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USS Knox
FF 1052 (Lead Ship)
Authorized: July 22, 1964
Builder: Todd Shipyards, WA
Laid Down: October 5, 1965
Launched: November 19, 1966
Commissioned: April 12, 1969
Decommissioned: February 14, 1992
Fate: ON DONATION HOLD AS
A MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL
Berthed: NISMF, Bremerton, WA
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We are seeking information on the USS Knox and her crews.
Files and photos may be
E-mailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page. When enough
information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.
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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