USS Glover (FF-1098)

USS "Glover" (FF-1098) was a sclass|Garcia|frigate originally modified for research use and commissioned as (AGDE-1) on 3 November 1965, with Commander William W. Wilson in command. "Glover" was laid down 29 July 1963 by the Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine and launched on 17 April 1965 with sponsors Mrs. William S. Pederson, Sr., and Mrs. Claude V. Signer, great-great-great-granddaughters of General John Glover.

Fitted out with advanced sonar and antisubmarine weapons, "Glover" was designed to serve as an experimental research escort for developing and testing the latest antisubmarine weapons systems. As a research ship, she tested equipment designed to more readily detect and track enemy submarines, and evaluated tactics and procedures which were used on future classes of escorts. Capable of participating in offensive operations against submarines, she provided support for hunter killer groups, amphibious forces, and ocean convoys.

"Glover" joined the US Atlantic Fleet in 1966 as a unit of Cruiser-Destroyer Forces and operated along the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean. In September 1974 she entered Boston Naval Shipyard for modifications.

"Glover" was redesignated (AGFF-1) in 1975, and redesignated (FF-1098) in 1979. She was scrapped in 1994.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g6/glover.htm
*NVR|http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AGFF1.htm