Guided Missile Frigate
FFG 39 - USS Doyle
Type, Class:		Guided Missile Frigate; Oliver Hazard Perry - class (long hull) planned and built as FFG 39
Builder:		Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
STATUS:		Awarded: April 27, 1979 Laid down: October 23, 1981 Launched: May 22, 1982 Commissioned: May 21, 1983 Decommissioned: July 29, 2011
Homeport:		-
Namesake:		Named after and in honor of Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle (1897 - 1982) > see history, below;
Ship's Motto:		VALIANT MARINER
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)		see: INFO > Oliver Hazard Perry - class Guided Missile Frigate
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decommissioning ceremony - Mayport, Florida - July 2011 Mayport, Florida - April 2011 Boston, Massachusetts - October 2006 Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - December 2003 Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - December 2003 Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - December 2003 Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - December 2003 Caribbean Sea - February 2002
James Henry Doyle
Namesake & History:
Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle (1897 – 1982):
Served aboard Mercury, battleship Pennsylvania, cruisers Delaware and Camden, and destroyer Badger. Became Executive Officer aboard destroyers Lawrence and Buchanan.  After a tour in JAG and with Commander Destroyers Battle Force, he commanded destroyer Sands and DESDIV 67, with additional assignment as Commanding Officer destroyer Herndon.  Assumed command of amphibious ship Regulus, and subsequently assigned to the staff Commander, Amphibious Force South Pacific, earning the Legion of Merit for the Solomon Islands Campaign.  He subsequently had command of cruiser Pasadena, earning a Bronze Star at the end of World War II.  After a tour with the Military Staff Committee in the UN, he successively had command of Amphibious Training Command, Pacific Fleet and Commander Amphibious Group One.  As commander of the amphibious operations during the critical amphibious events of the Korean War at Inchon, Wonsan, and Hungnam, he received the Army Silver Star and the Navy Distinguished Service Medals. Not only was his expertise and leadership in amphibious warfare critical to the successful offensive landings at Inchon and Wonson, but he brilliantly extricated from underneath Chinese Army guns at Hungnam one Marine and two Army Divisions, one Republic of Korean Army Corps totaling 105,000 fighting personnel; 17,500 tanks and vehicles; 350,000 tons of cargo; 91,000 Korean civilian refugees.  He subsequently was assigned as President of INSURV and then Chairman of the Joint Amphibious Board.
USS Doyle (FFG 39):
DOYLE has completed four Mediterranean Deployments, two Persian Gulf deployments, and a Standing Naval Forces Atlantic cruise. She has participated in the "Drug War" through Counter-Drug Operations (CDOPS) in the Caribbean Sea, and escorted USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) around South America. During the circumnavigation, DOYLE set a new speed record for the class by traveling over 16,000 miles in just 1000 hours underway. DOYLE returned from the Persian Gulf late in 1996, DOYLE conducted an unprecedented 72 queries and 39 boardings in support of the UN embargo against Iraq. Their efforts resulted in the confiscation of more than $3 million of contraband. Additionally, DOYLE participated in Operation Desert Strike, the only Mayport unit to be involved. DOYLE also participated in Fleet Week '98 and will return to Fleet Week '99. DOYLE completed UNITAS in November of 1998. UNITAS is U.S. Navy’s longest-running annual deployment; the word UNITAS is Latin for "unity". This operation promotes a cooperative maritime strategy in the region while supporting the U.S. policy of continued engagement in South America through forward presence. UNITAS 39-98 was conducted with nine South American Navies over a four-month period. The U.S. Task force 138 made up of USS DOYLE (FFG 39), USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD 980), USS LA MOURE COUNTY (LST 1194), USS BOSTON (SSN 703), and USCGC MOHAWK, circumnavigated South America in a clockwise direction. On January 19, 2000, USS DOYLE and embarked HSL-47 Det. 6 departed Mayport, Fla. en route to a multi-purpose deployment in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean. During this deployment the frigate intercepted a vessel named REBELDE off the coast of Ecuador while conducting routine counter drug operations. After detaining and searching the suspicious vessel, DOYLE's embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) discovered six tons of cocaine. REBELDE was taken under tow and delivered to St. Petersburg, Florida.
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