USS Frank Knox

For ships with similar names, see USS Knox.

USS Frank Knox (DD-742) underway off Hawaii, 1969
History
United States
NameUSS Frank Knox (DD-742)
NamesakeFrank Knox
Laid down8 May 1944
Launched17 September 1944
Commissioned11 December 1944
ReclassifiedDDR-742, 18 March 1949
ReclassifiedDD-742, 1 January 1969
DecommissionedJanuary 1971
Stricken3 February 1971
FateTransferred to Greece, 3 February 1971
History
Greece
NameThemistoklis (D210)
NamesakeThemistocles
Acquired3 February 1971
Commissioned3 February 1971
Decommissioned31 August 1992
FateSunk as target, 12 September 2001
General characteristics
Class and typeGearing-class destroyer
Displacement
  • Standard: 2425 tons
  • Full load: 3520 tons
Length119 m (390 ft)
Beam12.4 m (40.7 ft)
Draft5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion
  • four Babcock & Wilcox boilers,
  • two shaft steam turbines,
  • 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed33 knots (61 km/h)
Range
  • 4,500 nmi. at 20 knots
  •   (8,300 km at 37 km/h)
Complement274
Armament
  • Armament (original):
  • 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber guns in three twin turrets (two fore, one aft)
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 10 × (2x5) 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tudes
  • 1 × depth charge track
  • Armament (after FRAM):
  • 6 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns in three twin turrets (two fore, one aft)
  • 6 × (2x3) 12.75" (324 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk44-Mk46 torpedoes
  • 2 × Hedgehog launchers (Mark 11, 24 bombs each)
  • Armament (HN service):
  • 6 × 127 mm (5 inch)/38 caliber guns in three twin turrets (two fore, one aft)
  • 6 × 325 mm (12.75 in.) Anti-Submarine Torpedo tubes (2x3) (for Mk44-Mk46 torpedoes)
  • 2 × Hedgehog launchers (Mark 11, 24 bombs each)
Aircraft carriedOne Alouette III helicopter (hangar and flight deck placed in 1978)

USS Frank Knox (DD-742) was a Gearing-class destroyer which served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1971. She was then transferred to the Greek Navy and renamed Themistoklis (D-210). The ship was decommissioned in 1992 and finally sunk as a target in 2001.