Donald B. Beary
 FF 1085 (Knox Class)

Courtesey of: EM2 George Dewey
Courtesey of: George Dewey (EM2, 1973-76) 

Authorized:        August 25, 1966
Builder:           AVONDALE
Laid Down:         July 24, 1970
Launched:          May 22, 1971
Commissioned:      July 22, 1972
Decommissioned:    May 20, 1994
Fate:              To Turkey 
                   (still in service)
				   
Renewed Lease:     September 20, 1998

We are seeking information on the Donald B. Beary 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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