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Ship's patch
Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

USS Duncan (FFG 10)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - D - B - D
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Navy E Ribbon /5 - National Defense Service Medal
"Vigilant and Swift"
Specifications:
Class: Oliver Hazard Perry (Short Hull, As Built)
Type: SCB No. 201 / 1973 - 1978
Number in Class: 25 (7, 9 - 34) / 26
Displacement: 3109 tons (std), 3993 tons (full)
Length: 408' (wl), 445' (oa)
Beam: 45.4' (extreme)
Draft: 24' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 GE LM 2500 gas turbine engines; 41,000 shp; 1 shaft, cp propeller, 325 hp retractable propeller pods
Speed: 29 kts
Range: 4,500 nm @ 20 knots, 5400 nm @ 16 knots
Complement: 13 / 206 (includes 19 man air detachment)
Missiles: 1-Mk 13 Mod 4 launcher, 4-SSM McDonnell-Douglas Harpoon missiles, 36-GDC-Pomona Standard SM-1MR missiles
Guns: 1 OTO Melara Mk 75 3"/62 cal., 1 Vulcan Phalanx CIS, 4-.50 cal. MGs
ASW Weapons: 6-324mm Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes / Mk 46 torpedoes
Radars: AN/SPS-55 (surface), AN/SPS-49(V)214 (air)
Sonars: AN/SQS-56, AN/SQR-19 TACTAS (Towed Array)
Elec. Warfare: SLQ-25 Nixie System, SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Countermeasures System
Fire Control Systems: 1 Mk13 Weapon-Direction System, 1 Mk92 weapons FCS, 1 modified SPG-60 STIR radar (Separate Target Illumination Radar)
Helicopter: 1 - SH-2 LAMPS Helicopter
Duncan (FFG 10) Building and Operational Data:
  • 27 February 1976: Building contract awarded to the Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding Co.
  • 29 April 1977: Keel laid by the Todd Pacific Shipyard, Seattle, Wash.
  • 01 March 1978: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Aniela Mateja Duncan (wife of the ship's namesake at the time of his death)
  • 15 May 1980: Commissioned, Commander Ross D. Barker in command, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 1 at Long Beach, Cal.
  • 21 January 1984: Assigned to the Naval Reserve Force, Long Beach, Cal. (the first FFG assigned to NRT duty)
  • 17 December 1994: Decommissioned after 14 years and 7 months of service (first Perry Class frigate to be decommissioned)
  • 05 January 1998: Struck from the NVR
  • 04 May 1999: Sold to Turkey as a parts hulk for cannibalization of spare parts
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    Duncan
    071001    		 248k Admiral Donald B. Duncan, the namesake of FFG 10, was one of the principal architects of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.

    Click on photo for more complete biography.

    USS Duncan (FFG 10) (1980-1994) was the first ship to be named in his honor.     		Robert M. Cieri
    Duncan
    071002    		 270k 14 March 1980: Seattle, Wash. - A port beam view of the Australian frigate Adelaide (F-01) at 80 percent completion. The guided missile frigate USS Duncan (FFG 10) is alongside the Adelaide.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-84-02727 by Todd-Pacific Shipyard from the Defense Visual Information Center)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

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    Duncan
    071018    		 160k 15 April 1980: A starboard bow view of Duncan as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. conducts sea trials.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-83-11595 by Todd Shipyard Corp. from the DVIC)    		 Bill Gonyo
    Duncan
    071019    		 145k 15 April 1980: A starboard bow view of Duncan as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. conducts sea trials.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-83-11599 by Todd Shipyard Corp. from the DVIC)
    Duncan
    071027    		 652k September 1981: San Diego, Cal. - USS Duncan (FFG 10) getting underway at the San Diego Naval Station.

    (Heilenday photo #1 00051A from the Heilenday Collection)    		 Mark Heilenday
    Virginia Beach, Va.

    Captain, USN (ret.)
    June 1974 - July 2004
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    June 1982: Hobart, Tasmania - Taken at the wharves.

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    		 Nick Jansen
    Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
    Duncan
    071008    		 295k 16 October 1984: at sea - An aerial port bow view of the replenishment oiler USS Wabash (AOR 5) conducting an underway replenishment of Duncan.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-01957 by PH3 O'Sullivan from the DVIC)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

    Navsource DE/FF/LCS
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    Duncan
    071009    		 192k 16 October 1984: at sea - A starboard bow view of the replenishment oiler USS Wabash (AOR 5) (center) conducting an underway replenishment of Duncan. The Australian frigate HMAS Darwin (F-04) is underway on the right.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-01956 by PH3 O'Sullivan, from the Defense Visual Information Center)
    Duncan
    071010    		 133k 01 October 1986: at sea off San Diego - A starboard bow view of Duncan.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-08644 by PH1 Paul Pappas from the DVIC)
    Duncan
    071011    		 159k 01 October 1986: at sea off San Diego - A port beam view of Duncan.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-08642 by PH1 Paul Pappas from the DVIC)
    Duncan
    071012    		 212k 01 October 1986: at sea off San Diego - A port beam view of Duncan.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-08641 by PH1 Paul Pappas from the DVIC)
    Duncan
    071020    		 121k 01 October 1986: at sea off San Diego - A port bow view of Duncan as she comes about.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-89-08643 by PH1 Paul Pappas from the DVIC)    		 Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Duncan
    071013    		 175k January 1987: at sea - exact date unknown, An aerial view of the U.S. Navy Cimarron Class Oiler USS Willamette (AO 180) (center) as she services Duncan, during an Underway Replenishment at sea as the Knox Class Frigate USS Gray (FF 1054) follows in trail.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-05-06680 from the DVIC)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

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    Duncan
    071014    		 267k January 1987: at sea - exact date unknown, An aerial bow view of the Willamette and Duncan as they prepare for an Underway Replenishment at sea.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-05-06674 from the DVIC)
    Wadsworth
    070915    		 256k 01 July 1988: Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hi. - Four U.S. Navy guided missile frigates are moored side by side in the harbor during Exercise RimPac '88. They include, from left: the guided missile frigates USS Duncan (FFG 10), the USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG 27), the USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG 23) and Wadsworth (FFG 9).

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-91-12038) by PH1 Terry Cosgrove from the DVIC)
    Duncan
    071015    		 112k 01 July 1988: at sea, off Hawaii - A starboard beam view of Duncan underway during Exercise RimPac'88.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-91-12044 from the DVIC)
    Duncan
    071021    		 480k 27 July 1988: Vancouver, B.C. - Two views of Duncan arriving for a port visit to Vancouver.

    (Both photos by Rick Garcia, from the collection of  Chris Howell)    		 Chris Howell
    Southland Ship Stores Ltd
    Port of Bluff, New Zealand
    Duncan
    071022    		 528k
    Duncan
    071023    		 381k 01 August 1988: Vancouver, B.C. - Duncan departing after a port visit to Vancouver, British Columbia. (Both photos by Rick Garcia, from the collection of  Chris Howell)
    Duncan
    071016    		 253k 29 September 1989: at sea - A port view of Duncan underway during PACEX'89.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-09733 by JO1 Lancaster from the DVIC)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

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    Wadsworth
    070918    		 1046k 23 January 1994: at sea - Destroyer Squadron One (DesRonOne) steaming in formation off the coast of San Clemente Island. The formation consists of seven FFG class ships of the Naval Reserve Force. From left to right, rear to front; left row (rear) USS Sides (FFG 14), (front) USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG 27), middle row (rear) USS Duncan (FFG 10) (center) USS Copeland (FFG 25) (lead ship) USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG 23), right row (rear) USS George Philip (FFG 12) and (front) USS Wadsworth (FFG 9).

    (U.S. Navy Photo, Local ID #330-CFD-DN-ST-95-01112, NAID #6491772 from the United States National Archives)
    		 Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Duncan
    071017    		 179k 31 May 1996: Pearl Harbor, Hi. - Port quarter view of the decommissioned guided missile frigate Duncan moored with other reserve ships at the Ships Intermediate Maintenance Facility in the middle loch at Pearl Harbor. To the right are the Knox class frigates Harold E. Holt (FF 1074), Whipple (FF 1062) and one unidentified unit.

    (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-97-01130 by Don S. Montgomery, USN (ret.), from the DVIC)    		 Mike Smolinski
    Clifton, N.J.

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    Duncan
    071024    		 161k 22 March 2017: the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - The Perry class frigate ex-USS Duncan was the first ship of this class to be decommissioned from active service. She was stricken from U.S. Navy service on 05 January 1998. In May 1999 she was sold to the Turkish Navy. She has never entered into service, therefore she doesn’t have a Turkish name. She was used as spare part source, to keep other ships working. This practice is lovingly called cannibalization, and you can see the effects of it on the hull of ex-Duncan in above photos.

    TCG Inebolu, TCG Özgür and TCG Darica, three Turkish Navy tugs, towed the hull of ex-USS Duncan through Istanbul northbound, on 22 March 2017. Since there are no scrap yards along the Black Sea coast of Turkey, this journey is not going to end at a scrapyard.

    The markings on the hull of the former frigate are consistent with a live firing test. A few days after the passage of ex-Duncan it was announced that she was going to be used as a target during the Deniz Yıldızı annual naval exercise. (Both photos by Cem Devrim Yaylal; from the Bosphorus Naval News)    		 Kevin Brent
    Duncan
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    Duncan
    071026    		 58k 04 October 2017: in the Black sea - ex-Duncan is sunk as a target by the Turkish submarine TCG Sakarya (S-353). Ron Reeves
    Oaklyn, N.J.
    Duncan Memorabilia
    Ship's
    Plaque
    Duncan
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski    		 Welcome Aboard
    Pamphlet Cover ('89)
    Duncan
    Courtesy of
    Robert M. Cieri
    		Change of Command
    Pamphlet Cover ('89)
    Duncan
    Courtesy of
    Robert M. Cieri
    		EOOW
    patch
    Duncan
    Courtesy of
    Mike Smolinski
    Duncan History
    View the USS Duncan (FFG 10) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
    Duncan's Commanding Officers
    Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves
    Number, Dates of Command Commanding Officers
    1.)  24 May 1980 - 28 Jun. 1982Cmdr. Ross D. Barker (OCS '63) (Englewood, N.J.)
    2.)  28 Jun. 1982 - 05 Jan. 1985Cmdr. Ernest Francis Tedeschi Jr. (USNA '65) (New Britain, Ct.) (ret. as Radm.)
    3.)  05 Jan. 1985 - 11 Apr. 1987Cmdr. Richard Cline (Dick) Branum (USNA '67) (Norfolk, Va.)
    4.)  11 Apr. 1987 - 24 Jun. 1989Cmdr. James L. Harris (NROTC '68) (Long Beach, Cal.)
    5.)  24 Jun. 1989 - 11 Jul. 1991Cmdr. Dennis Michael Lunghofer (USNA '70) (Zanesville, Oh.)
    6.)  11 Jul. 1991 - 11 Sep. 1992 Cmdr. Gary J. E. Smith (Whittier, Cal.)
    7.)  11 Sep. 1992 - 17 Dec. 1994Cmdr. Martin James Leghart Sr. (Canton, Oh.)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    None
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