USS Glover

USS Glover underway in 1982.
History
United States
Name	USS Glover
Namesake	John Glover
Awarded	28 June 1961
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	29 July 1963
Launched	17 April 1965
Commissioned	13 November 1965
Decommissioned	15 June 1990 Ship transferred to Military Sealift Command as a research vessel
Stricken	20 November 1992
Identification	FF-1098
Fate	Sold for scrap 15 April 1994
Badge
General characteristics as (AGDE-1)
Class and type	Garcia-class frigate
Displacement	3,426 tons
Length	414 ft 6 in (126.34 m)
Beam	44 ft 1 in (13.44 m)
Draft	24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
Speed	27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Complement	239+12 FAST Company Marines for security detail
Sensors and processing systems	Sonar AN/SQS-26AXR, AN/SQS-35 IVDS. Test platform for LFAS and RMASS Sonars
Armament	2 x triple Mk 32 SVTT torpedo tubes 1 x Mk 30 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal gun 1 x Mk 16 ASROC anti-submarine rocket launcher

USS Glover (FF-1098) was a Garcia-class frigate originally modified for research use and commissioned as (AGDE-1) on 3 November 1965. Glover was laid down 29 July 1963 by the Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine and launched on 17 April 1965 with sponsors Mrs. William S. Pederson, Sr., and Mrs. Claude V. Signer, great-great-great-granddaughters of General John Glover.

Fitted out with advanced sonar and antisubmarine weapons, Glover was designed to serve as an experimental research escort for developing and testing the latest antisubmarine weapons systems. A pump-jet propulsion reduces underwater noise and gyroscopically controlled fin stabilizers reduce ocean rolling.^[1] As a research ship, she tested equipment designed to more readily detect and track enemy submarines, and evaluated tactics and procedures which were used on future classes of escorts. Capable of participating in offensive operations against submarines, she provided support for hunter killer groups, amphibious forces, and ocean convoys.