USS Fanning (FF-1076)

USS Fanning (FF-1076)
History
United States
NameFanning
NamesakeNathaniel Fanning
Ordered22 July 1964
BuilderTodd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down7 December 1968
Launched24 January 1970
Acquired16 July 1971
Commissioned23 July 1971
Decommissioned31 July 1993
Stricken11 January 1995
MottoIndomitable
FateTransferred To Turkey
Turkey
NameAdatepe
Acquired31 July 1993
Decommissioned2001
IdentificationF 251
General characteristics
Class and typeKnox-class frigate
Displacement3,202 tons (4,183 full load)
Length438 ft (133.5 m)
Beam46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)
Draft24 ft 9 in (7.5 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × CE 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers
  • 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
  • 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Speedover 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km)
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/SQS-35 IVDS Independent Variable Depth Sonar
  • AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system
  • Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare
& decoys
AN/SLQ-32 Electronicstalk Warfare System
Armament
Aircraft carriedone SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Fanning (FF-1076), a Knox-class frigate, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Nathaniel Fanning.