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U.S.S. KNOX
(FF-1052)WE FIGHT TO WIN
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USS KNOX (FF-1052) - a Knox-class frigate
In Commission 1969 to 1992FF-1052 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FF-1052 Shellback Initiation | Add a FF-1052 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1941 | - | JAN | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1960 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1963 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1965 | - | Keel Date: 5 OCT 1965 at Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle WA | ||
NOV | 1966 | - | Launch Date: 19 NOV 1966 | ||
APR | 1969 | - | Commissioned: 12 APR 1969 | ||
JAN | 1970 | - | DEC | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1970 | - | MAR | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1971 | - | JUL | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1971 | - | JUL | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1971 | - | DEC | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | Dry Dock |
AUG | 1971 | - | FEB | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1971 | - | DEC | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1972 | Docked DaNang harbor |
OCT | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 OCT 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 OCT 1979 - Indian Ocean | ||
JAN | 1980 | - | AUG | 1980 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
DEC | 1980 | - | FEB | 1981 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1981 | - | AUG | 1981 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
MAR | 1985 | - | Shellback Initiation - 21 MAR 1985 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1985 | - | MAY | 1985 | Reservist training from Rhode Island to Rota, Spain and back |
APR | 1987 | - | MAY | 1987 | Reservist training in and near The Bahamas |
APR | 1987 | - | AUG | 1987 | Middle Pacific |
JAN | 1990 | - | MAR | 1991 | Desert Shield |
FEB | 1992 | - | Decommissioned: 14 FEB 1992 |
FF-1052 General Specifications
Class: Knox-class frigate
Complement: 13 Officers and 211 Enlisted
Displacement: 3020 tons
Length: 415′
Beam: 47 feet
Draft: 24 feet 3 in
Range: 4 500 miles
Final Disposition: Sunk as target 7 August 2007
USS KNOX (FF-1052)
The
second Knox (DE-1052), the prototype in a new class of destroyer escorts, was laid down 5
October 1965, by Todd Shipyards Corp., Seattle, Wash.; launched 19 november 1966; sponsored by Mrs. Peter A.
Sturtevant, granddaughter of Commodore
Knox; and was commissioned on 12 April 1969 with Commander William A. Lamm in command.
[Note: The above USS KNOX (FF-1052) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS KNOX (FF-1052), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]