ISBN: | 978-5-5121-9970-1 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USS Voge (FF-1047), a Garcia-class frigate of the US Navy named after Richard George Voge, was laid down on 21 November 1963 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan. She was launched on 4 February 1965, sponsored by Mrs. Alice Voge Oetting, widow of Rear Admiral Voge; and commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard on 25 November 1966, with Commander William F. Keller in command. Voge fulfilled a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys.