USS Thach (FFG-43)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:2_SH-60_Seahawk_helicopters
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
gptkb:76_mm_OTO_Melara_gun
gptkb:Mk_13_missile_launcher
torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon
gptkb:Coast_Guard_Special_Operations_Service_Ribbon
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Service_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 45 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Todd_Pacific_Shipyards
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class
gptkbp:commissioned 17 March 1984
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 November 2013
gptkbp:displacement 4,100 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Thach (FFG-43)
gptkbp:hullNumber FFG-43
gptkbp:laidDown 6 March 1981
gptkbp:launched 18 December 1982
gptkbp:length 453 feet
gptkbp:locationSunk Pacific Ocean, off Hawaii
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Ready_and_Able
gptkbp:namedAfter John Thach
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn RIMPAC 2016
gptkbp:pennantNumber FFG-43
gptkbp:propulsion 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines
2 auxiliary propulsion units
gptkbp:speed over 29 knots
gptkbp:sponsor Mrs. Madalyn J. Thach
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:sunkBy 14 July 2016
gptkbp:type gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bath_Iron_Works
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6