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USS Marvin Shields
FF-1066 (Knox class)
Authorized: ?
Builder: Todd Shipyards Seattle
Laid Down: April 12, 1968
Launched: October 23, 1969
Commissioned: April 10, 1971
Decommissioned: July 2, 1992
Fate: Transfer to Mexico
Renamed Mariano Abasolo
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We are seeking information on the USS Marvin Shields 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
Missiles: 8-cell B.P.D.M.S. launcher
(modified Sparrow anti-aircraft missile system)
Torpedoes: MK 32/34
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