USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG -34)

USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy, commissioned on October 9, 1982. Named after Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch, the ship served primarily in the Atlantic Fleet, participating in numerous operations including NATO exercises, counter-narcotics patrols in the Caribbean, and deployments to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf. Notably, USS Aubrey Fitch played a role in Operation Earnest Will, escorting reflagged Kuwaiti tankers during the Iran-Iraq War. After a distinguished service career, the frigate was decommissioned on December 12, 1997, and later scrapped.