KNOX CLASS (DE-1052) DESTROYER ESCORTS/FRIGATES

KNOX CLASS SPECIFICATIONS: Displacement: 4,200 tons (full load) Length: 438 feet Beam: 47 feet Max Speed: 27 knots Power Plant: 2 - 1200 psi boilers; 1 geared turbine, 1 shaft; 35,000 shaft horsepower Aircraft: 1 - SH-2F (LAMPS) Complement: 285 (18 officers, 267 enlisted)(active duty ships) 175 USN (10 USN officers, 165 USN enlisted)+ approx. 150 reserve personnel (9 officers, 141 enlisted)(NRF ships)
MISSION: Originally designated as Destroyer Escorts (DE), the Knox-class frigates, all of which have been retired, fulfilled a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys. The Knox-class frigates initially formed the backbone of the Innovative Concept Reserve Training Program. Under this program, the last eight ships remaining in service were designated Type II Reserve Training Frigates [FFT], while 32 other frigates were deactivated and designated Type III ships. The Type III ships can be completely reactivated in 180 days. Each of the eight Reserve Training Frigates ship had its own reserve crew, and was also assigned four "nucleus crews" which would man the 32 Type III ships. The Reserve Training Frigates ships were to be homeported in New York, Mobile and Ingleside Texas. The Reserve Training Frigates were all inactivated in 1994, and some of them have been disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) foreign military sale program. Replacing the Knox-class frigates in this role in the year 2000, seven of the 10 FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry frigates in the Naval Reserve Fleet will be modernized to the Flight III baseline. These ships fulfill an important role in reducing the Active force's operational and personnel tempo by responding to contingencies such as the Haitian embargo, counter-narcotics operations, and overseas deployments. source: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ff-1052.htm
Armament: ASROC (from MK 16 box launcher) Harpoon (from MK 16 box launcher) 4 - MK 46 (from single tube launchers) 1 - 5-inch / 54 caliber MK 42 gun 1 - 20mm Phalanx CIWS (Some ships of this class had BPDMS)	Combat Systems: AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System AN/SQS-26CX Sonar AN/SQS-35 Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) on some ships AN/SQR-18 Towed Array Sonar System MK68 Gun Fire Control System MK114 ASW Fire Control System MK115 Missile Fire Control System
Builders: Todd Shipyards, Seattle: FF 1052-1054, 1062, 1066, 1070-1071 Todd Shipyards, San Pedro: FF 1055, 1058, 1060, 1067, 1074, 1076 Lockheed Shipbuilding: FF 1057, 1063, 1065, 1069, 1073 Avondale Shipyards: FF 1056, 1059, 1061, 1072, 1068, 1075, 1077-1091, 1092-1097
KNOX CLASS (DE/FF-1052) SHIPS