Name John L. Hall Laid down 5 January 1981 Construction started 5 January 1981 Length 138 m Beam 14 m | Awarded 23 January 1978 Commissioned 26 June 1982 Launched 24 July 1981 Draft 6.71 m Builder Bath Iron Works | |
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Namesake Admiral John L. Hall, Jr. Sponsored by Dr. Susan Hall Godson (niece and biographer of Admiral Hall) | ||
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USS John L. Hall (FFG-32), twenty-fourth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral John L. Hall, Jr. (1891–1978).
Ordered from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, John L. Hall was laid down on 5 January 1981, launched on 24 July 1981, and commissioned on 26 June 1982.
On 28 August 2005, under the command of Commander David Geisler, she sailed from her home port, NS Pascagoula, Mississippi, along with sister ship Stephen W. Groves under threat from Hurricane Katrina.
In 2007, she remained active, commanded by Commander Augustus P. Bennet, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14, and homeported at NAVSTA Mayport, Florida. In August 2008, while underway to avoid Tropical Storm Fay, the scheduled change of command occurred with Commander Derek Lavan assuming command of the vessel.
21 April 2010, seen docked in Sevastopol (UA).
On 22 June 2010, then CO Commander Herman Pfaeffle was relieved of command after striking a pier on 16 April 2010 in Batumi in the republic of Georgia
On 9 March 2012, the John L. Hall was decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport.
In November 2012 she was still at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.