De Grasse (D 612) - Citizendia

Career (France)

Namesake:	François Joseph Paul de Grasse
Builder:	Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down:	1972
Launched:	30 November 1974
Commissioned:	25 October 1975
In service:	1 October 1977
Homeport:	Brest
Fate:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Tourville class frigate
Displacement:	4580 tonnes (6100 tonnes fully loaded)
Length:	152. François Joseph Paul marquis de Grasse Tilly comte de Grasse (1722 – January 14 1788 in Paris) was a French Admiral. 75 m
Beam:	15. 80 m
Draught:	6. 60 m
Propulsion:	2 Rateau steam turbines, double reduction 4 multitubular boilers Fuel: Gazoil Propelers : 2 fixed propelers Power : 58000 hp (42 MW)
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range:	1900 nautical miles (3500 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) 4500 nautical miles (8300 km) and 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	24 officers 160 non-commissioned officers 115 men
Sensors and processing systems:	1 DRBV 51B surface sentry radar 1 DRBV 26A air sentry radar 1 DRBC 32D targeting radar 2 DRBN 34 navigation radars 1 DUBV 23 hull sonar 1 ETBF DSBV 62C sonar 1 DSBX 1 tugged sonar 1 Syva torpedo alert system
Electronic warfare and decoys:	1 ARBB 32 jammer 1 ARBR 16 radar interceptor 2 Syllex decoy launchers bubble belt SENIT 3 SEAO/OPSMER HF, UHF, VHF and SHF liaison systems Syracuse 2 Inmarsat Link 11
Armament:	Anti-air 1 Crotale EDIR system (8 missiles on launcher, 18 in magazine) 2 x 100 mm turrets (1968 model) 2 x 20 mm cannons 4 x 12. TADIL-A / Link 11 is a secure half-duplex TADIL radio link used by NATO that receives or transmits--but not both simultaneously--a sequential data exchange The Crotale EDIR ( Ecartométrie Différentielle InfraRouge, "InfraRed Differential Ecartometry" is an all-weather short-range Modern French 100 mm naval guns are multipurpose artillery pieces (anti-air anti-ship ground capable of a high rate of fire 7 mm machine guns Anti-surface 6 Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles launchers Anti-submarine 2 x L5 torpedoe launchers, 10 torpedoes on board (L5 mod 4)
Aircraft carried:	2 Lynx WG13

The De Grasse is a F67 type large high-sea frigate of the French Marine Nationale specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. The Exocet is a French -built Anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels submarines and airplanes WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale ( National Navy) and often called La Royale ( The Royal Navy) is the maritime arm She is the second French warship named after the 18th Century admiral count François Joseph Paul de Grasse. A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin François Joseph Paul marquis de Grasse Tilly comte de Grasse (1722 – January 14 1788 in Paris) was a French Admiral.

Between 1994 and 1996, the De Grasse (and the Tourville) was refitted with the modern SLAMS anti-submarine system, an active Very Low Frequencies sonar.

In April 2006, the De Grasse lost her towed sonar array during an exercise in heavy sea. The incident was reported by the Canard Enchaîné; an investigation was launched to ascertain responsibilities for the loss of the 3 million euro worth sonar array. Le Canard enchaîné (French The Chained Duck) is a Satirical Newspaper published weekly in France. Meanwhile, the spare sonar of the decommissioned Duguay-Trouin was fitted on the De Grasse.

The three ships of the class are

D610 Tourville
D611 Duguay-Trouin (decommissioned in 1999)
D612 De Grasse

The frigate De Grasse

Aft of the frigate De Grasse; the towed sonar is clearly visible

The command bridge of the De Grasse

The frigate De Grasse, harboured in Portsmouth, for the International Festival of the Sea (25th of August 2001). Photographs See also See French ship ''Duguay-Trouin'' for other vessels by this name

De Grasse (centre left) in a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF is the official name used by the U In four descending columns, from left to right: ITS Maestrale (F 570), De Grasse (D 612); USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Charles De Gaulle (R 91), Surcouf (F 711); USS Port Royal (CG-73), HMS Ocean (L 12), USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), HNLMS Van Amstel (F 831); and ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560). Mission and capabilities The mission of Stennis and her embarked Air Wing ( CVW-9) is to conduct sustained combat air operations while forward deployed in the Development Construction The carrier replaced ''Foch'', a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in 2001 Photographs Characteristics Reference Commissioning Ceremony Crew Book USS Port Royal Association Savannah July 9 1994 History An invitation to tender for a new Helicopter carrier was issued in February 1992 Ship history 1970s Kennedy' s maiden voyage and several of her subsequent voyages were on deployments to the Mediterranean during much of the

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