Guided Missile Frigate

FFG 39  -  USS Doyle

 

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle patch crest insignia

FFG-39 USS Doyle - Perry class guided missile frigate

Type, Class:

 

Guided Missile Frigate; Oliver Hazard Perry - class (long hull)

planned and built as FFG 39

Builder:

 

Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA

STATUS:

 

Awarded: April 27, 1979

Laid down: October 23, 1981

Launched: May 22, 1982

Commissioned: May 21, 1983

Decommissioned: July 29, 2011

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

Named after and in honor of Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle (1897 - 1982)

> see history, below;

Ship's Motto:

 

VALIANT MARINER

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Oliver Hazard Perry - class Guided Missile Frigate

 

ship images

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle decommissioning ceremony Mayport Florida 2011

decommissioning ceremony - Mayport, Florida - July 2011

 

USS Doyle FFG-39 Mayport Florida 2011

Mayport, Florida - April 2011

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle Boston Massachusetts 2006

Boston, Massachusetts - October 2006

 

USS Doyle FFG-39 Souda Bay Crete Greece 2003

Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - December 2003

 

USS Doyle FFG-39 Souda Bay Greece

Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - December 2003

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle Souda Bay 2003

Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - December 2003

 

USS Doyle FFG-39 Perry class frigate

Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - December 2003

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle Caribbean Sea 2002

Caribbean Sea - February 2002

 

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FFG-39 USS Doyle Mk-13 missile launcher

 

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FFG-39 USS Doyle Mk-13 missile launcher

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle with SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III

 

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FFG-39 USS Doyle - SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III landing

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle SH-60B Seahawk on flightdeck

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle UNREP

 

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FFG-39 USS Doyle construction

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle combat information center CIC

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle plaque

 

 

James Henry Doyle

 

James Henry Doyle, Vice Admiral US Navy   Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle, US Navy   Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle, USN

 

 

Namesake & History:

Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle (1897 – 1982):

 

Served aboard Mercury, battleship Pennsylvania, cruisers Delaware and Camden, and destroyer Badger. Became Executive Officer aboard destroyers Lawrence and Buchanan.  After a tour in JAG and with Commander Destroyers Battle Force, he commanded destroyer Sands and DESDIV 67, with additional assignment as Commanding Officer destroyer Herndon.  Assumed command of amphibious ship Regulus, and subsequently assigned to the staff Commander, Amphibious Force South Pacific, earning the Legion of Merit for the Solomon Islands Campaign.  He subsequently had command of cruiser Pasadena, earning a Bronze Star at the end of World War II.  After a tour with the Military Staff Committee in the UN, he successively had command of Amphibious Training Command, Pacific Fleet and Commander Amphibious Group One.  As commander of the amphibious operations during the critical amphibious events of the Korean War at Inchon, Wonsan, and Hungnam, he received the Army Silver Star and the Navy Distinguished Service Medals. Not only was his expertise and leadership in amphibious warfare critical to the successful offensive landings at Inchon and Wonson, but he brilliantly extricated from underneath Chinese Army guns at Hungnam one Marine and two Army Divisions, one Republic of Korean Army Corps totaling 105,000 fighting personnel; 17,500 tanks and vehicles; 350,000 tons of cargo; 91,000 Korean civilian refugees.  He subsequently was assigned as President of INSURV and then Chairman of the Joint Amphibious Board.

 

USS Doyle (FFG 39):

 

DOYLE has completed four Mediterranean Deployments, two Persian Gulf deployments, and a Standing Naval Forces Atlantic cruise. She has participated in the "Drug War" through Counter-Drug Operations (CDOPS) in the Caribbean Sea, and escorted USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) around South America. During the circumnavigation, DOYLE set a new speed record for the class by traveling over 16,000 miles in just 1000 hours underway. DOYLE returned from the Persian Gulf late in 1996, DOYLE conducted an unprecedented 72 queries and 39 boardings in support of the UN embargo against Iraq. Their efforts resulted in the confiscation of more than $3 million of contraband. Additionally, DOYLE participated in Operation Desert Strike, the only Mayport unit to be involved.

DOYLE also participated in Fleet Week '98 and will return to Fleet Week '99. DOYLE completed UNITAS in November of 1998.

UNITAS is U.S. Navy’s longest-running annual deployment; the word UNITAS is Latin for "unity". This operation promotes a cooperative maritime strategy in the region while supporting the U.S. policy of continued engagement in South America through forward presence. UNITAS 39-98 was conducted with nine South American Navies over a four-month period. The U.S. Task force 138 made up of USS DOYLE (FFG 39), USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD 980), USS LA MOURE COUNTY (LST 1194), USS BOSTON (SSN 703), and USCGC MOHAWK, circumnavigated South America in a clockwise direction.

On January 19, 2000, USS DOYLE and embarked HSL-47 Det. 6 departed Mayport, Fla. en route to a multi-purpose deployment in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean. During this deployment the frigate intercepted a vessel named REBELDE off the coast of Ecuador while conducting routine counter drug operations. After detaining and searching the suspicious vessel, DOYLE's embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) discovered six tons of cocaine. REBELDE was taken under tow and delivered to St. Petersburg, Florida.

 

patches

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle patch crest insignia  USS Doyle FFG-39 patch crest insignia  FFG-39 USS Doyle patch crest insignia

 

FFG-39 USS Doyle insignia crest  FFG-39 USS Doyle cruise patch

 

 

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