U.S.S. REASONER (FF-1063)
Named in honor of First Lieutenant Frank S.
Reasoner, United States Marine Corps, who was
the second marine to win the nation's highest
honor for gallantry during the Vietnam War.
USS REASONER is a Knox class escort ship
especially designed for anti-submarine warfare.
She is manned by 16 officers and 240 enlisted
men with accommodations available to carry a
lamps helicopter detachment. Commissioned
on 31 July, 1971.
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