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USS PHARRIS is a modern U.S. Navy frigate, the forty- third ship of the FF 1052-1078 Knox Class shipbuilding program. USS PHARRIS, built by Avondale Shipyards Inc., in Westwego Louisiana, is designed for optimum performance in locating and destroying submarines and in screening support forces and convoys far from U.S. home bases. In addition to the ship's primary mission of Anti- Submarine Warfare, PHARRIS is fully equipped to perform effectively in several other mission areas, including destruction of surface shipping, Naval Gunfire Support of forces ashore, limited Anti-Air Warfare, reconnaissance and integrated operations with surface and air forces of our NATO allies. PHARRIS' destroyer of submarines mission area is complemented by some of the Navy's most technologically advanced sonar equipment. With three sonar systems she is well equipped to actively or passively search large areas of the ocean. An additional arm of PHARRIS' ASW capabilities is the LAMPS CLight Airborne Multi-Purpose Systemb SH2F Seasprite helicopter. The helicopter, utilizing a variety of sensors, provides a strong capability for long range submarine localization while reducing the possibility of counter detection. The addition of an air detachment, which consists of four pilots and supporting crew, in- creases the ship's capabilities in many other mission areas as well. Over the Horizon COTHJ surface targeting, medical evacuation of crewmembers, vertical replenishment of stores and search and air rescue CSARD, make the LAMPS detachment a vital link in overall mission accomplishment. PHARRIS' principal armament is the Anti-Submarine torpedo. Placed in the general vicinity of an enemy submarine, the torpedo autonomously seeks out and destroys its prey, the ship's impressive weapons arsenal provides a high degree of flexibility through a triple-threat torpedo launching system. The major components of this torpedo delivery system are four torpedo tubes, ASROC Ca rocket thrown torpedoj and the LAMPS SH2 helicopter, capable of air dropping a specially configured MK 46 torpedo at ranges in excess of 40 nm from PHARRIS. Other major .armament aboard PHARRIS includes the 5 f54 rapid fire gun, which provides shore bombardment, Anti- Air and Anti-Surface defense. PHARRIS is also capable of launching the HARPOON Anti-Ship cruise missile and has recently been upgraded with the Anti-Missile Vulcan Phalanx Close-In-Weapon System. The ship is 438 feet long with a beam of 47 feet and a l l maximum draft of 26 feet. Fully loaded PHARRIS displaces 4, 255 tons. A highly efficient and reliable engineering plant powers steam turbines to produce 35,000 shaft horsepower to drive a single, five-bladed twelve ton propeller. Featuring automatic combustion control on her two boilers, the ship is capable of speeds in excess of 27 knots. Gyro-stabilizing fins are provided for increased sea- worthiness and efficiency. The ship's complement includes 20 Officers and 257 enlisted men, all essential to the successful completion of the wide variety of missions assigned to PHARRIS. Since PHARRIS' commissioning in Norfolk, Virginia on 26 January 1974, the ship has completed many lengthy deployments and an extensive overhaul. The first deploy- ment was to the Mediterranean Sea with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in 1975-76, the second to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf as a unit of the U.S. Middle East Force in 1976-77, the third to the North Atlantic and Europe as a unit of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic in 1978, the fourth to South America and West Africa in 1980. In 1981 the ship deployed to the Middle East Force in the Persian Gulf. In 1983 PHARRIS completed another U.S. Sixth Fleet deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in 1984 PHARRIS spent seven and a half months in overhaul in New York and in early 1985 completed Refresher Training in GTMO Cuba. The Fall of 1985 was spent in the storm lashed North Atlantic as a participant of the Ocean Safari!Baltops 85 exercise and PHARRIS recently returned from her seventh sixth month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea as a part of the U.S. Sixth Fleet. It was here in March 1986 and again in April 1986 that PHARRIS earned her recently awarded Navy Unit Commendation and the Navy Expeditionary Medal for operations off the coast of Libya. Midway through the deployment PHARRIS was chosen to accompany COM- SIXTHFLT, Vice Admiral Kelso, on a diplomatic port visit to Constanta, Romania. The transit through the historic Bosporus Straits and a visit to a Communist nation is an experience that no crewmember of PHARRIS will soon forget. USS PHARRIS, The Finest Frigate In The Fleet, will continue to meet any demand placed upon her. The men of PHARRIS combined with her steel and electronics are an essential part of the complex framework of the U.S. Navy's growing fleet. The ultimate goal being the preservation of democracy and the promise to the free world that the traveled seaways will be free to pass. 3
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