USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Joseph Hewes |
Namesake | Joseph Hewes |
Ordered | 25 August 1966 |
Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
Laid down | 14 May 1969 |
Launched | 7 March 1970 |
Acquired | 6 April 1971 |
Commissioned | 24 April 1971 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1994 |
Stricken | 11 January 1995 |
Fate | Transferred to Taiwan |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Knox-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,211 tons (4,192 full load) |
Length | 438 ft (134 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
Draught | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | over 27 knots |
Complement | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
ROCS Lan Yang (FFG-935) is a Chi Yang-class frigate of the Republic of China Navy. She was formerly in service as the USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078), a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy.