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USS Moinester
FF-1097 (Knox class)
Authorized: August 25, 1966
Builder: Avondale
Laid Down: August 25, 1972
Launched: May 12, 1973
Commissioned: November 2, 1974
Decommissioned: July 28, 1994
Fate: Lease to Egypt - renamed
"Rashid" F-966
Purchased
by Egypt: March 25, 1998
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We are seeking information on the USS Moinester
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.
Paul Moinester
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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