USS Pharris

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USS Pharris
Port bow view of USS Pharris (FF-1094) underway during Fleet Week New York 1989 DN-ST-89-07759.jpg
USS Pharris (FF-1094), 1989
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
Namesake Jackson C. Pharris
Ordered25 August 1966
Builder Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down11 February 1972
Launched16 December 1972
Acquired14 December 1973
Commissioned26 January 1974
Decommissioned15 April 1992
Stricken11 January 1995
MottoVigilance-Valor-Tenacity
FateDonated to Mexico
Flag of Mexico.svgMexico
NameVictoria
Namesake Guadalupe Victoria
Acquired2 February 2000
Commissioned16 March 2000
Decommissionedc.2016
IdentificationPennant number: F-213
FateAwaiting disposal at Tuxpan
General characteristics
Class and type Knox-class frigate
Displacement3,201 tons (4,182 tons full load)
Length438 ft (134 m)
Beam46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × CE 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers
  • 1 × Westinghouse geared turbine
  • 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Speed>27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
  • AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SQS-26 Sonar
  • AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system
  • Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare
& decoys		 AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Pharris (FF-1094) was a Knox-class frigate named after Medal of Honor recipient Lieutenant Commander Jackson C. Pharris. It was originally designated as destroyer escort DE-1094 and later reclassified as a frigate with the designation FF-1094 in the United States Navy. In 1992 the ship was decommissioned and transferred to the Mexican Navy. It was recommissioned as ARM Victoria, named after Mexico's first president, Guadalupe Victoria.

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US Navy career

Pharris was laid down 11 February 1972; launched 16 December 1972; and purchased 14 December 1973. She was commissioned 26 January 1974. [1]

1975-1976, Pharris deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. [2] From September 1976 to March 1977, Pharris deployed to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. [3] In 1978, the ship was part of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic. [2] The ship deployed to South America and western Africa and participated in UNITAS XXI from 28 June 1980 to 12 December 1980. [4] In 1981, she deployed to the Persian Gulf. In 1983, she deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. In fall of 1985, Pharris deployed to the North Atlantic and participated in BALTOPS 85 and Ocean Safari. [2]

In 1986 the Pharris while assigned to the USS America (CV-66) battle group assisted in Operation El Dorado Canyon which commenced early on the afternoon of 14 April 1986. At the conclusion of this operation the Pharris was awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation.[ citation needed ]

During the 1987–1988 Mediterranean cruise, Pharris escorted Mighty Servant 2 carrying USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) from the entrance of the Persian Gulf to about halfway up the Red Sea. Pharris was awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for its part in Operation Earnest Will.[ citation needed ]

Pharris participated in Fleet Week in New York on 4 May 1989. The ship was also at Navy Appreciation Week at Port Everglades on 6 October 1989. [5]

In 1991, Pharris deployed again as a part of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic. [2] On 8 February 1991, during a port visit in the Madeira Islands, two Canadian divers from HMCS Margaree drowned when they were sucked into the cooling intake of Pharris while conducting a hull search. [6]

Pharris was decommissioned 15 April 1992, and struck 11 January 1995. Ex-Pharris was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program, to Mexico, on 15 June 1999. [1]

Mexican Navy career

The ship was renamed ARM Victoria by the Mexican Navy and was commissioned 16 March 2000 as an Allende-class frigate. [7] The ship was decommissioned in 2016. As of February 2024, it was awaiting disposal with her sister ships at Tuxpan. [8]

In fiction

In Tom Clancy's 1986 novel, Red Storm Rising , Pharris suffers extreme damage following a torpedo attack by a Victor III submarine (the bow forward of the ASROC mounts was torn off), warranting an extensive repair. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "PHARRIS (FF 1094)". Naval Vessel Register. 23 January 2006.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "1991 Cruise Book". Fold3, US, Navy Cruise Books, 1918-2009. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  3. ↑ USS Pharris (FF 1094) Middle East Cruise Book 1976-77. navysite.de. 1977. p. 35.
  4. ↑ "1980 Cruise Book". Fold3, US, Navy Cruise Books, 1918-2009. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Yarnall, Paul R.; Reserved., All Rights (25 August 1966). "Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE-1094 USS PHARRIS". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Questions Remain After Canadian Navy Divers' Deaths". The Wednesday Report. Vol. 5, no. 7. 13 February 1991. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010 (112 ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Jane's Information Group Inc. p. 514. ISBN   978-0-7106-2888-6.
  8. ↑ "La Armada de México dona tres cascos de exfragatas para hundirlas en el Golfo" [The Mexican Navy donates three ex-frigate hulls to sink them in the Gulf]. Infodefensa (in Spanish). 9 February 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  9. ↑ Clancy, Tom (1993). Red Storm Rising. HarperCollins UK. p. 389 (kindle version). ISBN   978-0-00-617362-5.
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