USS Paul
 FF 1080 (Knox Class) 



Authorized:       August 25, 1966
Builder:          Avondale
Laid Down:        Sept 12, 1969
Launched:         June 20, 1970
Commissioned:     August 14, 1971
Decommissioned:   August 14, 1992
Fate:             To Turkey January 9, 2000

We are seeking information on the USS Paul 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


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