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USS Ainsworth
FF 1090 (Knox class)
� Richard Leonhardt - NavSource
Authorized: August 25, 1966
Builder: Avondale, LA
Laid Down: June 11, 1971
Launched: April 15, 1972
Commissioned: March 31, 1973
Decommissioned: May 27, 1994
Fate: Lease to Turkey
May 27, 1994
Purchased
by Turkey: September 29, 1999
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We are seeking information on the USS Ainsworth 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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For more information on the Ainsworth, be sure to visit
Rick Ainsworth's
site dedicated to Admiral "Pug" Ainsworth
Vice Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth
Many Thanks to NavSource
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