USS Doyle (FFG-39)
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| Career | |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 23 October 1981 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 21 May 1983 |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
| Homeport: | Mayport, Florida |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2750 tons standard, 3638 tons full |
| Length: | 445 feet |
| Beam: | 45 feet |
| Draft: | 24.5 feet |
| Speed: | 29 knots |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 19 aircrew, 174 men |
| Armament: | one three-inch/62 Mk75 gun, one Phalanx CIWS, four 50-caliber machine guns, four Harpoon missiles, 36 SM-1MR Standard missiles, one Mk13 Mod4 launcher for both, six 324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes |
USS Doyle (FFG-39) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, on 23 October 1981. She was launched on 22 May 1982 and commissioned on 21 May 1983.
ship's history prior to 2003-09-11 goes here
At about 8am local time on 11 September 2003, Doyle received a request from the German frigate FGS Niedersachsen (F208) to allow a close pass to starboard. The crew of Niedersachsen rendered honors to the United States by manning the rail in their dress uniforms, their covers held over their hearts.
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