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for the next four and a half years. This pattern was broken in June 1962, when ''Benner'' entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for an eight-month Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul. During this yard period, the destroyer received new sonar and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapons, including a QH-50 DASH|Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter. In addition, she was |
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ad been attempting to enter the U.S. with 4.5 tons of cannabis (drug)|marijuana. Later that same year, the ship underwent an extensive three-year Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program. Weapons systems were upgraded and many portions of the cutter were remodeled. Upon being re-commissioned in November 1989, ''Munro'' was homeported at Coast Guard Island in [[Alameda, C |
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ipated in festivals and celebrations in several west-coast cities and in Australia, and operated periodically with the 7th Fleet. Having undergone Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) Mark I conversion earlier, she joined Task Group (TG 10) for a major Presidential Demonstration. From the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)|''Kitty Hawk'' (CV-63), [[President of the |
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onths in local operations. In June 1961, her home port was changed to Bremerton, Washington, where she entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a fleet rehabilitation and modernization (FRAM) overhaul. During the FRAM refit all secondary armament was removed, as well as No. 2 five-inch turret, which was replaced by two Mk32 triple torpedo tube launchers. The superstructure was extensively |
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''Robert L. Wilson'' returned to Norfolk in late November and operated locally until March 1963 when she entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard for a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) I modernization. Emerging from her overhaul period in 1964, she continued to serve with the Atlantic Fleet for the balance of that year and throughout 1965. After |
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e 1961. Returning to Little Creek, Va. on 22 February 1962, she operated in the Atlantic and Caribbean before a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul. On 9 November ''Rushmore'' hurriedly left the Bethlehem Steel Yards, Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken, N.J., because of the Cuban Missile Crisis and sailed to North Carolina to e |
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ice during this operation, the ''Dallas'' received the Coast Guard’s Meritorious Unit Commendation. In the late 1980s, the ''Dallas'' underwent a fleet rehabilitation and modernization (FRAM) program in the Portland, Maine, yards of the Bath Iron Works. During that period, her living quarters, electronics, sensors, and weapons systems were upgraded to allow continued service beyond the ye |
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enemy air, surface, or submarine forces. On 1 April 1964 she was redesignated '''DD-832''' and entered the Mare Island Naval Shipyard to undergo a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) conversion designed to prolong her effective life as a fighting ship for many years. ===Vietnam, 1965–1968=== Conversion completed on 6 December 1964, ''Hanson'' rejoined the Pacific Fl |
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ter returning from the Far East in August 1963, ''Pickaway'' entered the Willamette Iron and Steel Works shipyard at Richmond, California, for Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM). In January 1964, the ship began extensive underway and amphibious training, and in March, departed San Diego for Hawaii, and large scale amphibious "Operation Westwind". On 18 |
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oe 2|Project Mercury nose cone and Sam, the space monkey]]; her 1960 surveillance duties with the Polaris missile submarines and ; and in 1961, a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul. In the Caribbean in 1962, she rescued nine Cubans seeking asylum in the U.S. and, later, three Jamaican fishermen, and then joined the U.S. blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Ove |
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969. Several are still used today for various land-based roles. ==Design and development== DASH was a major part of the United States Navy's Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the late 1950s. FRAM was started because the Soviet Union was building submarines faster than the US could build anti-submarine frigates. Instead of building frigates, the FRA |
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ccommodate the Mk 101 fire control system and Mk 37 director. All GUPPY III boats received a plastic sail. The GUPPY III conversion was part of the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program. All 24 GUPPY II boats were originally slated to receive the GUPPY III upgrade, but budgetary constraints limited the program to a total of nine boats. Despite their extensive modifications |
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In March and April she operated with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, then between June 1963 and May 1964 underwent a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) I overhaul and conversion at the Boston Naval Shipyard. On 18 May 1964 the "new" destroyer, now equipped with ASROC and DASH (weapon)|DASH, left the shipyard and steamed for her |
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aribbean]] with the 2nd Fleet with deployments to the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet, underwent an extensive Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul at the New York Naval Shipyard in 1961, participated in quarantine operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, acted as communications relay ship for the Mercury spac |
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tates Second Fleet|Second Fleet]] with deployments to the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet, underwent an extensive Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul at the Boston Naval Shipyard between 1 March 1962 and 31 January 1963, served as part of the Project ''Gemini'' recovery force which picked up an unmanned experimental |
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rranean]] with the 6th Fleet, was assigned to Project Mercury as a part of the recovery unit on the Atlantic range in 1962, underwent an extensive Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul at the New York Naval Shipyard, and served as plane guard for carriers on "Yankee Station" in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in "[[Operation Sea Dragon (Vietnam War |
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brought significant changes to ''Stribling''. From June 1960 until April 1966, she was modified extensively at the Charleston Navy Yard under the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program. After refresher training out of Guantanamo Bay and participation in NATO exercise "Lime Jug," ''Stribling'' stood watch during the recovery of astronaut, John Glenn, in Februar |
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the-flag" duty. Between the seventh and eight deployments, she entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 22 January 1962 to begin a nine-month Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul, which she completed on 11 October. Her eighth peacetime deployment to the Far East was from April to December 1963. Upon her return, the warship conducted operations off the west coast unti |
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ing crisis between Israel and the Arab League nations. ===1960–1973=== Between 29 April 1959 and 10 May 1960 ''Perry'' underwent Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) Conversion, the first such conversion, at the Boston Naval Shipyard. In addition to improved living spaces, she received the latest in sonar and anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine weap |
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le sea" and visited its ports of call. In 1959, ''Shadwell'' became the first helicopter-carrying dock landing ship. In 1961, she underwent a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul. She was in the Atlantic supporting the Cuban quarantine in October 1962. In February 1964, she participated in the amphibious exercise "Quick Kick V" on t |
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and a 6th Fleet deployment in the summer of 1960. ===1961–1972=== ''Keppler'' entered New York Naval Shipyard on 1 March 1961 for a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) II overhaul designed to increase her service and effectiveness. Following the overhaul she returned Newport on 25 October and resumed anti-submarine duty on 8 March 1962. ''Keppler'' sailed on 4 June |
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quitting the Caribbean, ''New'' returned to Norfolk where she underwent availability and upkeep prior to entering the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) Mark I conversion, during which she received the ASROC system. On 7 December 1963, the modernized ''New'' returned to active duty with a new squadron, DesRon 22. With that squadron sh |
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ctory Fleet Day)]] Boston launched two destroyers USS ''Cowie'' and USS ''Knight''. In the post war period, it worked on modernizing vessels through Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM). The Korean War and Vietnam War didn't bring much work to the Yard since it was so far from the fighting. ==Notable ships built at Boston Navy Yard== * 1934 — - ([[Farragut class dest |
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ul and modernization and left Norfolk on the 27th bound for the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. From July 1963 to 26 April 1964, ''Basilone'' underwent a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) I overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Modifications completed, the destroyer followed her arrival at her new homeport of Newport, R.I., on 1 May with three week |
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refresher training and local operations out of Long Beach into the summer. In late June, ''Belle Grove'' sailed for Portland, Oreg., and a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul. Her crew lived on board the barracks ship APL-4 while the dock landing ship underwent a thorough reconditioning. She received new mess facilities, modern communications equipment, and much |
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for a tour of duty in Vietnamese waters. She returned to the United States later that spring, and resumed normal operations until commencing a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul late in the year. She completed her FRAM II conversion early in 1964, and resumed local operations out of San Diego. On 18 June 1964, she stood out of San Diego for another tour of duty in |
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g Norfolk on very short notice to assume her station. ===1963–1965=== In May 1963, she entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul. ''Stickell'' surrendered her anti-aircraft warfare electronics equipment in return for the latest in ASW gear, including ASROC missiles and QH-50 DASH|DASH drone helicopters. Early |
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1962, she again took station for Project Mercury, this time off the coast of Africa. In August, she entered Boston Naval Shipyard for almost a year of Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul. Before leaving Boston, in June 1963, she received several new weapons systems, including ASROC, QH-50 DASH|DASH, long-range, distant air search radar and long-range sonar. From Bost |
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entral Pacific as in 1954 when she assisted in Operation Castle, an atomic test series. == 1960 – 1970 == ''Nicholas'' underwent a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) update between December 1959 and July 1960, emerging from the shipyard in time for her annual rotation to WestPac, which, that year, sent her, for the first time since World War II, to the [[South Ch |
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cise with and , kept her busy until 6 March when she entered drydock at the Naval Repair Facility, San Diego. During the ensuing upgrade, part of the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program, the warship lost her after 3-inch/50 twin mount to the initial flight deck modifications for the drone antisubmarine helicopter (DASH), but received a modern SQS-23 sonar and two triple- |
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d. His instruments are regarded as being second to violins made by Antonio Stradivari and by Guaneri del Gesu.) Many famous musicians played on his instruments, such as Howard Davis (FRAM) and many others. Category:Italian musical instrument makers Category:Luthiers</text> </revision> |