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USS FOX (DLG/CG 33)

Image courtesy of Al Grazevich


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Foxtrot - Mike - Kilo


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
CLASS - BELKNAP
Displacement 8,957 Tons, Dimensions, 547' (oa) x 54' 10" x 29' (Max)
Armament 1 Terrier/ASROC (60 Missiles) 1 x 5"/54RF, 2 x 3"/50, 6 x12.75" TT.
Machinery, 85,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 400.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 15 JAN 1963 by Todd Shipyards San Pedro Division
Launched 21 NOV 1964
Commissioned 23 MAYJUL 1966
Reclassified CG 33 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 15 APR 1994
Stricken 15 APR 1994
Fate Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX. Scrapping completed 28 OCT 2007.

Patch image contributed by Robert M. Cieri

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (7) - Southwest Asia Service Medal (1)
Fourth Row - Humanitarian Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (8) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action 1st Class Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)


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Fox
04013300
54k

USS Fox namesake, Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln from 1861 - 1866.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 61175.

Robert M. Cieri
Fox
04013318
116k

Fox (DLG 33) ready for launching, at the Todd Shipyards Corporation Los Angeles Division shipyard, San Pedro, California, 21 November 1964.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98455

Robert Hurst
Fox
04013319
97k Fox (DLG 33) Afloat just after launching, at the Todd Shipyards Corporation Los Angeles Division shipyard, San Pedro, California, 21 November 1964.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98456
Robert Hurst
Fox
04013309
485k

Commissioning booklet, 28 May 1966.

Robert M. Cieri
Fox 116k

Undated port side view.

U.S. Navy photo.

Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
Fox
04013311
255k Underway in Long Beach, 06 June 1966, Robert M. Cieri
Fox
04013320
109k USS Fox (DLG 33) Underway, circa mid-1966. Probably photographed during trials. This view was released for publication on 27 July 1966.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98449
Robert Hurst
Fox
04013321
119k USS Fox (DLG 33) Underway, circa mid-1966. Probably photographed during trials. This view was released for publication on 27 July 1966.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98450
Robert Hurst
Fox
04013322
98k USS Fox (DLG 33) view of the ship's midships area, port side, taken while she was underway, circa mid-1966. Probably photographed during trials. This view was released for publication on 27 July 1966.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98451
Robert Hurst
Sacramento
09590157
75k USS Sacramento (AOE 1) with USS Fox (DLG 33) coming alongside while underway in the South China Sea in 1970. Photo taken from USS Bausell (DD 845). Lee Noland STGC USN Ret. USS Bausell
Fox
04013317
174k

One of two Kaman YSH-2E Seasprite LAMPS II-prototypes (BuNo 150169) landing on the guided missile frigate USS Fox (DLG 33) at San Diego, California, in 1971.

USN Photo from U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News June 1971.

Robert Hurst
Fox
04013313
100k USS Fox (DLG 33) Operating in the Pacific Ocean, 12 April 1971. Photographed by PH2 L.D. Adzima.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Naval Historical Center Photo #NH 98452

Robert Hurst
Fox
04013324
2.8m These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). Bob Canchola
Fox
04013325
2.7m These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). Bob Canchola
Fox
04013326
3.1m These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). Bob Canchola
Fox
04013327
3m These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). Bob Canchola
Fox
04013328
3.2m These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). Bob Canchola
Fox 42k

1 June 1980 - San Diego, CA: Vice Premier Gen Biao, People`s Republic of China, and part of his delegates are given a tour of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG 33). The missile in the background is a Terrier/Standard-ER Surface-to-Air Missile.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Fox 39k Early 1980's. Heavy seas in the Indian Ocean while refueling from the USS Niagara Falls (AFS 3). HS1 Steve Martin, USCG (Ret.)
Fox 121k Columbia River, en route Portland, 1981. Great photo. James H. Hopper III
CDR. USN-RET
Fox
0403330
84k

Overhead view of USS Fox (CG 33) underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, on 11 December 1984.

Photographer PH1 S. Smith, USN. This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6396419.

Robert Hurst
Fox
04013312
286k Welcome Aboard booklet, Circa 1983. Robert M. Cieri
Fox
04013323
149k USS Fox (CG 33) underway, circa the mid-1980s. Possibly photographed in February 1986.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98454-KN
Robert Hurst
Fox 111k Seen her from the Port bow in on 10 September 1987 (caption updated by Robert Hurst). USN
Fox
04013314
113k USS Fox (CG 33) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 16 December 1988. Photographed by PH3 John Cross.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

USNHC Photograph #NH 98453-KN

Robert Hurst
Fox
04013315
194k Port bow view while undergoing overhaul in San Diego Bay, 1990. David Buell
Fox 110k

1 June 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG 33) as the ship passes down the port side of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). An S-3B Viking aircraft of Antisubmarine Squadron 29 (VS-29) awaits launching on the carrier`s number 3 catapult.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Fox 62k

1 June 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A starboard side view of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG 33) underway during a gunnery drill. The ship`s Mark 42 5 inch/54 caliber aft gunmount is shown firing to the port side.

U.S. Navy Photo .

Fred Weiss
Fox 167k

1 June 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A high oblique bow-on view of WestPac `93 Battle Group Foxtrot underway. (Left to right). The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61), the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Pasadena (SSN 752), the nuclear-powered aircraft USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), and the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG 33).

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Fox
04013329
108k

USS Fox (CG 33) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 1 June 1993. USS Fox was on her final deployment and was decommissioned on 15 April 1994.

Photographer PH2 Dale W. Novotasky, USN. This image is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6491806.

Robert Hurst
Fox
04013310
226k Decommissioning booklet, 15 April 1994. Robert M. Cieri
Fox
04013316
126k

The Ex-USS Fox at International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, TX on 25 October 2006.

Photo ©Michael Martin, Brownsville, TX., 2006.

Michael Martin
Fox
040133m01
194k Ship's crest (CG version). Tommy Trampp

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Welander, Robert Oscar, CAPT   RADM 05/28/66 - 05/28/68
Ward, Marshall Douglas, CAPT     05/28/68 - 08/14/69
Boland, Paul, CAPT     08/14/69 - 01/22/71
McCabe Jr., Robert Emmett, CAPT     01/22/71 - 03/17/72
Collins, Robert Martin, CAPT   RADM 03/17/72 - 05/08/74
Weeks, Robert Eugene, CAPT     05/08/74 - 04/17/76
Kelly Jr., James Francis, CAPT     04/17/76 - 05/23/78
Steele, Robert J., CAPT   RADM 05/23/78 - 03/14/80
Palmer, Leslie Nelson, CAPT 1959 RADM 03/14/80 - 04/03/82
Anderson, Donald Ralph, CAPT     04/03/82 - 09/29/84
Tobin Jr., Paul Edward, CAPT   RADM 09/29/84 - 06/27/86
Mathis, William W., CAPT   RADM 06/27/86 - 04/30/88
Addicott, Raymond Walter, CAPT     04/30/88 - 04/14/90
Holian, Francis Kevin, CAPT 1968 RADM 04/14/90 - 04/20/91
Peck, David L., CDR     04/20/91 - 02/13/93
McCabe III, Robert Emmett, CDR 1974   02/13/93 - 04/15/94

(List courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS FOX (DLG/CG 33) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Phil Habib
Address: 117 Elaine St., Goose creek, SC 29445
Phone: 843-569-0981
E-mail: habibphil@comcast.net
Date:
Location:

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
USS Fox website
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