USS Hepburn (FF 1055)

- decommissioned -
- formerly DE 1055 -
- sunk as a target -

USS HEPBURN was the fourth KNOX - class frigate. Decommissioned on December 20, 1991 and stricken from the Navy list on January 11, 1995, HEPBURN was finally sunk as a target on June 4, 2002. The exact location of the SINKEX was 047° 05' North, 127° 17' West.

USS HEPBURN was last homeported in San Diego, Ca.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: July 22, 1964
	Keel laid: June 1, 1966
	Launched: March 25, 1967
	Commissioned: July 3, 1969
	Decommissioned: December 20, 1991
	Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., San Pedro, Ca.
	Propulsion system: 2 - 1200 psi boilers; 1 geared turbine, 1 shaft; 35,000 shaft horsepower
	Length: 438 feet (133.5 meters)
	Beam: 47 feet (14.4 meters)
	Draft: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 4,200 tons full load
	Speed: 27 knots
	Armament: one Mk-16 missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles, one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, Mk-46 torpedoes from single tube launchers, one 20mm Phalanx CIWS
	Aircraft: one SH-2F (LAMPS I) helicopter
	Crew: 18 officers, 267 enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS HEPBURN. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS HEPBURN:

Date	Where	Events
March 18, 1977	off San Diego, Calif.	USS HEPBURN suffers a class Alpha fire caused by spontaneous combustion of refues while off San Diego, Calif.

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