Brooke-class frigate

USS Brooke (FFG-1)
USS Brooke (FFG-1)
Class overview
NameBrooke class
BuildersLockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, U.S. Bath Iron Works
Operators
Preceded byGarcia class
Succeeded by
Built1962–1968
In commission1966–1989
Planned19
Completed6
Retired6
General characteristics
TypeGuided missile frigate
Displacement
  • 2,640 tons std
  • 3,426 tons full
Length414 ft (126 m)
Beam44 ft (13 m)
Draft
  • 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) (keel)
  • 24 ft (7.3 m) (sonar)
Propulsion2 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
Speed27.2 knots (50.4 km/h; 31.3 mph)
Range4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)
Complement14 officers, 214 crew
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
AN/SLQ-32
Armament
Aircraft carried1 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.

  1. ^ Polmar, Norman (July 1981). "The U.S. Navy: Sonars, Part 1". United States Naval Institute Proceedings: 119.