USS Knox (FF-1052)

USS Knox (FF-1052)
History
United States
Name	Knox
Namesake	Commodore Dudley Wright Knox
Awarded	22 July 1964
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	5 October 1965
Launched	19 November 1966
Sponsored by	Mrs. Peter A. Sturtevant
Acquired	28 March 1969
Commissioned	12 April 1969
Decommissioned	14 February 1992
Reclassified	30 June 1975
Stricken	11 January 1995
Identification	Hull symbol: DE-1052 Hull symbol: FF-1052 Code letters: NAAS
Motto	First and Finest
Fate	Sunk as target, 7 August 2007
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,020 long tons (3,070 t) (standard) 4,065 long tons (4,130 t) (full load)
Length	415 ft (126 m) lwl 438 ft (134 m) loa
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draft	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Installed power	2 × CE 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse geared turbine 1 × shaft
Speed	over 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 211 men
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-10 surface search AN/SPS-40 air search AN/SQS-26CX sonar AN/SQS-35 IVDS towed array sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 42 gun 1 × 8-tube ASROC + Harpoon launcher 1 × 8-cell RIM-7 Sea Sparrow launcher
Aircraft carried	1 × DASH drone helicopter 1 × SH-2 LAMPS I helicopter (refit)

USS Knox (DE/FF-1052) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. Knox was named after Commodore Dudley Wright Knox, and was the second US Navy ship named Knox. In 1975, she was redesignated a frigate. She served from 1969 to 1992 and was sunk as a target in 2007.