USS Jesse L. Brown

USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089)

USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089) sailing through Cuban waters in 1979.
History
United States
Name	USS Jesse L. Brown
Namesake	Jesse L. Brown
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Yard number	1157
Laid down	8 April 1971
Launched	18 March 1972
Sponsored by	Mrs. Gilbert W. Thorne
Acquired	8 December 1972
Commissioned	17 February 1973
Decommissioned	27 July 1994
Stricken	11 January 1995
Identification	DE-1089 (1973–1975), FF-1089 (1975–1992), FFT-1089 (1992–1994)
Motto	Versatility Victory Valor
Fate	transferred to Egypt, 27 July 1994
Badge
Egypt
Name	Damiyat
Leased:	27 July 1994
Purchased:	25 March 1998
Identification	F961
Status	in active service, as of 2018[update][1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,201 tons (4,182 tons full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Speed	28+1⁄2 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) in service
Boats & landing craft carried	26 ft (7.9 m) Motor Whale Boat and Captain's Gig in port and starboard powered davits mounted amidships
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40C Air Search Radar Originally AN/SPS-10F Surface Search Radar, later AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys	Originally equipped with AN/SLQ-26 Electronic Warfare System consisting of AN/WLR-1C (Mod) with AN/ULQ-6C. Later removed and replaced by AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
Armament	one Mk-16 8-cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles One Mk-42 5 in (130 mm)/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers One Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter
Aviation facilities	Retracting hangar forward of flight deck. Flight deck originally designed for the canceled DASH robotic ASW helicopter. Expanded and modified to support LAMPS program

USS Jesse L. Brown (DE/FF/FFT-1089) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for Jesse L. Brown, the first African-American naval aviator in the U.S. Navy. The ship was eventually decommissioned and sold to the Egyptian Navy and was renamed Damiyat (F961). The name is also transliterated as Damyat and Damietta by some sources.