USS Richard L. Page
FFG 5 (Brooke Class)

Photo courtesy of: Andy Jonelis
Last cruise - 5" Gun shoot


Authorized:       ?
Builder:          Bath Iron Works
Laid Down:        January 4 1965
Launched:         April 4 1966
Commissioned:     August 5 1967
Decommissioned:   September 30 1988
Fate:             To Pakistan March 31 1989,
                  Renamed Tabuk
                  Returned 1/12/94
                  Sold 3/29/94 for scrap

We are seeking information on the USS Richard L. Page and her crews. Files and photos may be E-mailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.

DOL now has a webmaster handling all pages and emails concerning the Frigates. His name is Mark Roberts.

The Brooke Class as Constructed


Displacement: 3,426 Tons Full Load
Length:       415'        
Beam:         44'          
Draught:      14' (keel);  24' (Sonar dome)       
Machinery:    2 Foster-Wheeler boilers;               
              1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp;      
              1 shaft.   
Performance:  27 kts.  
Bunkerage:    ?  
Range:        4,000 miles at 20 knots on 1 boiler.
Missiles:     (1) Tartar/Standard MR single Mk 22
Guns:         (1) 5" 38cal Mk 30
Torpedoes:    MK 32  


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