Fox (DLG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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Olongapo City fpop. 26,845j in Subic municipality, Zambales province, central Luzon, Phillippines. on the 'Eastern shore of Subic Bay, at the base of Bataan Peninsula, 50 miles West North West of Manilai 3 A - ' .M The FOX Band started its' WestPac tour. h . 1 X . . , 1 ' ' The Top Three

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X ,., 1 f 'li A7 4 l Q - R 1 4M 0 r .V 11,0116 Yitie A 96, USS -F OX CDLGT332fWas commissioned on 28 Mayr1966f.fFol'lowing commissioning, FOX com- pleted a rigorous,shalf'edown period which was 'complreted'fsi'X months. early, and then deployed for duty withflhei U.SfSev,enth. ,Fleetin June, 1967. During this deployment FOX was assigned duties as PIRAZffPositi,vegidentification Radar Advisory Zonej and Search and Rescue Ship. For her outstanding,-'performance on PIRAZ station FOX was awarded the. Meritorious Unit Com- mendation. Returning to San Diego in December,,.,1967, .FOX participated in the evalu- . ations of the Standard Missile on the Pacific Missile Range. A I One of the latest class-offgu-ided missile frigates to be authorizedby -Congress, FOX is significantly different from.,her recent predecessors in that .ner anti-air warfare capability has been improved-'withi new ,sensors and additional digital data control systems, and her anti-sub- marine capabilityenhancedvwith a more powerful sonar..- V' , ' Displacing 7900 -tons atfull load, FOX is 547 feet.-'in length, 'and 55 feet in breadth. A 1200 p.s.i. steam, propulsion plant with two engines developing-.85,000 shaft horsepower drives her at top speeds'in'f.excess of 30 knots. She is manned. A24 officers and 390 men and has complete facilities to embark a Squadron Commander and his staffq, 2 79: ' pp R U The forward launcher can fire both' the anti-airTERRl'ER.',ang1S the antiesubmarine ASROC mis- siles. The 5 !54 gun mount and two 37150 gunsyufith the associated director systems provide additional anti-air as well as anti-surface and shioregvbombaprdment' capability. To supplement the ASROC, two types of anti-submarine torpedoes may-fbe employed. FOX,fcan land the large SH-3 helicopters as well as supply in-flight helo refueling. A helicopter detachment is normally carried on board when on Search and Rescue'Station in the Tonkin Gulf. , I A To maximize the potential of these weapons and itsinew radars andlother sensors, FOX has a completely integrated control system built around ljthe7Nalval Tactical 'Data System. The latter uses digital computer systems and high speed data?-transmission' means to exchange information between ships and aircraft of a Widely dispersed..naValQgtaSk-iforce to facilitate assessmentfof threat situations and centralize direction. Internafliyffthe-f system supports and facilitates theop- timum employment of the ship's individual weaponsrfafginistl all threats. g 1, TW! SM r...:.. ' A5 ,..., 'Wi' 7 fff'ffff'-Hi a fgrwa Agfgggggml ' ' ' ' ' fm W- ' f f fm' 'W' ' ' ' ' W - ' '

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