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USS ''Clifton Sprague'' (FFG-16), is an guided missile frigate of the United States Navy, the tenth ship of that class. She was named for Vice Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague (1896–1955), hero of the Samar action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where he received the Navy Cross. ''Clifton Sprague'' (FFG-16) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy. ==History== Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program, ''Clifton Sprague'' was laid down 30 July 1979, launched 16 February 1980, and commissioned 21 March 1981. ''Clifton Sprague'' was part of the forces during Operation Urgent Fury, the US led 1983 Invasion of Grenada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Facts: 30th Anniversary of the U-S-Caribbean Intervention in Grenada )〕 In July 1993, the guided-missile cruiser and ''Clifton Sprague'' participated in a passing exercise (PASSEX) with three Russian ships, cruiser , destroyer ''Admiral Kharlamov'' and the replenishment ship ''Dnester''. This was noteworthy because the two navies had an adversarial relationship for decades prior to the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. ''Clifton Sprague'' was part of the flotilla for Operation Uphold Democracy, the September 1995 US intervention in Haiti. She was decommissioned on 2 June 1995 at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, and was stricken from the US Navy register on 4 September 1997 after being transferred to Turkey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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