USS Reasoner
 FF 1063 (Knox class)

courtesey of: Michael Vilches

The ship was named in Honor of First Lieutenant Frank S. Reasoner USMC, killed in action - Republic of Vietnam. The first U.S. Marine to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallentry in the Vietnam War.

The history of Lt. Frank Reasoner, the Marine that the ship was named after, can be found this www.mcl919.org

First five C.O.'s: CDR F.A. Velaquez-Suarez, CDR T.E. Fleming, CDR R.C. Ustick, CDR K.M. Ott, and CDR J.J. Gershon.

Research by: Russ Foster 


Authorized:       July 22, 1964
Builder:          Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co.,     
                  Seattle, Wa.
Laid Down:        January 6, 1969
Launched:         August 1, 1970
Commissioned:     January 31, 1971
Decommissioned:   August 28, 1993
Fate:             Lease to Turkey (8-30-93) F252  Kocatepe      
                  Lease renewed August 29, 1997

We are seeking information on the USS Reasoner 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 Babcock-Wilcox 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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