USS Brooke (FFG-1)
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Class overview | |
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Name | Brooke class |
Builders | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, U.S. Bath Iron Works |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Garcia class |
Succeeded by | |
Built | 1962–1968 |
In commission | 1966–1989 |
Planned | 19 |
Completed | 6 |
Retired | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided missile frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 414 ft (126 m) |
Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers, 1 GE (1-3) or Westinghouse (4-6) geared turbine, 35,000 shp (26 MW), Four ships were built with German designed pressure fired boilers, 1 screw |
Speed | 27.2 knots (50.4 km/h; 31.3 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) |
Complement | 14 officers, 214 crew |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 SH-2 Seasprite |
The Brooke class was a United States Navy frigate class based on the design of the Garcia class, 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.