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Brooke 1979

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
DEG1, 6.1975- FFG1	Brooke	115	Lockheed, Seattle	19.12.1962	19.7.1963	12.3.1966	to Pakistan 2.1989 (خیبر [Khaibar])
DEG2, 6.1975- FFG2	Ramsey	116	Lockheed, Seattle	4.2.1963	15.10.1963	3.6.1967	stricken 1.1992
DEG3, 6.1975- FFG3	Schofield	117	Lockheed, Seattle	15.4.1963	7.12.1963	11.5.1968	stricken 1.1992
DEG4, 6.1975- FFG4	Talbot	348	Bath Iron Wks	4.5.1964	6.1.1966	22.4.1967	to Pakistan 4.1989 (حنین [Hunain])
DEG5, 6.1975- FFG5	Richard L. Page	349	Bath Iron Wks	4.1.1965	4.4.1966	5.8.1967	to Pakistan 3.1989 (تابوک [Tabuk])
DEG6, 6.1975- FFG6	Julius A. Furer	350	Bath Iron Wks	12.7.1965	22.7.1966	11.11.1967	to Pakistan 1.1989 (بدر [Badr])

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2710
Displacement full, t	3426
Length, m	118.9 wl 126.2 oa
Breadth, m	13.4
Draught, m	7.30
No of shafts	1
Machinery	DEG1-3: 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler pressure-fired boilers DEG4-6: 1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler pressure-fired boilers
Power, h. p.	35000
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(20)
Armament	DEG1-3: 1 x 1 Tartar SAM (16 RIM-24), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), 1 QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter, hangar and helicopter deck DEG4-6: 1 x 1 Tartar SAM (16 RIM-24), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (16 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), 1 QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter, hangar and helicopter deck
Electronic equipment	DEG1-5: LN-66, SPS-10F, SPS-52B, SPG-51C, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26BX sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL DEG6: LN-66, SPS-10F, SPS-52B, SPG-51C, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26AXR sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL
Complement	228

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Project history

By 1959 there was interest in a 30kt successor to the Bronsteins; at the same time a new lightweight steam technology, the pressure-fired boiler, was maturing. At first BuShips proposed a conventionally powered 27kt destroyer escort for the FY61 programme, together with an experimental (and faster) pressure-fired ship. This gradually shifted to a requirement that at least one FY6I ship be pressure-fired (27kts), and ultimately to a choice to build an entire series of pressure-fired escorts, even before any one of the new power plants had gone to sea. Other demands at this time were for a replacement for existing Second World War destroyers: given its relatively high speed and good sonar, the pressure-fired escort was a natural candidate; it was therefore given 127mm guns in place of the 76mm/50 of earlier escorts. There were also calls from the Fleet for a missile battery, and the new ship was designed to accept a minimum Tartar battery in place of its after 127mm gun. The result was actually capable of about 30kts on trials, and certainly exceeded mass production limits.

Ten ASW versions (Garcia class) and six missile versions (Brooke class) were built, as well as a modified research unit, Glover (AGDE1), with a pumpjet propeller, a raised platform above the main deck aft, and no after 127mm gun or missile launcher. Production of the missile ships ended with the FY63 programme in view of their high cost and limited capability.

From DE1047 onwards, these ships were fitted with the sloping bulkhead and ASROC reload magazine developed for the Knox class. Only DE1041 actually operated with DASH.

Modernizations

1972-1975, all: - QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter; + 1 SH-2D Sea Sprite ASW helicopter (LAMPS), hangar and helicopter deck were enlarged

early 1980s, all: - WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL; + SLQ-32(v)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL

Naval service

No significant events.