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Donald B. Beary
FF 1085 (Knox Class)
Courtesey of: George Dewey (EM2, 1973-76)
Authorized: August 25, 1966
Builder: AVONDALE
Laid Down: July 24, 1970
Launched: May 22, 1971
Commissioned: July 22, 1972
Decommissioned: May 20, 1994
Fate: To Turkey
(still in service)
Renewed Lease: September 20, 1998
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DOL now has an associate webmaster handling all pages and E-mails concerning
the Frigates.
His name is
Mark Roberts
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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