USS Donald B. Beary

USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085)
History
United States
NameDonald B. Beary
NamesakeVice Admiral Donald B. Beary
Ordered25 August 1966
BuilderAvondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down24 July 1970
Launched22 May 1971
Commissioned22 July 1972
Decommissioned20 May 1994
Stricken11 January 1995
IdentificationFF-1085 (ex-DE-1085)
Motto
  • Prudentia-Animus-Fortitdo
  • Knowledge-Spirit-Valor
FateDisposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment, to Turkey 2 February 2002
Turkey
NameKaradeniz
Commissioned20 May 1994
Decommissioned2006
IdentificationF-255
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeKnox-class frigate
Displacement3,195 tons (4,176 full load)
Length438 ft (134 m)
Beam46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × CE 1200psi boilers
  • 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
  • 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW)
Speedover 27 knots
Complement18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
  • AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SQS-26 Sonar
  • AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system
  • Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare
& decoys		AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament
Aircraft carriedone SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085) was a Knox-class frigate built for the United States Navy.