Specifications

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Ship’s Motto: 1059 –
Mighty Fine
CLASS Knox as Built
DISPLACEMENT 3011 Tons
Standard, 3877 Tons Full Load
DIMENSIONS 439′ 6″
x 46′ 9″ x 15′; 24′ 9″ (sonar)
ARMAMENT 1 –
5″/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod 9, 1 Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher
4-324mm US Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
MACHINERY 2 Combustion
Engineering boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
SPEED 27 Knots,
Range 4500 Nm@20 knts, Crew, 288 (17 officers)
BUNKERAGE 200,000
gallons
RANGE 4,000 miles
at 22 knots on 1 boiler
GUNS 1 FMC 5″
54 cal Mk-42
TORPEDOES MK 32

Operational and Building
Data
AUTHORIZED July 22, 1964
LAID DOWN by Avondale
Marine, Avondale LA. on April 10 1967.
LAUNCHED January 4
1969
COMMISSIONED January 3
1970
RECLASSIFIED
FRIGATE		 (FF-1059) on
June 30 1975
DECOMMISSIONED September 6
1991
STRICKEN January 11
1995
FATE December 21,
1999
Moored at
Philadelphia, Pending transfer to Turkey
*NOTE: From the Turkish Army Website- KNOX-class frigates W.S. SIMS (FF
1059) and PAUL (FF 1080) have been given to Turkey and will be towed for
cannibalization for spare parts and then scrapped