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USS Knox (FF-1052)
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 USS Knox (FF-1052) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Ordered: | July 22, 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | October 5, 1965 |
| Launched: | November 19, 1966 |
| Acquired: | March 28, 1969 |
| Commissioned: | April 12, 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | February 14, 1992 |
| Reclassified: | As FF, June 30, 1975 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Status: | Sunk as a target, August 7, 2007 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3020 tons standard, 4163 tons full |
| Length: | 415′ (126m) waterline 438′ (134m) overall |
| Beam: | 47′ (14m) |
| Draught: | 24.75′ (7.5m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW) |
| Speed: | 27+ knots |
| Range: | 4,500 miles (7,242 km) |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 211 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: | •AN/SPS-10 surface search •AN/SPS-40 air search •AN/SQS-26CX sonar •AN/SQS-35 IVDS towed array sonar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament: | •1 × 5″/54 gun •4 × 21″ torpedo tubes (4×1, fixed) •1 × 8-tube ASROC + Harpoon launcher •1 × 8-cell Sea Sparrow launcher |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 DASH drone helicopter, later 1 SH-2 LAMPS I helicopter |
USS Knox (DE-1052/FF-1052) was the prototype and lead ship in a new class of destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. She was the second ship to be named for Commodore Dudley Wright Knox.
Knox was laid down 5 October 1965, by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington; launched 19 November 1966; sponsored by Mrs. Peter A. Sturtevant, granddaughter of Commodore Knox; and was commissioned on 12 April 1969 with Commander William A. Lamm in command.
Knox performed search and rescue operations and provided evacuation, blockade, and surveillance support, when necessary, for the Pacific Fleet. Knox was redesignated a frigate on 30 June 1975 as FF-1052. Decommissioned on 14 February 1992, Knox was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995. NAVSEA temporarily placed the Knox on the donation hold list but removed her from the list around 2003.
Knox was sunk as a target off Guam, August 7, 2007 in 6700 fathoms of water.
See USS Knox for other ships of this name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- USS Knox (DE/FF-1052) Reunion Association
- Naval Vessel Register FF1052
- history.navy.mil: USS Knox
- navsource.org: USS Knox
- hazegray.org: USS Knox
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