USS Brooke

USS Brooke (FFG-1) was the lead ship of her class of guided missile frigates in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1988. She was named for John Mercer Brooke. As of 2021, no other ship in the United States Navy has been named Brooke.

History
United States
Name	Brooke
Namesake	John Mercer Brooke
Ordered	4 January 1962
Builder	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	19 December 1962
Launched	19 July 1963
Acquired	7 March 1966
Commissioned	12 March 1966
Decommissioned	16 September 1988
Stricken	2 January 1994
Motto	Prima et Optima (English: First and Finest)
Fate	Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994
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General characteristics
Class and type	Brooke-class frigate
Displacement	5,400 tons
Length	390 ft (120 m)
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draft	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion	2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
Speed	27.2 knots (50.4 km/h)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km)
Complement	14 officers, 214 crew
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-52 3D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar AN/SQS-26 bow mounted sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 1 × Mk 22 RIM-24 Tartar/RIM-66 Standard missile launcher (16 missiles) 1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher 2 × triple 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes (6 torpedoes) 1 × twin Mk 25MK 37 torpedo tubes (fixed, stern, removed later) (8 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried	SH-2 Seasprite

Laid down on 19 December 1962 by Lockheed Ship Building, Brooke was launched on 19 July 1963 and commissioned on 12 March 1966. Originally designated DEG-1, she was redesignated FFG-1 in 1975. She served in the Pacific Fleet and was homeported in San Diego, California.