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USS Fanning
FF 1076 (Knox class)
"...around 1973 shortly after the Point Defense system was mounted."
Gary Brown
Authorized: 1965
Builder: Todd San Pedro
Laid Down: December 7, 1968
Launched: January 24, 1970
Commissioned: July 23, 1971
Decommissioned: July 31, 1993
Fate: Sold to Turkey, renumbered F251 & named Adatepe.
Still in Turkish Naval service.
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We are seeking information on the USS Fanning 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.
DOL now has an associate webmaster handling all pages and E-mails concerning the
Frigates.
His name is
Mark Roberts
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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Gary Brown writes an excellent essay of his time
on board
Fanning and the Knox class Frigates in general.
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