USS Harold E. Holt

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) underway
History
United States
Name	Harold E. Holt
Namesake	Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt
Ordered	22 July 1964
Builder	Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California, U.S.
Laid down	11 May 1968
Launched	3 May 1969
Commissioned	26 March 1971
Decommissioned	2 July 1992
Stricken	11 January 1995
Identification	FF-1074
Fate	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, RIMPAC 2002, 10 July 2002
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,225 long tons (3,277 t) (4,218 long tons (4,286 t) full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draft	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW)
Speed	over 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQS-35 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, who had disappeared while swimming in December 1967. The ex-Harold E. Holt hulk was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2002.