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{{Short description|US Navy frigate}}
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name= ''Francis Hammond''
|Ship namesake= [[Francis C. Hammond|Francis Hammond]]
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|Ship ordered=22 July 1964
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|Ship builder=[[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division|Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division]], [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]], [[California]]
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|Ship laid down=15 July 1967
|Ship launched=11 May 1968
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|Ship acquired=17 July 1970
|Ship commissioned=25 July 1970
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|Ship motto=''Valor Honor''
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|Ship fate=Scrapped, 31 March 2003
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|Ship class={{sclass|Knox|frigate}}
|Ship displacement=3,243 tons (4,244 full load)
|Ship length={{convert|438|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship beam={{convert|46|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
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|Ship draft={{convert|24|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × CE {{convert|1200|psi|lk=in|abbr=on|0}} boilers
*1 Westinghouse geared turbine
*1 shaft, {{convert|35000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on|0}}
|Ship speed=over {{convert|27|kn|mph km/h|0}}
|Ship range={{convert|4500|nmi|km|-1}} at {{convert|20|kn|mph km/h|0}}
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|Ship complement=18 officers, 267 enlisted
|Ship sensors=* AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
* AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
* AN/SQS-26 [[Sonar]]
* AN/SQR-18 [[Towed array sonar]] system
* [[AN/SPG-53|Mk68]] Gun Fire Control System
|Ship EW=[[SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite|AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System]]
|Ship armament=* one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for [[RUR-5 ASROC]] and [[Harpoon missile]]s
* one Mk-42 [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun|5-inch/54]] caliber gun
* [[Mark 46 torpedo]]es from four single tube launchers)
* one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for [[Sea Sparrow]] missiles later replaced by one [[Phalanx CIWS]]
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|Ship aircraft=one [[SH-2 Seasprite]] (LAMPS I) helicopter
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'''USS ''Francis Hammond'' (DE/FF-1067)''' is the sixteenth {{sclass|Knox|frigate}}, named in honor of [[Hospitalman]] [[Francis C. Hammond|Francis Colton Hammond]], a [[Medal of Honor]] recipient.

== Construction ==
She was originally designed as a ''Knox''-class [[ocean escort]] (DE-1067), and was built by [[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division|Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division]], [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]], [[California]]. The ship's keel was laid on 15 July 1967. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 11 May 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Phyllis Hammond Smith (widow of Hospitalman Hammond). The ship was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[Long Beach Naval Shipyard]], [[Long Beach, California]] on 25 July 1970.

==Design and description==
The ''Knox''-class design was derived from the {{sclass|Brooke|frigate}} modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|438|ft|m|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|47|ft|m|1}} and a [[draft (ship)|draft]] of {{convert|25|ft|m|1}}. They [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|4066|LT|t}} at full load. Their crew consisted of 13 officers and 211 enlisted men.<ref>Friedman, pp. 357–60, 425</ref>

The ships were equipped with one [[Westinghouse Combustion Turbine Systems Division|Westinghouse]] geared [[steam turbine]] that drove the single [[propeller shaft]]. The turbine was designed to produce {{convert|35000|shp|lk=in}}, using steam provided by 2 [[Combustion Engineering|C-E]] [[boiler]]s, to reach the designed speed of {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}}. The ''Knox'' class had a range of {{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|20|kn}}.<ref name=g8>Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598</ref>

The ''Knox''-class ships were armed with a [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun]] forward and a single [[3-inch/50-caliber gun]] aft. They mounted an eight-round [[RUR-5 ASROC|ASROC]] launcher between the 5-inch (127&nbsp;mm) gun and the [[bridge (nautical)|bridge]]. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin {{convert|12.75|in|adj=on}} [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mk 32 torpedo tubes]]. The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying [[Gyrodyne QH-50|DASH]] drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned [[amidships]] aft of the [[mack (naval architecture)|mack]]. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a [[SH-2 Seasprite]] LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships also had the 3-inch (76&nbsp;mm) gun replaced by an eight-cell [[RIM-7 Sea Sparrow#Basic point defense missile system (BPDMS)|BPDMS]] missile launcher in the early 1970s.<ref>Friedman, pp. 360–61; Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598</ref>

==Service history==
As part of the Navy's [[United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification|1975 ship reclassification]], ''Francis Hammond'' was reclassified as a frigate (FF-1067) on 30 June 1975.

{{stack|[[File:USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067) with extra hull number in 1986.jpg|thumb|''Francis Hammond''{{'}}s repainted hull number of "$10,670"]]}}
In December 1986, after the ship's company of ''Francis Hammond'' raised over $11,000 for [[Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society|Navy Relief]] (beating their goal of ten times the ship's hull number), permission was granted to temporarily add a dollar sign, a [[thousands separator]], and an extra zero to the hull number painted on the side of the ship.<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 1986 |title=Hammond adds a zero for Navy Relief |journal=All Hands |publisher=United States Navy |issue=837 |page=36 |url=http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198612.pdf |access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref>

[[Ship decommissioning|Decommissioned]] 2 July 1992 in Long Beach, California after twenty-one years and nine months in active commission and struck from the [[Navy Register]] on 11 January 1995. ''Francis Hammond'' was disposed of by scrapping 31 March 2003.

== Awards, citations and campaign ribbons ==
{|
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|[[File:Combat Action Ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Combat Action Ribbon]]
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|[[File:Joint Meritorious Unit Award ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]]
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|[[File:Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Navy Unit Commendation]]
|-
|[[File:Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Meritorious Unit Commendation|Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation]]
|-
|[[File:NavyE.gif|60px]]
|[[Navy "E" Ribbon]] (4)
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|[[File:Navy Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Navy Expeditionary Medal]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[National Defense Service Medal]] (with one bronze [[service star]])
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|[[File:Armed Forces Expedtionary Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Vietnam Service Medal]] (with two bronze [[service star]]s)
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|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991-2016).svg|width=60}}
|[[Southwest Asia Service Medal]] (with two bronze [[service star]]s)
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|[[File:Humanitarian Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Humanitarian Service Medal|Humanitarian Service Ribbon]]
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|[[File:Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Sea Service Ribbon|Sea Service Deployment Ribbon]]
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|[[File:Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg|60px]]
|[[Vietnam Campaign Medal]]
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|[[File:Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)]]
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|[[File:Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)]]
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References : [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021067.htm USS ''Francis Hammond'' on NavSource.org]

==Notes==
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== References ==
*{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1982|isbn=0-87021-733-X}}
*{{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|last3=Budzbon |first3=Przemysław|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-55750-132-7|name-list-style=amp}}

== External links ==
*{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1067|title=Naval Vessel Register FF1067}}
*http://ussfrancishammond.org/
*http://ussfrancishammond.com/

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