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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Knox |
| Namesake | CommodoreDudley Wright Knox |
| Awarded | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards,Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down | 5 October 1965 |
| Launched | 19 November 1966 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Peter A. Sturtevant |
| Acquired | 28 March 1969 |
| Commissioned | 12 April 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 14 February 1992 |
| Reclassified | 30 June 1975 |
| Stricken | 11 January 1995 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | First and Finest |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 7 August 2007 |
| General characteristics[1] | |
| Class & type | Knox-classfrigate |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | over 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 16 officers, 211 men |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
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| Aircraft carried | |
USSKnox (DE/FF-1052) was thelead ship ofher class ofdestroyer escorts in theUnited States Navy.Knox was named afterCommodoreDudley Wright Knox, and was the second US Navy ship namedKnox. In 1975, she was redesignated afrigate. She served from 1969 to 1992 and was sunk as a target in 2007.
TheKnox-class design was derived from theBrooke-classfrigate modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ship had anoverall length of 438 ft (133.5 m), abeam of 47 ft (14.3 m) and adraft of 25 ft (7.6 m). Itdisplaced 4,065 long tons (4,130 t) at full load. Its crew consisted of 16 officers and 211 enlisted men.[2]
The ship was equipped with oneWestinghouse gearedsteam turbine that drove the singlepropeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce 35,000 shp (26,000 kW), using steam provided by twoC-Eboilers, to reach the designed speed of 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph). TheKnox class had a range of 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at a speed of 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph).[3]
TheKnox-class ship was armed with a single5-inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 42 gun. It mounted an eight-roundASROC launcher between the 5-inch gun and thebridge. Its close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin 12.75-inch (324 mm)Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The ship was equipped with a torpedo-carryingDASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positionedamidships aft of themack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by aSH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships had an eight-cellBPDMS missile launcher added in the early 1970s.[4][3]
She was laid down on 5 October 1965, byTodd Pacific Shipyards,Seattle, Washington; launched on 19 November 1966; sponsored by Mrs. Peter A. Sturtevant, the granddaughter of Commodore Knox; and was commissioned on 12 April 1969, withCommanderWilliam A. Lamm in command.[1]
Knox performed search and rescue operations and provided evacuation, blockade, and surveillance support, when necessary, for thePacific Fleet. In April 1975,Knox participated inOperation Eagle Pull, the evacuation ofPhnom Penh, Cambodia.[5]Knox was redesignated afrigate on 30 June 1975 asFF-1052.[1]
Decommissioned on 14 February 1992,Knox was stricken from theNaval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995.NAVSEA temporarily placedKnox on the donation hold list but removed her from the list around 2003.Knox was sunk as a target offGuam, during "Exercise Valiant Shield" (2007) on 7 August 2007.[1]
  | Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (with two bronzeservice stars) |
 | Navy Expeditionary Medal |
 | National Defense Service Medal (with one bronzeservice star) |
 | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (with one bronzeservice star) |
 | Vietnam Service Medal (with one bronzeservice star) |
 | Humanitarian Service Ribbon |
 | Sea Service Deployment Ribbon |
 | Vietnam Campaign Medal |
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Knox appears in the originalHawaii Five-O season 8 episode "Murder: Eyes Only".
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere. This article incorporatespublic domain material fromKnox (FF-1052) at theNaval Vessel Register.
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