USS Ramsey (DEG-2/FFG-2)

Vital Statistics:

Class: Brooke (DEG1/FFG-1)
Length: 415 ft
Beam: 44 ft
Draft: 25 ft (Sonar) 
Draft: 15 ft (keel)
Displacement: 3446 tons
Number of Propellers: 1
Propulsion Type: 
2 Foster Wheeler 1,200 psi boilers
1 Westinghouse steam turbine 
Speed:
27 knots
Range:
4,000 miles at 20 knots

MARS call sign: 0CPA

Accommodations:
Officers: 21
Enlisted: 270

The USS Ramsey profile drawing was created by Bill Bradley based on dimensions and specifications found in U.S. Navy plans and diagrams, contemporary photos, and other publications. It represents the Ramsey as she appeared during her 1987 deployment.

Armament:
1 SH-2F LAMPS 1 Seasprite
1 Mk 22 launcher for Tartar SM1 x 16
1 Mk 30 5" 38 cal, Dual Purpose
1 Mk 16 8-tube ASROC launcher
2 Mk 32 triple tube Torpedo launcher
AN/SPS-10F surface search Radar
AN/SPS-52 A/D 3-D Air Search Radar
AN/SQS-26AXR bow mounted Sonar
1 Mk 4 Weapon Direction System
1 Mk 56 Gun Fire Control System with Mk 35 radar
1 Mk 74 Missile Fire Control System
1 Mk 114 ASW Fire Control System
1 AN/SPG-51C Radar 
Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle WA.
Award Date: 01/04/1962
Keel Date: 02/04/1963
Launch Date: 10/15/1963
Commission Date: 06/03/1967
Decommission Date: 09/01/1988
Stricken Date: 01/25/1992

Disposition:
SUNK AS A TARGET AT RIMPAC 2000 EXERCISE
Date: 06/15/2000
Location: 023° 53' 00.6" North, 159° 35' 00.5" West
Depth: 2700 fathoms

Brooke Class Disposition:
Brooke (FFG-1) Awaiting scrapping. 
Schofield (FFG-3) Sunk as target. 10/02/99
Talbot (FFG-4) Awaiting scrapping. 
Richard L Page (FFG-5) Awaiting scrapping. 
Jules A Furer (FFG-6) Awaiting scrapping. 

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