Brooke class frigate

Brooke class frigate

The Brooke class was a United States Navy frigate class that is based on the "Garcia" class, but with the addition of the Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System.

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Nearly identical to the "Garcia" class, except the second 5"/38 caliber gun was replaced with a Tartar missile system and electronics. Brooke class ships had the AN/SPS-52 3D air search radar instead of the two dimension AN/SPS-40 and added the AN/SPG-51 for target tracking and missile guidance. The Mk 22, single arm, 16 missile launcher was placed midships. Initially authorized as guided missile destroyer escorts (DEG), 1-6 were authorized in FY1962 while 4-6 were in FY1963. Plans called for 10 more to be authorized in FY1964 and possibly three more in later years, but those plans were dropped because of the $11 million higher cost of the DEG over an FF. The "Brooke" class was originally designed to carry the DASH drone, but were later equipped with LAMPS SH-2 Seasprite after the hangar was enlarged.Moore, John. "Janes American Fighting Ships of the 20th Century". p185. Mallard Press, 1991. ISBN 0-7924-5626-2.]

1-3 had a Westinghouse geared steam turbine while 4-6 employed General Electric. All ships had two Foster-Wheeler boilers. FFG 4-6 had an angled base of the bridge structure behind the ASROC launched for automatic reloading. Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate systems were evaluated on USS|Talbot|FFG-4 including the Otobreda 76 mm gun, the AN/SQS-56 sonar and other systems.Moore, John. "Janes American Fighting Ships of the 20th Century". p185. Mallard Press, 1991. ISBN 0-7924-5626-2.] [GlobalSecurity.org [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ffg-1.htm Brooke class] .]

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* [http://www.destroyerhistory.org/coldwar/garciaclass.html "Brooke"-class guided missile frigates] at [http://www.destroyerhistory.org/index.html Destroyer History Foundation]
*http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ffg-1.htm


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