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Casualty Info
Home Town Richfield Springs, N.Y
Last Address Richfield Springs, N.Y
Casualty Date May 17, 1987
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Burns
Location Persian Gulf
Conflict USS Stark Incident (Iraq)
Location of Interment Saint Josephs Cemetery - Richfield Springs, New York
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Ships Motto
Strength for freedom
CO's
23 Oct. 1982 - 29 Jan. 1985 Cmdr. Terrence W. Costello III
29 Jan. 1985 - 23 Jun. 1987 Capt. Glenn Richard Brindel
23 Jun. 1987 - 29 May 1990 Cmdr. John Brockway Noll
29 May 1990 - 20 Mar. 1992 Cmdr. Henry George Ulrich III (retired as Adm.)
20 Mar. 1992 - 25 Feb. 1994 Cmdr. Peter Wynkoop, Jr.
25 Feb. 1994 - 19 Jan. 1996 Cmdr. Richard Crittendon Rush
19 Jan. 1996 - 10 Aug. 1997 Cmdr. Michael Raymond Johnston
10 Aug. 1997 - 07 May 1999 Cmdr. Orrin Wayne Young
Ship specifications
Class Oliver Hazard Perry Class
Built by Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle Washington. Keel Date: August 24, 1979 Launch date: May 30, 1980
Delivered on: October 14, 1982
Commisioned on: October 23, 1982
Decomissioned on: May 07, 1999
Dismantled and sold for scrap on June 21, 2006
Overall Length 445 ft
Full Displacement 3897 tons
Hull material Steel Hull, Aluminum superstructure
Propulsion Gas Turbine
Propellers 1 screw