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U.S.S. FRANK KNOX
(DD-742)FIGHTING FRANKIE K
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DD-742 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 8 MAY 1944 | ||
| SEP | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 17 SEP 1944 | ||
| DEC | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 11 DEC 1944 | ||
| JUL | 1950 | - | DEC | 1953 | Inchon Landing |
| OCT | 1956 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 OCT 1956 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1962 | - | SEP | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1965 | - | JUN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 JAN 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1968 | - | OCT | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 JUN 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1970 | - | NOV | 1970 | West Pac |
| JUN | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | Gulf Of Siam, Rach Gia , IV Corp Delta |
DD-742 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: Frank Knox
Complement: 274 Officers and Enlisted
Length: 119 m
Beam: 40.7 feet
Draft: 19 feet
Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Transferred to Greece 3 February 1971
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