USS Edward McDonnell

History
United States
Name	USS Edward McDonnell
Awarded	3 January 1962
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana
Laid down	1 April 1963
Launched	January 1964
Commissioned	15 February 1965
Decommissioned	30 September 1988
Reclassified	Frigate 30 June 1975*
Refit	1968
Stricken	15 December 1992
Identification	DE-1043 (1965) FF-1043 (1975)
Motto	Deter Through Strength
Nickname(s)	"Eddy Mac"
Honours and awards	Navy Unit Commendation, CG Meritorious Unit Commendation with star, Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, CG Special Operations Service Ribbon with 2 stars
Fate	Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 21 August 2002
General characteristics
Class and type	Garcia-class frigate (Formerly destroyer escort)
Displacement	2,624 tons (light)
Length	414 ft 6 in (126.34 m)
Beam	44 ft 1 in (13.44 m)
Draught	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Propulsion	2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp (26,000 kW); 1 shaft
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	16 officers 231 enlisted
Armament	2 × single 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal. Mk 30 guns 1 × 8-tube ASROC Mk16 launcher (16 missiles) 2 × triple 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes 2 × MK 37 torpedo tubes (fixed, stern)
Aircraft carried	1 x SH-2F Seasprite LAMPS I

USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043) was a frigate in the US Navy and the third in its class. Named for Medal of Honor recipient Vice Admiral Edward Orrick McDonnell.

Service history

Construction and commissioning

The keel for Edward McDonnell was laid at Avondale Shipyard in Westwego, Louisiana on 1 April 1963. She was launched at Avondale in January 1964, and was commissioned at Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina as DE-1043 on 15 February 1965. She completed her fitting out at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia and became operational as part of the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Forces on 14 January 1966.

Operational history

Three NATO frigates entering Lisbon, Portugal, in February 1975: HNLMS Van Nes (lead), USS Edward McDonnell, and the Lübeck.

In May 1966, USS Edward McDonnell was transferred to the Escort Squadron VI (Cortron 6) with its home port at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. Throughout 1966 and 1967, Edward McDonnell was assigned to anti submarine operations and exercises in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

In February 1968, Edward McDonnell entered Boston Naval Shipyard for a 13-month overhaul. Following her refit, Edward McDonnell undertook a shakedown and training deployment in the Caribbean before returning to Newport in June 1969.

During 1975, Edward McDonnell was assigned to NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) along with the Royal Netherlands Navy Van Speijk-class frigate Van Nes and the West Germany Navy Köln-class frigate Lübeck.

Fate

USS Edward McDonnell was decommissioned on 30 September 1988, and struck from the Naval Register on 15 December 1992. She was moored at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard awaiting disposal. She was sold for scrapping on 25 July 1995, and scrapping was completed at PNSY by 21 August 2002. The scrap value of the ship was $842 per ton.

References

This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.

External links

• Media related to USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043) at Wikimedia Commons
• Naval Vessel Register FF1043
• USS Edward McDonnell.com
• USS Edward McDonnell.org (flash req.)
• Navysite.de - FF1043