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USS Doyle (FFG-39) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, MaineBath is a city located in Sagadahoc County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,266. It is the county seat of Sagadahoc County 6. It has been a shipbuilding center since colonial times, and the site of the launch of Virginia, on 23 October 1981. She was launchedThe ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. A Babylonian narrative dating from the 3rd millennium BC describes the completion of a ship: :Openings to the water I stopped; :I searched for crac on 22 May 1982 and commissionedThe ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. Ship naming and launching are the inseparable elements which endow a ship hull with her identity. Yet, just as many developmental mileston on 21 May 1983.

ship's history prior to 2003-09-11 goes here

At about 8am local time on 11 September 2003, Doyle received a request from the German frigate FGS Niedersachsen (F208) to allow a close pass to starboard. The crew of Niedersachsen rendered honors to the United States by manning the rail in their dress uniforms, their covers held over their hearts.