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AINSWOl ■Hi e mission of USS AINSWORTH is to conduct prompt and sustained combat operations at sea, worldwide, in support of national interest. She acconnjlished the functions of sea control through her specialized configuration as an anti-submarine frigate, mounting a aricty of electronic and acoustic sensors and weapons. MNSWORTH was named in hdridr of Vice Admiral Waidcn first ship ever to bear the name. Vice Admiral Ainsworth was a distinguished task force commander in the South Pacific Campaign of World War Two and was known as the deslroyerman ' s destroyerman. AINSWORTH was built by Avondale Shipyards Inc., of Westwego, Louisiana. She is the thirteenth ship of the Joseph Hews class of frigates. AINSWORTH was 4iw Sffirrffssioi ' lM ' . ' »» iviarcn i is manned by 19 Officers and over 260 enlisted personnel. AINSWORTH is outfitted with some of the most modern electronic equipment for detecting ships, submarines and aircraft. Main features include three sonar systems. One, mounted on the bow of the ship is capable of gaining surface and subsurface contacts at extremely long ranges. The other two have variable depth 4 1
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ORTH capabiTi!y and are towed astern. AINSWORTH ' S principal armament is the homing torpeedo. Placed in the general vicinity of an enemy submarine, the torpeedo will seek out and destroy it ' s target. The ship can deliver the torpedo by one of three ways; over the side launching, helocopter drop or the anti- submarine rocket (ASROC). Other major armament includes providing the ship with anti-air and anti-surface capability. It is also effective for shore bombardment. The ship is also armed with the Harpoon anti-ship missile with a range of over 50 nautical miles, and the MK 15 Close in Weapons System (CIWS), designed to shoot down incoming missiles. AINSWORTH is powered by a single, five bladed propeller, driven by steam turbines developing 35,000 shaft horsepower. With automatic combustion controlled boilers producing steam pressures in excess of 1200 PSI, she is capable of speeds in excess of 27 knots. The ship is 440ft long 47ft wide, with a navigational draft of 27 feet.
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