USS Jarrett Named After Outstanding WWII Sailor
By Lyna Mohamad

Bandar Seri Begawan - The USS Jarrett (FFG-33), which is currently in the country partaking in the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) 2007 between the US Navy and Royal Brunei Armed Forces, is named after an outstanding sailor in the World War 11, Vice Admiral Harry B Jarrett, who received a Navy Cross for heroism in the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Jarrett also served with great valour as a destroyer screen commander for the fast carrier task force operations in the Pacific as well as a bombardment group commander in the-Marshall and Marianas campaigns.

Awarded the Legion of Merit for command of his destroyer fire support unit in the Marianas campaign, other medals awarded to him were: Silver Star Medal for gallantry in commanding the destroyer screen for carrier strikings on the. Palaus, the Philippines, and the Marianas and Bronze Star Medal for heroic actions as Commander Scouting Line for the fast carrier force bound for the raids early in 1945 on Okinawa, Tokyo and Formosa.

Built by Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation (Los Angeles) in California, the Perry class FFG forms a capable undersea warfare platform with the LAMPS-III helicopter onboard.

Its MK 15 close-in weapons system and MK 75 rapid-fire gun provide secondary anti-air capability and ships of this class are often referred to as "FFG-7", pronounced FIG-7, after the lead ship, -USS Oliver Hazard Perry.

Commissioned at Long Beach Naval Station on July 2, 1983, it is 453 feet in length with a displacement of 4,100 tonnes and speed of 29+ knots.

Its armament also features an MK 32 ASW surface vessel torpedo tubes and features AN/SPS 49 air search radar, AN/SPS' 55 surface search radar, and MK 92 fire control system for its combat systems.

A total of 24 officers, 18 chief petty officers and 183 enlisted complement the crewmembers of USS Jarrett. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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