USS Julius A. Furer

USS Julius A. Furer (FFG-6) was a Brooke-class frigate in the United States Navy.

History
United States
Name	USS Julius A. Furer
Namesake	Julius A. Furer
Ordered	24 May 1963
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	12 July 1965
Launched	22 July 1966
Acquired	3 November 1967
Commissioned	11 November 1967
Decommissioned	31 January 1989
Stricken	2 February 1994
Fate	Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994
General characteristics
Class and type	Brooke-class frigate
Displacement	3,426 tons full
Length	414 ft (126 m)
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draft	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Installed power	2 Foster Wheeler boilers 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Propulsion	1 General Electric geared turbine 1 shaft
Speed	27.2 knots (50.4 km/h; 31.3 mph)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)
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-inch/38-caliber gun 1 × Mk 22 RIM-24 Tartar/RIM-66 Standard missile launcher (16 missiles) 1 × 8 cell RUR-5 ASROC launcher 2 × 3 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes 2 × MK 37 torpedo tubes (fixed, stern, removed later)
Aircraft carried	SH-2 Seasprite

Julius A. Furer was launched 22 July 1966 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; and sponsored by Mrs. Julius A. Furer, widow of Rear Admiral Julius A. Furer. She was commissioned on 11 November 1967 at the Boston Naval Shipyard.

Pakistan service

For other ships with the same name, see PNS Badr.

Julius A. Furer was decommissioned on 31 January 1989, and leased to Pakistan as PNS Badr and returned in 1993. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 February 1994, and disposed of by Navy title transfer to the United States Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994.

Ship awards

• Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
• Navy Expeditionary Medal (2)
• National Defense Service Medal
• Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
• Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.