Editing USS Hawes

{{Short description|Perry-class frigate of the US Navy}}
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|Ship namesake= [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]] [[Richard E. Hawes]]
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|Ship awarded=22 May 1981
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|Ship launched=18 February 1984
|Ship sponsor=Mrs. Ruth Hawes Watson
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'''USS ''Hawes'' (FFG-53)''' is a later model {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|0}} [[guided missile frigate]]. She is named for [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]] [[Richard E. Hawes]] (1894&ndash;1968) who was twice decorated with the [[Navy Cross]] for [[submarine]] salvage operations.

==Construction==

The contract to build ''Hawes'' was awarded to [[Bath Iron Works]], [[Bath, Maine]], 22 May 1981, and her keel was laid 26 August 1983.  She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] 18 February 1984; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth H. Watson, widow of the late Rear Adm. Hawes; delivered 1 February 1985, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] 9 February 1985.<ref name="DANFS">{{cite web | url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/Hawes.html | title=Hawes (FFG-53) | publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command | date=14 July 2015 | access-date=8 January 2016 | author=Evans, Mark L.}}</ref>

==Service history==
{{stack|[[File:USS Hawes FFG-53 arrives at Naval Station Norfolk.jpg|thumb|USS ''Hawes'' (FFG 53) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk, 7 October 2009, after a six-month deployment in the Caribbean and western Atlantic Ocean supporting Operation Carib Venture. The jolly roger, that RADM Hawes designed can be seen]]}}

In the summer of 1987, Hawes deployed from a regular [[United States Sixth Fleet|Sixth Fleet]] assignment in the Mediterranean to the [[United States Fifth Fleet|Fifth Fleet]] in Persian Gulf to support Operation Earnest Will. [[Operation Earnest Will]] escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil and natural gas tankers through the Persian Gulf during the [[Iran–Iraq War|Iran-Iraq War]]. Hawes led or participated in numerous convoy escort operations between September and November, 1987. In addition to its regular complement of crew, officers and an air detatchment of 2 [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60B Seahawk]] helicopters, Hawes also embarked a detachment of 3 [[160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)|Task Force 160]] (Delta Force) [[MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird|MH-6]] helicopters, referred to as Sea Bats, as well as [[FIM-92 Stinger|Stinger Missile]] crews for additional anti-air defense in the wake of the Iraqi attack on the [[USS Stark]] in May 1987.

In late September 1987 a small Iranian Revolutionary Guard ship, the [[Iran Ajr]], was discovered sowing mines in shipping lanes northeast of Bahrain and was subsequently attacked by elements of Task Force 160 embarked on the [[USS Jarrett]] and captured by a US Navy SEAL team. Subsequently, the Hawes took the Ajr under tow to an undisclosed location where [[Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Navy)|US Navy EOD]] sailors scuttled the ship.

Hawes also participated as an anti-air picket in support of [[Operation Nimble Archer]], where US Navy destroyers and cruisers destroyed several Iranian natural gas platforms in response to a missile attack on the reflagged tanker [[MV Sea Isle City|Sea Isle City]] as she awaited the unloading of cargo at the Kuwait City terminal.

On 12 October 2000, ''Hawes'' was involved, along with {{USS|Donald Cook|DDG-75|2}}, in providing repair and logistics support to {{USS|Cole|DDG-67|2}}, shortly after she was [[USS Cole bombing|attacked]] in [[Aden, Yemen]]. Two [[al-Qaeda]] terrorists brought an inflatable [[Zodiac Marine & Pool|Zodiac-type]] speedboat that carried a bomb alongside [[guided missile destroyer]] ''Cole'', while the ship refueled, and detonated their lethal cargo, killing 17 sailors and wounding 42 more. The crewmember's heroic damage control efforts saved ''Cole''. ''Hawes'', Cmdr. J. Scott Jones in command, joined (13 October – October) other ships that took part in [[Operation Determined Response]] to assist ''Cole'' including: [[amphibious assault ship]] {{USS|Tarawa|LHA-1|2}}; [[dock landing ship]] {{USS|Anchorage|LSD-36|2}}; [[amphibious transport dock]] {{USS|Duluth|LPD-6|2}}; guided missile destroyer ''Donald Cook''; and the [[Military Sealift Command]]-operated [[tug]] {{USNS|Catawba|T-ATF-168|2}}; along with [[Royal Navy|British]] frigates {{HMS|Cumberland|F85|2}} and {{HMS|Marlborough|F233|2}}. The Navy subsequently enhanced global force protection training during crucial transits, and sailors qualified to fire [[M60 machine gun|M60]] and [[M2 Browning|Browning .50 caliber M2]] machine guns to defend against assaults by low-slow flying aircraft and small boats.<ref name="DANFS" />

''Hawes'', with [[List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons#Helicopter Anti-Submarine (Light) Squadrons|Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light)]] [[HSM-48|HSL-48]] Detachment 10 embarked, returned from a [[counter-narcotics]] deployment to the Caribbean and Western Atlantic to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on 7 October 2009. The ship's operations resulted in the seizure of 200 barrels of [[cocaine]].<ref name="DANFS" />

In July 2010, ''Hawes'' docked for five days at Pier 4 of the [[Charlestown Navy Yard]], participating in a [[Navy Week]] coordinated alongside Boston's Harborfest.<ref>[http://www.navyweek.org/boston2010/ The 2010 Boston Navy Week Schedule of Events]</ref>

''Hawes'', operating with Destroyer Squadron 26 out of Norfolk, was decommissioned on 10 December 2010. She is moored, pending disposal, at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) Inactive Ships On-Site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<ref name="DANFS" />

==References==
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{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG53}}}}
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/Hawes.html}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|USS Hawes (FFG-53)}}
* {{Official website|http://www.hawes.navy.mil/|USS ''Hawes'' official website}}
*{{navsource|07/0753|USS Hawes (FFG-53)}}
*[http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG53.HTM  navysite.de: USS ''Hawes'']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040819081846/http://boothbayregister.maine.com/1999-06-24/navy_ship.html ''Boothbay Register'' story, 24 June 1999]
*[http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/hawes_ffg53_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS Hawes FFG-53 pages]
*[http://pilotonline.com/news/military/navy-frigate-hawes-earns-one-last-salute/article_201ee7dd-dede-564d-8b95-6b1edb3fb391.html USS Hawes Decommissioning story 12/11/2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105746/http://pilotonline.com/news/military/navy-frigate-hawes-earns-one-last-salute/article_201ee7dd-dede-564d-8b95-6b1edb3fb391.html |date=4 March 2016 }}

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