Name USS Julius A. Furer Ordered 24 May 1963 Acquired 3 November 1967 Construction started 12 July 1965 Length 126 m Builder Bath Iron Works | Namesake Julius A. Furer Laid down 12 July 1965 Commissioned 11 November 1967 Launched 22 July 1966 Range 7.408 million m | |
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USS Julius A. Furer (FFG-6) was a Brooke-class frigate in the United States Navy.
Julius A. Furer was launched 22 July 1966 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; and sponsored by Mrs. Julius A. Furer, widow of Rear Admiral Julius A. Furer. She was commissioned on 11 November 1967 at the Boston Naval Shipyard with CDR. Peter A. Stark, Jr. in command.
Fate
Julius A. Furer was decommissioned on 31 January 1989, and leased to Pakistan as PNS Badr (D-161). She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 February 1994, and disposed of by Navy title transfer to the United States Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994.
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