_underway_off_San_Diego,_California_(USA),_on_14_June_1991_(6640071).jpg) USS Reasoner (FF-1063)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Reasoner |
| Namesake | Frank S. Reasoner |
| Ordered | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down | 6 January 1969 |
| Launched | 1 August 1970 |
| Acquired | 22 June 1971 |
| Commissioned | 31 July 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 28 August 1993 |
| Identification | FF-1063 |
| Motto | Fidelity |
| Fate | Sold to Turkey, 22 February 2002 |
 Turkey | |
| Name | Kocatepe |
| Acquired | 22 February 2002 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 4 May 2005 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,011 tons (3,877 full load) |
| Length | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 - 1200 psi boilers; 1 geared turbine, 1 shaft; 35,000 shp (26,000 kW) |
| Speed | over 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
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| Aircraft carried | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Reasoner (FF-1063) was a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy, named in honor of 1st Lt. Frank S. Reasoner, awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously in the Vietnam War.