USS Fanning
 FF 1076 (Knox class)

USS Fanning (DE-1076) - courtesey of Gary Brown
"...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.

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

Gary Brown writes an excellent essay of his time on board
Fanning and the Knox class Frigates in general.


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