USS Capodanno
 FF 1093 (Knox Class)

Contributed by Wiliam D. Hooper


Authorized:       August 25, 1966
Builder:          Avondale Shipyard, Inc.
Laid Down:        October 12, 1971
Launched:         October 21, 1972
Commissioned:     November  17, 1973
Decommissioned:   July 30, 1993
Fate:             Lease to Turkey 7/30/93;
                  re-named Mauvenet (F-250)
                  - renewed lease 7/30/98

We are seeking information on the USS Capodanno 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.

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Father Capodanno.Org
 Fr. Vincent R. Capodanno
Courtesy of: Truman Partridge

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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