USS Aylwin (FF-1081)

USS Aylwin (FF-1081)
History
United States
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	13 November 1969
Launched	29 August 1970
Acquired	3 March 1971
Commissioned	18 September 1971
Decommissioned	15 May 1992
Stricken	11 January 1995
Motto	Courage Conquers the Impossible
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, 29 April 1998, as Ning Yang (FFG-938)
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,214 tons (4,194 full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW)
Speed	over 27 knots
Endurance	~60 days
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Active Sonar AN/SQS-35 IVDS Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed Array Sonar AN/SQR-17A Sonar Signal (Sonobuoy) Processor Subsystem MK-114 ASW Fire Control System Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles (later replaced with one 20 mm Phalanx CIWS)
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter
Aviation facilities	Expandable Hangar

USS Aylwin (FF-1081) was a United States Navy Knox-class frigate. She was the fourth vessel named for John Cushing Aylwin. Aylwin was laid down on 13 November 1969 at Westwego, La., by the Avondale Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 29 August 1970; sponsored by Mrs. Charles K. Duncan; and commissioned on 18 September 1971 at the Boston Naval Shipyard.