USS Robert G. Bradley FFG-49
by Susan McMenamin
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USS Robert G. Bradley FFG-49
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Susan McMenamin
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USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Robert G. Bradley (1921-1944), who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism on USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Robert G. Bradley's keel was laid down by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, on 28 December 1982. She was launched 13 August 1983; commissioned 30 June 1984. Ship was homeported in Mayport, Florida. She was decommissioned in Mayport on March 28, 2014, Then sent on the Philadelphia Navy Ship Yard.
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (PNSY) was the country's first naval shipyard. The origins of The Navy Yard date back to the founding of the country in 1776, when the Continental Congress leased land along Philadelphia's Front Street docks to support the new nation's fledgling Navy. The site became an official part of the United States Navy in 1801, but was moved to its current location around the time of the Civil War, on South Broad Street.
Over the ensuing years, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard became a vital part of the Navy's logistical and industrial infrastructure. Many of the Navy's most significant technological advances and historic ships were produced right here in Philadelphia.
Due to shifting requirements, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) announcements of 1991 and 1995 brought the closure of nearly all naval activities at the Naval Shipyard. The only Navy facilities that remained after the 1995 BRAC were Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station (NAVSSES), the Propeller Shop and Foundry, and the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, all which remain in operations to this day.
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