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USS Truett
FF 1095 (Knox Class)
U.S.N. Photo - Contributed by:
LT Nate Jensen
Authorized: August 25, 1966
Builder: Avondale
Laid Down: April 27, 1972
Launched: February 3, 1973
Commissioned: June 1, 1974
Decommissioned: July 30, 1994
Fate: July 30, 1994: Lease to Thailand
HMTS F461 Phutthayofta Chulalok
(Still in service)
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We are seeking information on the USS Truett 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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