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Photo # NH 99645:  USS Patterson underway in Narragansett Bay, R.I., August 1970

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Patterson (DE-1061, later FF-1061), 1970-1999

USS Patterson, a 3011-ton (standard displacement) Knox class escort ship, was built at Westwego, Louisiana. She was placed in commission in mid-March 1970, conducted shakedown training out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in June and August 1971 made her first overseas deployment, a trip to northern Europe. Her next deployment, to the Mediterranean Sea for service with the Sixth Fleet, took place during the first half of 1974. When all newer escort ships were reclassified as frigates in mid-1975, Patterson became FF-1061. At about this time she was also updated, receiving enlarged helicopter facilities and the Basic Point Defense Missile System, whose launcher for eight "Sea Sparrow" guided missiles was installed on her afterdeck.

Patterson made another Mediterranean cruise from late 1976 to mid-1977 and a third in 1978 and early 1979. In September and October 1979 the ship returned to northern European waters and in mid-1980 she provided help to the West Indies island of St. Lucia after it was hit by a devastating hurricane. After steaming east to the Mediterranean in October 1980, Patterson voyaged onward to make a tour of the Persian Gulf during the last months of that year and the first month of 1981. A fifth Sixth Fleet cruise followed from late in 1981 into 1982, with Red Sea operations at the end of the deployment. The frigate earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation for her activities during this time.

In June 1983 Patterson was assigned to the Naval Reserve Force, based at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She remained in this non-deploying status for the next eight years, making frequent cruises in the western Atlantic area, from Canada to the West Indies, to keep Naval Reservists' training up to date. In late 1990 Patterson conducted counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean, taking a two-way passage through the Panama Canal as part of her work. A final cruise, to Bermuda in May 1991, was followed by decommissioning at the end of September. After more than three years in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, USS Patterson was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in January 1995. Though later considered for transfer to Greece as a source of spare parts, she remained in Navy custody until late September 1999, when a contract was let for her scrapping. The ship was broken up at Baltimore, Maryland, during the rest of 1999 and the first half of 2000.

USS Patterson was named in honor of Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson (1786-1839), who performed distinguished service at New Orleans during the War of 1812.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Patterson (DE-1061, later FF-1061).


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Photo #: NH 99645

USS Patterson
(DE-1061)

Underway in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 27 August 1970.
Photographed by PHCS W.H. Long, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 540 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99646

USS Patterson
(DE-1061)

Underway in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 27 August 1970.
Photographed by PHCS W.H. Long, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 100KB; 595 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99647

USS Patterson
(DE-1061)

Underway, circa the early 1970s.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 630 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 78756

USS Patterson
(DE-1061)

Visiting a German port, circa June-July 1971.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99648

USS Patterson
(DD-1061)

At the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1984, while serving as a unit of the Naval Reserve Force.
Photographed by Francis M. Cox.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 71897-KN (color)

USS Patterson (DE-1061)

Artwork of an insignia designed for the ship circa 1970.

Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1970.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 107KB; 600 x 715 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Patterson (DE-1061, later FF-1061). The following list features some of these images:

The images listed below are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."



  • Photo #: (Navy) K-86500 (color)
    USS Patterson (DE-1061) underway in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 27 August 1970. Photographer: PHCS W.H. Long, USN
    Port bow aerial view, rather toward the broadside.

  • Photo #: (Navy) K-86504 (color)
    As above, but port broadside view, somewhat toward the stern.


    Reproductions of these image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


  • If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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