- USS Miller (FF-1091)
USS "Miller" (FF-1091), originally (DE-1091) was a
Knox class frigate ofdestroyer escort s in theUnited States Navy . She was named for Cook Third Class Doris "Dorie" Miller, who was awarded theNavy Cross for his actions at theattack on Pearl Harbor ."Miller", a 3963-ton (4,027 t) "Knox"-class escort ship, was built at
Westwego, Louisiana . Commissioned in June 1973, her active service was performed with the Atlantic Fleet, including deployments to theMediterranean ,Northern Europe , thePersian Gulf and theBlack Sea . In July 1975, she was reclassified as a frigate and designated FF-1091. Miller transferred to the Naval Reserve Force in January 1982, and thereafter was employed in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas. She decommissioned in October 1991 and was stricken from theNaval Vessel Register in 1995.References
External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/de1091.htm ]
* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FF1091.htm Naval Vessel Register FF1091]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021091.htm Navsource images]
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