USS Klakring Sailors stand during remembrance of Sept. 11 victims.

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USS Klakring Sailors stand during remembrance of Sept. 11 victims. — Fotopedia

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 11, 2010) Sailors on the flight deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Klakring (FFG 42) stand in formation during a moment of remembrance to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Klakring is on a six-month deployment to South America and the Caribbean as part of Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Darryl Wood/Released)

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USS Klakring (FFG-42)

USS Klakring (FFG-42), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Thomas B. Klakring (1904–1975), who was awarded three Navy Crosses as commander of the submarine USS Guardfish (SS-217) during World War II.

Klakring was laid down on 19 February 1982 by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, Maine; launched on 18 September 1982; sponsored by Beverly Bohen, a niece of R.Adm. Klakring; and commissioned on 20 August 1983 at Bath, Commander Leonard O. Wahlig in command.

As of 2006^[update], Klakring is homeported at NAVSTA Mayport, Florida, and is part of Destroyer Squadron 14. In March 2008 and 2009, the ship was the subject of protests in Sevastapol, Ukraine when it visited the port for five-day "friendly" visits.

Klakring participated in Operation Earnest Will in the Persian Gulf in 1987 as the first air-capable, air-embarked ship. Klakring participated in Operation Prime Chance in the Persian Gulf during the "Tanker War". Klakring is one of the surface combatants in Larry Bond's 1993 technothriller Cauldron.

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