1970 to 1992    

FF-1068 USS Vreeland

US US Navy

1992 to 1998 - GR Hellenic Navy - F458 HS Makedonia    




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Call Sign: NMAP
Shipyard: Avondale Shipyard





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History of US USS Vreeland FF-1068

1964-jul-22OrderedOrdered
1968-mar-20Laid downLaid down
1969-jun-14LaunchedLaunched
1970-jun-13CommissionedCommissioned
1974-oct-04 Towed by USS William H Standley (CG-32) in the Med due to serious boiler trouble
1978-augPort VisitPort Visit SO off Mogadishu First American warship to visit Mogadishu since military came to power in October, 1969
1980-sep-25 Ordered by US official to make room for Soviet cruise ship Maxim Gorky at Manhattan dock
1982-jul Central Mediterranean UNREP with USS Mount Baker (AE-34) in Mediterranean
1982-sep-14 Red Sea In the Red Sea searching for missing pilot that crashed F-4 Phantom jet while attempting to land on the USS Forrestal
1984-dec-24 assigned to escort a Soviet flotilla headed to Cuba
1984-dec-29 off Florida Relieved by USS John L Hall (FFG-32) along Florida coast
1985-may Caribbean Sea Deployed to Honduras
1985-aug Ocean Safari 85, Aug 28-Sept 20, Atlantic Ocean
1985-augDeploymentDeployment North Atlantic Refueled in the North Atlantic by RFA Grey Rover
1985-sepPort VisitPort Visit FR Gironde Estuary Port visit Bordeaux, France
1985-decRefitRefit Drydock
1986 Central Mediterranean Mediterranean Deployment
1986-aprDeploymentDeployment LY Libyan coast Operation El Dorado Canyon - Libya, April 12-17
1986-augPort VisitPort Visit IT off Naples Port visit Naples, Italy
1987-aug CU Guantanamo Bay Naval Base GITMO Cuba
1987-oct CV escort services
1988 Dragon Hammer 88, HSL-36 helicopter crashed and sank attempting to land in heavy fog
1988-feb Central Mediterranean Mediterranean Deployment
1988-marPort VisitPort Visit ES Ibiza Port visit Ibiza, Spain
1988-may-01 Dragon Hammer 88, May 1-14
1988-may-08AircraftAircraft Central Mediterranean accident SH-2F 161903
1988-junPort VisitPort Visit ES Malaga Port Port visit Malaga, Spain
1992-jun-30DecommissionedDecommissioned
1992-jul-25Fate: transferedFate: transfered leased to Greece as Macedonia

History of GR HS Makedonia F458

1992-jul-25 caught fire on her maiden voyage in middle atlantic
1992-aug-25 towed to Greece
1999-janDecommissionedDecommissioned



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  Specifications


Knox class
257crew
4260full load (tn)
134length (m)
14.25beam (m)
7.54draught (m)
28max speed (knots)
35000power (shp)

2Naval Engine boilers
1Naval Engine steam turbines

1Missile Launcher Mk 25 8-cell Sea Sparrow

1Naval Gun Mark 42 5/54 inch (127mm)
1Torpedo Launchers Mk 16 8-cell ASROC
4Torpedo Launchers single tube 324 mm

1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-40
1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67
1Sonar hull mounted sonar AN/SQS-26
1Sonar towed array sonar AN/SQR-18

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