Welcome Home, Shipmate.
A permanent digital home for the ship, her history, and the men and women connected to her service.
A Knox-class frigate, remembered in full
USS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy, in commission from 1971 to 1993.
Find a Shipmate
Help us rebuild the crew roster. Search by name, years aboard, rank, rate, department, and division.
From keel to decommissioning
Follow the ship from keel laying and commissioning through her deployments, decommissioning, and final disposition.
Photographs, stories, and documents
Photo Archive
Shipmates are encouraged to contribute photographs from their time aboard.
Sea Stories
Every watch, deployment, port call, and compartment has a story. Help preserve yours.
Documents
Have a cruise book, newsletter, roster, or ship document? Help add it to the archive.
We Remember Our Shipmates
We remember the shipmates who have passed. Final Muster is a quiet public memorial.
Gathering the crew
Reunion news and gathering details for the crew of FF-1082.
Join the Crew
Membership is free. Open the Members page, complete the signup form, and wait for an administrator to approve your request. You will hear by email.
You will need your full name, email, a password, and how you are connected to FF-1082. If you served aboard, also include years aboard, rank or rate, department, and division.
Preserving More Than a Ship
USS Elmer Montgomery’s history is more than dates, deployments, and specifications. It lives in the people who stood watch, worked the spaces below deck, crossed oceans, visited foreign ports, and called FF-1082 home.
This archive exists to preserve those connections for shipmates, families, historians, and future generations.