors &
processing systems
  • 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
Electronic warfare
& decoys
AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System, AN/WLR-1c, AN/ULQ-6c
Armament
Aircraft carriedone SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Bagley (FF-1069) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was the 18th ship of the Knox class, built as a destroyer escort (DE) and redesignated as a frigate (FF) in the 1975 USN ship reclassification. Bagley was the fourth ship of the USN named for Ensign Worth Bagley, the only US Navy officer killed in action during the Spanish–American War.