USS Hawes FFG-53
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December 12, 1984: PCU Hawes FFG-53 on sea trials off the coast of Maine.



February 9, 1985: USS Hawes FFG-53 on commissioning day at Bath, Maine. Simpson FFG-56 and Elrod FFG-55 moored along side.



February 9, 1985: Commander Charles E. Bourke gives the invocation at the commissioning ceremony.



January 1991: USS Hawes FFG-53 seen passing Curtis Island Light on the Kennebec River south of Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.



June 1992: USS Hawes FFG-53 during BALTOPS 92.





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