Last Navy frigate at Everett to be decommissioned

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The Associated Press

U.S. Sailors assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) man the rails as the ship departs Naval Station Everett, Wash., for six-month deployment June 12, 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffry A. Willadsen/Released)

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The Navy says the frigate Rodney Davis will return from its final deployment Friday to its home port at Naval Station Everett.

The ship with a crew of more than 200 has been on a six-month deployment in the western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.

The Navy plans to decommission the 27-year-old ship in March and sell it to a foreign military.

The Navy also recently decommissioned another frigate, the Ingraham, which will be scrapped in Bremerton. Only three warships remain based at Everett: the aircraft carrier Nimitz and two destroyers, the Shoup and Momsen.