USS Valdez
 FF 1096 (Knox class)

courtesey of Dave Oliveria at NavSource


Authorized:       August 25, 1966
Builder:          Avondale
Laid Down:        June 30, 1972
Launched:         March 24, 1973 
Commissioned:     July 27, 1974
Decommissioned:   December 16, 1991
Fate:             Sold to Tiawan April 29, 1998
                  Completed re-fit in 
                  Charleston, SC July, 1999

We are seeking information on the USS Valdez 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


CMDR Joe Peden USN
The First C.O.
 Contributed by: Barry Willette

Many Thanks to NavSource


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