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FF-1052 "USS Knox",
as shown
- model built as to original class specs - |
Scale 1:192 / 27"
Price: $1098
Deposit $350 |
Scale 1:150 / 35"
Price: $1398
Deposit $550 |
Scale 1:130 / 41"
Price: $1598
Deposit $550 |
Any Knox Class Frigate, custom
- model built to your ship and circa with open
hanger - |
Scale 1:192 / 27"
Price: $1398
Deposit $550 |
Scale 1:150 / 35"
Price: $1698
Deposit $650 |
Scale 1:130 / 41"
Price: $1898
Deposit $949 |
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We'll contact you for replication details after ordering |
The Knox FF class resulted from congressional opposition
to mounting costs of the Brooke FFG Class Missile Frigate after only six
Brooke Class ships were built. Accordingly the mission of the Knox class
was altered to ASW Escort from that of a general escort.
The original designation
of the Knox class was "Destroyer Escort" (DE) and this was changed in June
of 1975 to "Frigate" (FF) but the hulls retained their original numbers.
The Knox class has the distinction of being the last destroyer type ships
built for the US Navy which were equipped with boiler and steam propulsion.
In modern military terminology, a frigate is a warship
fulfilling a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission by protecting other warships
and merchant ships thru anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and works with amphibious
expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys.
The US Navy adopted the classification “frigate” (FF)
for ships used for open-ocean escort and patrol. When they were developed
during World War II, frigates were first classified as destroyer escorts
(DEs).
Frigates resemble destroyers in appearance; but they are slower,
have only a single screw, and carry less armament. FFs have grown in size
from about 1,500 tons displacement to over 4,000 tons, as in the Knox class.
Their armament varies from class to class.
Historically the frigate was a ship of the 4th or 5th
rate. The role they filled was that of independent patrol, or fleet picket
work. Later in time the former task fell to cruisers and the latter task
to destroyers. The term has come back into fashion in modern navies.
FF-1052 USS Knox
Laid down by Todd Shipbuilding in Seattle on October
5th, 1965, DE-1052 USS Knox was launched November 19th, 1966
and commissioned April 12th, 1969. She was re-classified as Frigate
(FF-1052) on June 30th, 1975. Decommissioned February 14th, 1992, the
ship was stricken January 11th, 1995. August 7th 2007, Knox was used as
a target and sunk in 6700 feet of water off the coast of Guam. The USS
John C. Stennis (CVN-74) and her battle group participated in the
sinking. It took an undisclosed combination of air launched Mavericks,
GBU-12's, and GBU-16's to take her down.
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Knox Class specifications, as built |
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Length |
438 ft 0 in |
| Beam |
46 ft 9 in |
| Draft |
24 ft 9 in |
| Displacement |
4,065 tons fully loaded, later 4,200 tons |
| Power Plant |
Two boilers, one geared turbine |
| Screws; SHP |
One screw; 35,000 shp |
| Speed |
27 knots |
| Range |
4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots |
| Crew |
13 officers and 211 enlisted men |
| Armament |
8 ASROC; 8 Harpoon; 4 torpedoes in single tube launchers; one
5-inch/54 cal gun; one 20mm Phalanx (on some ships); 8 Sea Sparrow (on some ships) |
| Radars |
AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air), AN/SPS-58 threat warning in some ships |
| Sonars |
AN/SQS-26CX, AN/SQS-35 IVDS in FF-1052, 1056, 1063-1071, 1073-1076, 1078-1097 |
| Aircraft |
Later one SH-2F (LAMPS) helo |
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Knox Class Frigates, previously designated Destroyer Escorts (DE) |
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Hull / Ship Name |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
Fate |
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FF-1052 Knox |
04/12/69 |
02/14/92 |
Donated for possible museum, berthed Bremerton, WA |
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FF-1053 Roark |
11/22/69 |
12/14/91 |
To be scraped |
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FF-1054 Gray |
04/04/70 |
09/29/91 |
To be scraped |
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FF-1055 Hepburn |
07/03/69 |
12/20/91 |
Sunk as target 06/04/02 |
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FF-1056 Connole |
08/30/69 |
08/30/92 |
To Greek Navy, renamed Espiros |
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FF-1057 Rathburne |
05/16/70 |
02/14/92 |
Scrapped 1946 |
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FF-1058 Meyerkord |
11/28/69 |
12/14/91 |
Sold for scrapping 2000 |
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FF-1059 W. S. Sims |
01/03/70 |
09/06/91 |
To Turkey 1999 |
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FF-1060 Lang |
03/28/70 |
12/12/91 |
To be scrapped, berthed Suisun Bay Benecia, CA |
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FF-1061 Patterson |
03/14/70 |
09/30/91 |
Scrapped 1999 |
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FF-1062 Whipple |
08/22/70 |
02/14/92 |
Sold to Mexico |
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FF-1063 Reasoner |
07/31/71 |
08/28/93 |
To Turkey, renamed F252 Kocatepe |
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FF-1064 Lockwood |
12/05/70 |
09/27/93 |
Scrapped 2000 |
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FF-1065 Stein |
01/08/72 |
02/19/92 |
To Mexico 1999, renamed Ignacio Adande |
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FF-1066 Marvin Shields |
04/10/71 |
07/02/92 |
To Mexico, renamed Mariano Abasolo |
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FF-1067 Francis Hammond |
07/25/70 |
07/02/92 |
To be scrapped, berthed Suisun Bay Benecia, CA |
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FF-1068 Vreeland |
06/13/70 |
06/30/92 |
To Greece 1992, renamed Makedonia |
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FF-1069 Bagley |
05/05/72 |
09/26/91 |
Scrapped 1999 |
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FF-1070 Downes |
08/28/71 |
06/05/92 |
To be sunk - SINKEX, berthed Bremerton, WA |
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FF-1071 Badger |
12/01/70 |
12/20/91 |
Sunk as target 7/21/98 as a part of RIMPAC 98 |
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FF-1072 Blakely |
07/28/70 |
11/15/91 |
Scheduled for dismantling, berthed Philadelphia, PA |
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FF-1073 Robert E. Perry |
09/23/72 |
08/07/92 |
To Taiwan 1992, renamed Chiu Yang |
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FF-1074 Harold E. Holt |
03/26/71 |
07/02/92 |
Sunk during RIMPAC-2002 |
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FF-1075 Trippe |
09/19/70 |
07/30/92 |
Sold to Greece |
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FF-1076 Fanning |
07/23/71 |
07/31/93 |
Sold to Turkey, renamed F251 Adatepe |
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FF-1077 Ouellet |
12/12/70 |
08/06/93 |
To Thailand |
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FF-1078 Joseph Hewes |
04/24/71 |
06/30/94 |
To Taiwan, renamed Lan Yang |
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FF-1079 Bowen |
05/22/71 |
06/30/94 |
To Turkey 1994 |
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FF-1080 Paul |
08/14/71 |
08/14/92 |
To Turkey 2000 |
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FF-1081 Aylwin |
09/18/71 |
05/15/92 |
To Turkey 1998 |
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FF-1082 Elmer Montgomery |
10/30/71 |
06/30/93 |
To Turkey as parts/hulk 1993 |
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FF-1083 Cook |
12/18/71 |
04/30/92 |
To Taiwan 1994, renamed Hae Yang |
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FF-1084 McCandless |
03/18/72 |
05/06/94 |
To Turkey 1994, renamed TCG Trakya (F-254) |
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FF-1085 Donald B. Beary |
07/22/72 |
05/20/94 |
To Turkey |
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FF-1086 Brewton |
07/08/72 |
07/02/92 |
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FF-1087 Kirk |
09/09/72 |
08/06/93 |
To Taiwan 1993, renamed Fen Yang |
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FF-1088 Barbey |
11/11/72 |
03/20/92 |
To Taiwan 1994, renamed Hwai Yang |
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FF-1089 Jesse L. Brown |
02/17/73 |
07/27/94 |
To Egypt 1994, renamed Dumyat |
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FF-1090 Ainsworth |
03/31/73 |
05/27/94 |
To Turkey 1994 |
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FF-1091 Miller |
06/30/73 |
10/15/91 |
To Turkey as parts/hulk, sunk as target 2001 |
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FF-1092 Thomas C. Hart |
07/28/73 |
08/30/93 |
To Turkey, renamed Zafer |
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FF-1093 Capodanno |
11/17/73 |
07/30/93 |
To Turket 1993, re-named Mauvenet (F-250) |
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FF-1094 Pharris |
01/26/74 |
04/15/92 |
To Mexico 1999 |
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FF-1095 Truett |
06/01/74 |
07/30/94 |
To Thailand 1994, renamed HMTS F461 Phutthayofta
Chulalok |
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FF-1096 Valdez |
07/27/74 |
12/16/91 |
To Taiwan 1998 |
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FF-1097 Moinester |
11/02/74 |
07/28/94 |
To Egypt, renamed Rashid F-966 |
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