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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

U.S. Navy to decommission frigate Hawes on Dec. 10

USS HawesThe Navy frigate Hawes will end its 25-year career later this month in a decommissioning ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station, the service announced.

Named for the late Rear Adm. Richard Ellington Hawes, a two-time recipient of the Navy Cross, the ship is the 47th in the Oliver Hazard Perry class. Built at Bath Iron Works in Maine, it was commissioned in 1985.

It has a crew of 215, led by Cmdr. Stephen F. Fuller, plus an embarked helicopter detachment. Its missions have included escorting convoys, coastal operations and air and surface warfare.

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