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USS Vreeland
FF 1068 (Knox class)
Shown before 1980/81 overhaul at Bath Ironworks.
Capt Craig Vance, USN
Authorized: July 22, 1964
Builder: Avondale Marine, Westwego, LA
Laid Down: March 20, 1968
Launched: June 14, 1969
Commissioned: June 13, 1970
Decommissioned: June 30, 1992
Fate: To Greece June 30, 1992
Renamed Makedonia
Renewed Lease - 1996
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We are seeking information on the USS Vreeland 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; 1 G.E. 20mm
Torpedoes: MK 32
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