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==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
The contract to build ''Hawes'' was awarded to [[Bath Iron Works]], [[Bath, Maine]], 22 May 1981, and her keel was laid 26 August 1983. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] 18 February 1984; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth H. Watson, | The contract to build ''Hawes'' was awarded to [[Bath Iron Works]], [[Bath, Maine]], 22 May 1981, and her keel was laid 26 August 1983. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] 18 February 1984; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth H. Watson, daughter of the late Rear Adm. Hawes; delivered 1 February 1985, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] 9 February 1985.<ref name="DANFS">{{cite web | url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/Hawes.html | title=Hawes (FFG-53) | publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command | date=14 July 2015 | access-date=8 January 2016 | author=Evans, Mark L.}}</ref> | ||
==Service history== | ==Service history== | ||
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''Hawes'', with [[List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons#Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Squadrons|Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light)]] [[HSM-48|HSL-48]] Detachment 10 embarked, returned from a [[counter-narcotics]] deployment to the Caribbean and Western Atlantic to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on 7 October 2009. The ship's operations resulted in the seizure of 200 barrels of [[cocaine]].<ref name="DANFS" /> | ''Hawes'', with [[List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons#Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Squadrons|Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light)]] [[HSM-48|HSL-48]] Detachment 10 embarked, returned from a [[counter-narcotics]] deployment to the Caribbean and Western Atlantic to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on 7 October 2009. The ship's operations resulted in the seizure of 200 barrels of [[cocaine]].<ref name="DANFS" /> | ||
In July 2010, ''Hawes'' docked for five days at Pier 4 of the [[Charlestown Navy Yard]], participating in a [[Navy Week]] coordinated alongside Boston's Harborfest.<ref> | In July 2010, ''Hawes'' docked for five days at Pier 4 of the [[Charlestown Navy Yard]], participating in a [[Navy Week]] coordinated alongside Boston's Harborfest.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.navyweek.org/boston2010/ |title=The 2010 Boston Navy Week Schedule of Events |access-date=6 July 2010 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726085021/http://www.navyweek.org/boston2010/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
''Hawes'', operating with Destroyer Squadron 26 out of Norfolk, was decommissioned on 10 December 2010. | ''Hawes'', operating with Destroyer Squadron 26 out of Norfolk, was decommissioned on 10 December 2010 | ||
'''Fate''' | |||
In late 2020, ''Hawes'' was announced to be recycled by 2021, alongside [[USS Charles F. Adams|USS ''Charles F. Adams'']], [[USS Stephen W. Groves|USS ''Stephen Groves'']], [[USS Barry (DD-933)|USS ''Barry'']], and [[USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)|USS ''Ticonderoga'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=USS Hawes (FFG 53) set to be recycled after 25 years of service {{!}} EMR Metal Recycling Reimagined |url=https://us.emrgroup.com/find-out-more/latest-news/uss-hawes-set-to-recycled-after-25-years-of-service |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=us.emrgroup.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=DLA to scrap five warships |url=https://www.dla.mil/About-DLA/News/News-Article-View/Article/2372056/dla-to-scrap-five-warships/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250430135817/https://www.dla.mil/About-DLA/News/News-Article-View/Article/2372056/dla-to-scrap-five-warships/ |archive-date=2025-04-30 |access-date=2025-10-14 |work=Defense Logistics Agency |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{Naval Vessel Register| | {{Naval Vessel Register|hull=FFG-53}} | ||
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/Hawes.html}} | {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/Hawes.html}} | ||
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Construction
The contract to build Hawes was awarded to Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, 22 May 1981, and her keel was laid 26 August 1983. She was launched 18 February 1984; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth H. Watson, daughter of the late Rear Adm. Hawes; delivered 1 February 1985, and commissioned 9 February 1985.[1]
Service history
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In the summer of 1987, Hawes deployed from a regular Sixth Fleet assignment in the Mediterranean to the Fifth Fleet in Persian Gulf to support Operation Earnest Will. Operation Earnest Will escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil and natural gas tankers through the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War. Hawes led or participated in numerous convoy escort operations between September and November, 1987. In addition to its regular complement of crew, officers and an air detatchment of 2 SH-60B Seahawk helicopters, Hawes also embarked a detachment of 3 Task Force 160 (Delta Force) MH-6 helicopters, referred to as Sea Bats, as well as Stinger Missile crews for additional anti-air defense in the wake of the Iraqi attack on the USS Stark in May 1987.
In late September 1987 a small Iranian Revolutionary Guard ship, the Iran Ajr, was discovered sowing mines in shipping lanes northeast of Bahrain and was subsequently attacked by elements of Task Force 160 embarked on the USS Jarrett and captured by a US Navy SEAL team. Subsequently, the Hawes took the Ajr under tow to an undisclosed location where US Navy EOD sailors scuttled the ship.
Hawes also participated as an anti-air picket in support of Operation Nimble Archer, where US Navy destroyers and cruisers destroyed several Iranian natural gas platforms in response to a missile attack on the reflagged tanker Sea Isle City as she awaited the unloading of cargo at the Kuwait City terminal.
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Hawes, with Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light) HSL-48 Detachment 10 embarked, returned from a counter-narcotics deployment to the Caribbean and Western Atlantic to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on 7 October 2009. The ship's operations resulted in the seizure of 200 barrels of cocaine.[1]
In July 2010, Hawes docked for five days at Pier 4 of the Charlestown Navy Yard, participating in a Navy Week coordinated alongside Boston's Harborfest.[2]
Hawes, operating with Destroyer Squadron 26 out of Norfolk, was decommissioned on 10 December 2010
Fate
In late 2020, Hawes was announced to be recycled by 2021, alongside USS Charles F. Adams, USS Stephen Groves, USS Barry, and USS Ticonderoga.[3][4]
References
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