USS Francis Hammond
 FF 1067 (Knox class)


USS Francis Hammond (FF 1067) at anchor.
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Authorized:       July 22, 1964
Builder:          Todd Shipyards, 
                  San Pedro CA
Laid Down:        July 15,1967
Launched:         May 11, 1968
Commissioned:     July 25, 1970
Decommissioned:   July 2, 1992 
Fate:             TO BE SCRAPPED THROUGH 
                  THE SHIP DISPOSAL PROJECT

Berthed:          Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet,
                  Benecia, CA

Ships Data contributed by: Dennis Clevenger

We are seeking information on the USS Francis Hammond 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.

And here is another good site on the Francis Hammond.

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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