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USS Downes
FF-1070 (Knox class)
Authorized: July 22, 1964
Builder: Todd Shipyard, Seattle WA.
Keel Laid: 5 September 1968
Launched: December 13, 1969
Commissioned: August 28, 1971
Sponsor: Mrs. Philip L. Kelton
Decommissioned: June 5, 1992
Fate: TO BE SCRAPPED THROUGH
THE SHIP DISPOSAL PROJECT
Berthed: Bremerton, WA
Ships data contributed by: David A. Downes
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We are seeking information on the USS Downes 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 32/34
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