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USS FOX [CG-33), a Josephus Daniels class guided missile cruiser, was launched on November 21, 1964 at Todd Shipyard in San Pedro, California. The ship was commissioned at Long Beach Naval Shipyard on May 28, 1966 and is assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. USS FOX (CG-33) is in Cruiser Destroyer Group Three. FOX is the third naval vessel to be named after Gustavus Vasa Fox, President Lincoln ' s Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. Through Secretary Fox ' s encouragement, the Navy was committed to the use of Ironsides , and he was responsible for having naval engineering added to the curriculum at the U.S. Naval Academy. The first vessel to be named after Secretary Fox was Torpedo Boat 13, commissioned in July 1899. It served as an experimental vessel until decommissiond in 1916. The second vessel to be named after the Secretary was the destroyer FOX (DD-234), commissioned in May 1920. It served the Navy faithfully for 25 years from Constantinople to Dutch Harbor. The current FOX is one of the Navy ' s most modern and complex warships. She is 547 feet long, 55 feet wide, and has a full load displacement of 7,900 tons; her speed is in excess of 30 knots. Armament includes anti-submarine (ASROC) and anti-air (TERRIER) guided missiles. FOX was the first ship in the Pacific Fleet with the capability of launching both missile types from the same launcher system. The dual-purpose launcher increases the effectiveness of the ASROC missile by providing increased stowage capability and a protected magazine. The missile systems on board FOX can automatically locate, track, and engage enemy aircraft at extremely long distances. With the help of computer techniques they can destroy the enemy before he can get within range of a carrier task force the FOX is designed to protect. The ship is further equipped with two quadruple-cannister HARPOON surface-to-surface missle launchers, a five inch, 54 caliber gun, two MK 32 torpedo tubes and Vulcan Phalanx (Close in Weapon Systems]. Detection equipment includes the AN SQS-26BX Super Sonar , the AN SPS-48 radar, a three dimension, height-finding air search, computer controlled radar, and OUTBOARD, a sophisticated electronic warfare system. She is also equipped with the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) for high speed computer processing and dissemination of tactical information. FOX has been awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation for service in waters off North Vietnam from 12 July to 13 November 1967, the Battle E Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal for services in the Indian Ocean Persian Gulf from 30 October 1980 to 10 March 1981, the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (with two stars). Humanitarian Service Medal (with one star), Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. FOX is manned by a crew of 450 men and 33 officers. 18