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USS Pharris

USS Pharris (FF-1094), 1989
History
United States
Namesake	Jackson C. Pharris
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	11 February 1972
Launched	16 December 1972
Acquired	14 December 1973
Commissioned	26 January 1974
Decommissioned	15 April 1992
Stricken	11 January 1995
Motto	Vigilance-Valor-Tenacity
Fate	Donated to Mexico
Mexico
Name	Victoria
Namesake	Guadalupe Victoria
Acquired	2 February 2000
Commissioned	16 March 2000
Decommissioned	c.2016
Identification	Pennant number: F-213
Fate	Awaiting disposal at Tuxpan
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,201 tons (4,182 tons full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers 1 × Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Speed	>27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	1 × Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles 1 × Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) 1 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Pharris (FF-1094) was a Knox-class frigate named after Medal of Honor recipient Lieutenant Commander Jackson C. Pharris. It was originally designated as destroyer escort DE-1094 and later reclassified as a frigate with the designation FF-1094 in the United States Navy. In 1992 the ship was decommissioned and transferred to the Mexican Navy. It was recommissioned as ARM Victoria, named after Mexico's first president, Guadalupe Victoria.

US Navy career

Pharris was laid down 11 February 1972; launched 16 December 1972; and purchased 14 December 1973. She was commissioned 26 January 1974.

1975-1976, Pharris deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. From September 1976 to March 1977, Pharris deployed to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. In 1978, the ship was part of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic. The ship deployed to South America and western Africa and participated in UNITAS XXI from 28 June 1980 to 12 December 1980. In 1981, she deployed to the Persian Gulf. In 1983, she deployed to the Mediterranean Sea. In fall of 1985, Pharris deployed to the North Atlantic and participated in BALTOPS 85 and Ocean Safari.

In 1986 the Pharris while assigned to the USS America (CV-66) battle group assisted in Operation El Dorado Canyon which commenced early on the afternoon of 14 April 1986. At the conclusion of this operation the Pharris was awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation.

During the 1987–1988 Mediterranean cruise, Pharris escorted Mighty Servant 2 carrying USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) from the entrance of the Persian Gulf to about halfway up the Red Sea. Pharris was awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for its part in Operation Earnest Will.

Pharris participated in Fleet Week in New York on 4 May 1989. The ship was also at Navy Appreciation Week at Port Everglades on 6 October 1989.

In 1991, Pharris deployed again as a part of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic. On 8 February 1991, during a port visit in the Madeira Islands, two Canadian divers from HMCS Margaree drowned when they were sucked into the cooling intake of Pharris while conducting a hull search.

Pharris was decommissioned 15 April 1992, and struck 11 January 1995. Ex-Pharris was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program, to Mexico, on 15 June 1999.

Mexican Navy career

The ship was renamed ARM Victoria by the Mexican Navy and was commissioned 16 March 2000 as an Allende-class frigate. The ship was decommissioned in 2016. As of February 2024, it was awaiting disposal with her sister ships at Tuxpan.

In fiction

In Tom Clancy's 1986 novel, Red Storm Rising, Pharris suffers extreme damage following a torpedo attack by a Victor III submarine (the bow forward of the ASROC mounts was torn off), warranting an extensive repair.

Gallery

• Pharris with a Soviet Golf II-class submarine, February 1978.
• Pharris during UNITAS XXI, 1980.
• Pharris during BALTOPS '85.
• Pharris enroute to Fleet Week New York, 1989.

References

1. ^ "PHARRIS (FF 1094)". Naval Vessel Register. 23 January 2006.
2. ^ "1991 Cruise Book". Fold3, US, Navy Cruise Books, 1918-2009. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
3. USS Pharris (FF 1094) Middle East Cruise Book 1976-77. navysite.de. 1977. p. 35.
4. "1980 Cruise Book". Fold3, US, Navy Cruise Books, 1918-2009. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
5. Yarnall, Paul R.; Reserved., All Rights (25 August 1966). "Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE-1094 USS PHARRIS". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
6. "Questions Remain After Canadian Navy Divers' Deaths". The Wednesday Report. Vol. 5, no. 7. 13 February 1991. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
7. Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010 (112 ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Jane's Information Group Inc. p. 514. ISBN 978-0-7106-2888-6.
8. "La Armada de México dona tres cascos de exfragatas para hundirlas en el Golfo" [The Mexican Navy donates three ex-frigate hulls to sink them in the Gulf]. Infodefensa (in Spanish). 9 February 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
9. Clancy, Tom (1993). Red Storm Rising. HarperCollins UK. p. 389 (kindle version). ISBN 978-0-00-617362-5.

•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Pharris at NavSource Naval History
• "USS Pharris (FF 1094)". Unofficial US Navy Site. 15 April 1992. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

v t e Knox-class frigates
United States Navy	Completed Knox Roark Gray Hepburn Connole Rathburne Meyerkord W. S. Sims Lang Patterson Whipple Reasoner Lockwood Stein Marvin Shields Francis Hammond Vreeland Bagley Downes Badger Blakely Robert E. Peary Harold E. Holt Trippe Fanning Ouellet Joseph Hewes Bowen Paul Aylwin Elmer Montgomery Cook McCandless Donald B. Beary Brewton Kirk Barbey Jesse L. Brown Ainsworth Miller Thomas C. Hart Capodanno Pharris Truett Valdez Moinester Canceled DE-1098 — DE-1100 (Unnamed) DE-1102 — DE-1107 (Unnamed)
Spanish Navy Baleares class	Baleares Andalucia Cataluna Asturias Extremadura
Other operators  Republic of China Navy Chi Yang class Chi Yang (ex-Robert E. Peary) Fong Yang (ex-Brewton) Fen Yang (ex-Kirk) Lan Yang (ex-Joseph Hewes) Hai Yang (ex-Cook) Hwai Yang (ex-Barbey) Ni Yang (ex-Aylwin) Yi Yang (ex-Valdez)  Egyptian Navy Damiyat (ex-Jesse L. Brown) Rasheed (ex-Moinester)  Hellenic Navy Ipiros (ex-Connole) Thraki (ex-Trippe) Μakedonia (ex-Vreeland)  Mexican Navy Allende class Ignacio Allende (ex-Stein) Mariano Abasolo (ex-Marvin Shields) Guadalupe Victoria (ex-Pharris) Almirante Francisco Javier Mina (ex-Whipple)  Royal Thai Navy Phutthayotfa Chulalok class Phutthayotfa Chulalok (ex-Truett) Phutthaloetla Naphalai (ex-Ouellet)  Turkish Navy Tepe class Muavenet (ex-Capodanno) Adatepe (ex-Fanning) Kocatepe (ex-Reasoner) Zafer (ex-Thomas C. Hart) Trakya (ex-McCandless) Karadeniz (ex-Donald B. Beary) Ege (ex-Ainsworth) Akdeniz (ex-Bowen) (W. S. Sims, Paul, Elmer Montgomery, and Miller were sold to the Turkish Navy for parts)
Preceded by: Garcia class Followed by: Oliver Hazard Perry class
List of frigates of the United States Navy

• Ships built in Bridge City, Louisiana
• Knox-class frigates
• Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Mexican Navy
• 1972 ships
• Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States