USS Patterson
FF 1061 (Knox Class)

contributed by Mike Braunbeck


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Builder:        Avondale Shipyards Inc.
Laid Down:      October 12, 1967
Sponsor:        Miss. Laura Winslow
Launched:       May 3,  1969
Commissioned:   March 14, 1970
Decommissioned: September 30, 1991
Fate:           To be scrapped by "Baltimore Marine Industries"
                November, 1999

Historical Data contributed by: Ellen Mattie


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We are seeking information on the USS Patterson 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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