USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)/(DE 1074) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy.

USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074) underway

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1971: An at-sea view of USS Harold E. Holt (DE 1074) being overflown by a US-2C “Tracker” aircraft from Fleet Composite Squadron ONE (VC-1) stationed at NAS Barber’s Point, Oahu, HI. I was attached to VC-1 from 1971 through 1973. Our US-2C aircraft were used to tow target sleeves for surface-to-air gunnery practice for ships operating out of Pearl Harbor. Our squadron operated the Fleet photo Lab at Barbers Point from which this photo was acquired.

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02 July 1986: Honolulu, Hi. – A port bow view of Harold E. Holt moored next to the Aloha Tower.
 She was named for Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, who had disappeared while swimming in December 1967. The ex-Harold E. Holt hulk was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2002.

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