Keywords: USS Trippe (DE-1075) at sea in 1971.jpg The U S Navy frigate USS Trippe DE-1075 underway off Newport Rhode Island USA 22 December 1971 Note the Mark 25 Basic Point Defense Missile System BPDMS launcher on her after deck and the related fire control director atop her helicopter hangar She was the first destroyer-type ship to be fitted with this system Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/photos/images/k90000/k92061c htm K-92061 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1971-12-22 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy see at this http //www history navy mil/branches/org11-2 htm site all Pictures in the Online Library of Naval Historical Center are public domain USS Trippe FF-1075 |