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USS Thomas C. Hart
FF 1092 (Knox class)
Oct 1979: anchored offshore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Authorized: August 25, 1966
Builder: Avondale Shipyards
Laid Down: October 8, 1971
Launched: August 12, 1972
Commissioned: July 28, 1973
Decommissioned: August 30, 1993
Fate: Lease to Turkey Zafer
Renewed Lease: August 30, 1998
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We are seeking information on the Thomas C. Hart 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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