USS Schofield

	USS Schofield (DEG-3/FFG-3)
History
United States
Namesake	Frank Herman Schofield
Ordered	4 January 1962
Builder	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	15 April 1963
Launched	7 December 1963
Acquired	3 May 1968
Commissioned	11 May 1968 as DEG-3
Decommissioned	8 September 1988
Reclassified	as FFG-3 30 June 1975
Stricken	25 January 1992
Motto	Liberte par Vigilance
Fate	Sunk as a target, 2 November 1999
General characteristics
Class & type	Brooke-class frigate
Displacement	3,426 tons full
Length	414 ft (126 m)
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draft	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
Propulsion	2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
Speed	27.2 knots (31.3 mph; 50.4 km/h)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km)
Complement	14 officers, 214 crew
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-52 3D air search radar; AN/SPS-10 surface search radar; AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar; AN/SQS-26 bow mounted sonar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32; AN/SLQ-25 Nixie;
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun; 1 × Mk 22 RIM-24 Tartar/RIM-66 Standard missile launcher (16 missiles); 1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher; 2 × 3 12.75 in (324mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes; 2 × MK 37 torpedo tubes (fixed, stern, removed later);
Aircraft carried	SH-2 Seasprite

USS Schofield (FFG-3) was a Brooke-class frigate laid down on 15 April 1963 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., Seattle, Washington and launched on 7 December 1963. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. F. Perry Schofield and commissioned on 11 May 1968. The ship was named after US Navy Admiral Frank Herman Schofield. Schofield received four battle stars for service in Vietnam.