_off_Guantanamo_1979.JPEG) USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089) sailing through Cuban waters in 1979.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Jesse L. Brown |
| Namesake | Jesse L. Brown |
| Ordered | 25 August 1966 |
| Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Yard number | 1157 |
| Laid down | 8 April 1971 |
| Launched | 18 March 1972 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Gilbert W. Thorne |
| Acquired | 8 December 1972 |
| Commissioned | 17 February 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 27 July 1994 |
| Stricken | 11 January 1995 |
| Identification | DE-1089 (1973–1975), FF-1089 (1975–1992), FFT-1089 (1992–1994) |
| Motto | Versatility Victory Valor |
| Fate | transferred to Egypt, 27 July 1994 |
| Badge | _Crest.png) |
 Egypt | |
| Name | Damiyat |
| Leased | 27 July 1994 |
| Purchased | 25 March 1998 |
| Identification | F961 |
| Status | in active service, as of 2018[update][1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,201 tons (4,182 tons full load) |
| Length | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
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| Speed | 28+1⁄2 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) in service |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 26 ft (7.9 m) Motor Whale Boat and Captain's Gig in port and starboard powered davits mounted amidships |
| Complement | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Originally equipped with AN/SLQ-26 Electronic Warfare System consisting of AN/WLR-1C (Mod) with AN/ULQ-6C. Later removed and replaced by AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite |
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| Aircraft carried | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Retracting hangar forward of flight deck. Flight deck originally designed for the canceled DASH robotic ASW helicopter. Expanded and modified to support LAMPS program |
USS Jesse L. Brown (DE/FF/FFT-1089) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for Jesse L. Brown, the first African-American naval aviator in the U.S. Navy. The ship was eventually decommissioned and sold to the Egyptian Navy and was renamed Damiyat (F961). The name is also transliterated as Damyat and Damietta by some sources.
- ^ Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Egypt". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.