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USS Cook
FF 1083 (Knox class)
Contributed by: Thomas Haley
Authorized: August 25, 1966
Builder: AVONDALE SY
Laid Down: March 20, 1970
Launched: January 23, 1971
Commissioned: December 18, 1971
Decommissioned: April 30, 1992
Fate: Lease to Taiwan Hae Yang
May 31, 1994
Purchased
by Taiwan: 9-29-1999
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We are seeking information on the USS Cook and her crews.
Files and photos may be
E-mailed to us and we will incorporate them into these pages.
Mark Roberts is handling all pages
and E-mails concerning the Knox & Brooke class Frigates.
The Knox Class as Constructed
Displacement: 4,260 tons fully loaded.
Length: 438'
Beam: 47'
Draught: 16' (keel); 26' (Sonar dome)
Machinery: Two combustion Engineering boilers;
One Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp;
1 shaft.
Performance: 27 kts.
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
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