USS Glover

USS Glover (FF-1098) was a Garcia-class frigate originally modified for research use and commissioned as (AGDE-1) on 3 November 1965. 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.

USS Glover underway in 1982.
History
United States
NameUSS Glover
NamesakeJohn Glover
Awarded28 June 1961
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down29 July 1963
Launched17 April 1965
Commissioned13 November 1965
Decommissioned15 June 1990 Ship transferred to Military Sealift Command as a research vessel
Stricken20 November 1992
IdentificationFF-1098
FateSold for scrap 15 April 1994
Badge
General characteristics as (AGDE-1)
Class and typeGarcia-class frigate
Displacement3,426 tons
Length414 ft 6 in (126.34 m)
Beam44 ft 1 in (13.44 m)
Draft24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
Speed27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Complement239+12 FAST Company Marines for security detail
Sensors and
processing systems		Sonar AN/SQS-26AXR, AN/SQS-35 IVDS. Test platform for LFAS and RMASS Sonars
Armament

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. A pump-jet propulsion reduces underwater noise and gyroscopically controlled fin stabilizers reduce ocean rolling.[1] 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.

History

Glover joined the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in 1966 as a unit of Cruiser-Destroyer Forces and operated along the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean.

1966–1974

In 1966 Glover (AGDE-1) was modified in the Boston Naval Shipyard with electronic testing and data recording hardware. In 1968 she re-entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for more modifications and the addition of a variable depth sonar device. In 1970, she made her first Atlantic crossing and Mediterranean cruise visiting ports in Spain, France, Italy, and Greece. While conducting sonar tests in the Mediterranean, she was observed very closely by Soviet Navy vessels. One almost rear ended the ship while attempting to obtain a close look at the variable depth sonar. In September 1974 she entered Boston Naval Shipyard for modifications.

United States Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) was a radar operator on the USS Glover from 1971 to 1974.

1974–1994

Glover was redesignated (AGFF-1) in 1975, and redesignated a frigate (FF-1098)[2] in 1979. Glover went through a major overhaul at South Boston Shipyard in 1988, getting a boiler refit and new sonar overhaul. She was decommissioned on 15 June 1990, transferred to Military Sealift Command (MSC) as a research vessel for EDO Corp and NUSC and reclassified as USNS Glover (T-AGFF 1). She was scrapped at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1994.

Awards

In addition to the above, Glover received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy.

References
  1. Glover (AGDE-1) Launched. Bureau of Ships Journal, August 1965, Vol 14(8), page 10
  2. The hull number of a cancelled Knox-class ship, FF-1098; Glover was a Garcia-class. "Glover", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Vol. 3 (1968), p. 110.
  • USS Glover – Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive
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