USS Blakely (FF-1072)

USS Blakely (FF-1072)
History
United States
Name	Blakely
Ordered	22 July 1964
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	3 June 1968
Launched	23 August 1969
Acquired	2 July 1970
Commissioned	18 July 1970
Decommissioned	15 November 1991
Stricken	11 January 1995
Motto	Nunquam Non Paratus Never Unprepared
Fate	Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 30 September 2000
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,243 tons (4,181 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 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Speed	over 27 knots (50 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 knots (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/SQR-18 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, replaced by Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

The third USS Blakely (DE-1072/FF-1072) was a Knox-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was reclassified as a frigate in 1975 along with her entire class. Her primary mission of ASW remained unchanged. She was named for Captain Johnston Blakeley and Vice Admiral Charles Adams Blakely. She was primarily stationed out of Charleston, South Carolina.

Blakely was laid down on 8 June 1968 at Westwego, Louisiana by Avondale Shipyards. She was launched on 23 August 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Lila Blakely Morgan, daughter of the late Vice Admiral Blakely, and delivered to the Navy on 1 July at the Charleston Naval Shipyard. She was commissioned there on 18 July 1970.