
Second generation of post-WWII Destroyer Escorts (DE) were redesignated as Frigates on 1975. Only two units were built due the resulting design proved to be too slow to operate in their expected ASW role
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Specifications |
196 | crew | ||||||
2960 | full load (tn) | ||||||
113 | length (m) | ||||||
12 | beam (m) | ||||||
7 | draught (m) | ||||||
4000 | range (nm) | ||||||
26 | max speed (knots) | ||||||
2 | Naval Engine boilers | ||||||
1 | Naval Engine steam turbines | ||||||
1 | Naval Gun Mark 33 3/50 inch (twin 76 mm) | ||||||
1 | Torpedo Launchers Mk 16 8-cell ASROC | ||||||
2 | Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm |
Shipyards |
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List of Ships |
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1963 | 1990 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1037 | USS Bronstein | ||||
1993 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1963 | 1990 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1038 | USS McCloy | ||||
1993 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1964 | 1989 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1040 | Garcia class USS Garcia | NIGD | |||
1989 | 1994 | ![]() | |||||||
1965 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1041 | Garcia class USS Bradley | NEDS - 1041 | |||
1989 | 2004 | ![]() | |||||||
1965 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1043 | Garcia class USS Edward McDonnell | NCQG | |||
1965 | 1989 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1044 | Garcia class USS Brumby | NERA | |||
1965 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1045 | Garcia class USS Davidson | NHGM | |||
1989 | 2002 | sunk 2005 | ![]() | ||||||
1965 | 1990 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1098 | Garcia class USS Glover | NFEN | |||
1966 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-1 | Brooke class USS Brooke | NBTE | |||
1989 | 1993 | ![]() | |||||||
1966 | 1989 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1047 | Garcia class USS Voge | NZXQ | |||
1967 | 1988 | sunk 2000 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-2 | Brooke class USS Ramsey | NEFH | ||
1967 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-4 | Brooke class USS Talbot | NZWD | |||
1989 | 1993 | ![]() | |||||||
1967 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-5 | Brooke class USS Richard L. Page | NHNG | |||
1989 | 1994 | ![]() | |||||||
1967 | 1989 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-6 | Brooke class USS Julius A. Furer | ||||
1989 | 1994 | ![]() | |||||||
1968 | 1988 | sunk 1999 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-3 | Brooke class USS Schofield | NFHK | ||
1968 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1048 | Garcia class USS Sample | NJOM | |||
1989 | 2004 | ![]() | |||||||
1968 | 1989 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1049 | Garcia class USS Koelsch | NICE | |||
1989 | 1994 | ![]() | |||||||
1968 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1050 | Garcia class USS Albert David | NMFQ | |||
1989 | 2008 | ![]() | |||||||
1968 | 1988 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1051 | Garcia class USS O'Callahan | NZKI | |||
1989 | 1993 | ![]() | |||||||
1969 | 1992 | sunk 2007 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1052 | Knox class USS Knox | NAAS | ||
1969 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1053 | Knox class USS Roark | NOUR | |||
1969 | 1991 | sunk 2002 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1055 | Knox class USS Hepburn | NAAP | ||
1969 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1056 | Knox class USS Connole | ||||
1992 | 2002 | ![]() | |||||||
1969 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1058 | Knox class USS Meyerkord | NLJY | |||
1970 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1054 | Knox class USS Gray | NVXR | |||
1970 | 1992 | sunk 2002 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1057 | Knox class USS Rathburne | NVUV | ||
1970 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1059 | Knox class USS W. S. Sims | NWSS | |||
1999 | 1999 | ![]() | |||||||
1970 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1060 | Knox class USS Lang | ||||
1970 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1061 | Knox class USS Patterson | NTMV | |||
1970 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1062 | Knox class USS Whipple | ||||
2002 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1970 | 1993 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1064 | Knox class USS Lockwood | NIMH | |||
1970 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1067 | Knox class USS Francis Hammond | NFHU | |||
1970 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1068 | Knox class USS Vreeland | NMAP | |||
1992 | 1998 | ![]() | |||||||
1970 | 1991 | sunk 1998 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1071 | Knox class USS Badger | NHDT | ||
1970 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1072 | Knox class USS Blakely | ||||
1970 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1075 | Knox class USS Trippe | ||||
1992 | 2001 | ![]() | |||||||
1970 | 1993 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1077 | Knox class USS Ouellet | NDNR | |||
1996 | -- | Phutthayotfa Chulalok class ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1993 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1063 | Knox class USS Reasoner | NPXQ | |||
2002 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1066 | Knox class USS Marvin Shields | NKSG | |||
1997 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1992 | sunk 2003 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1070 | Knox class USS Downes | NMFA | ||
1971 | 1992 | sunk 2002 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1074 | Knox class USS Harold E. Holt | |||
1971 | 1993 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1076 | Knox class USS Fanning | NKBP | |||
1993 | 2001 | ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1078 | Knox class USS Joseph Hewes | NELP | |||
1999 | -- | Chi Yang class ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1079 | Knox class USS Bowen | NATM | |||
1995 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1080 | Knox class USS Paul | NOHZ | |||
2000 | 2000 | ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1081 | Knox class USS Aylwin | NJHC | |||
1999 | -- | Chi Yang class ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1993 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1082 | Knox class USS Elmer Montgomery | NQJH | |||
1993 | 1993 | ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1083 | Knox class USS Cook | NACI | |||
1999 | -- | Chi Yang class ![]() | |||||||
1971 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1088 | Knox class USS Barbey | NTBS | |||
1999 | -- | Chi Yang class ![]() | |||||||
1972 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1065 | Knox class USS Stein | NDKB | |||
1997 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1972 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1069 | Knox class USS Bagley | NULQ | |||
1972 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1073 | Knox class USS Robert E. Peary | NREP | |||
1999 | -- | Chi Yang class ![]() | |||||||
1972 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1084 | Knox class USS McCandless | NIQC | |||
2002 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1972 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1085 | Knox class USS Donald B. Beary | NQUB | |||
2002 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1972 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1086 | Knox class USS Brewton | ||||
1999 | -- | Chi Yang class ![]() | |||||||
1972 | 1993 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1087 | Knox class USS Kirk | NBMR | |||
1999 | -- | Chi Yang class ![]() | |||||||
1973 | 2005 | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-71 | Baleares class Baleares | EBFK | |||
1973 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1089 | Knox class USS Jesse L. Brown | NCGP | |||
1994 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1973 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1090 | Knox class USS Ainsworth | NCQI | |||
1999 | 2005 | ![]() | |||||||
1973 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1091 | Knox class USS Miller | NDIK | |||
1999 | 1999 | sunk 2001 | ![]() | ||||||
1973 | 1993 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1092 | Knox class USS Thomas C. Hart | NTCH | |||
1993 | 2014 | sunk 2016 | ![]() | ||||||
1973 | 1993 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1093 | Knox class USS Capodanno | NFVC | |||
2002 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1974 | 2005 | sunk 2008 | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-72 | Baleares class Andalucia | EBGK | ||
1974 | 1992 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1094 | Knox class USS Pharris | ||||
1999 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1974 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1095 | Knox class USS Truett | NHDB | |||
1994 | -- | Phutthayotfa Chulalok class ![]() | |||||||
1974 | 1991 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1096 | Knox class USS Valdez | NIDC | |||
1999 | -- | Chi Yang class ![]() | |||||||
1974 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FF-1097 | Knox class USS Moinester | NKIA | |||
1994 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1975 | 2004 | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-73 | Baleares class Cataluña | EBJV | |||
1975 | 2009 | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-74 | Baleares class Asturias | EBHB | |||
1976 | 2006 | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-75 | Baleares class Extremadura | EBLT | |||
1977 | 1997 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-7 | short hull USS Oliver Hazard Perry | NOHP | |||
1979 | 2010 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-8 | long-hull USS McInerney | NFXM | |||
2010 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1980 | 2008 | ![]() | RAN | FFG 01 | Adelaide HMAS Adelaide | VKLA | |||
1980 | 2005 | ![]() | RAN | FFG 02 | Adelaide HMAS Canberra | VKCN | |||
1980 | 2002 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-9 | short hull USS Wadsworth | NASW | |||
2002 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1980 | 1994 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-10 | short hull USS Duncan | NDBD | |||
1999 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1980 | 2000 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-11 | short hull USS Clark | NJJC | |||
2000 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1980 | 2003 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-12 | short hull USS George Philip | NSGP | |||
1980 | 2002 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-13 | short hull USS Samuel Eliot Morison | NSEM | |||
2002 | -- | G class ![]() | |||||||
1980 | 1980 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-17 | short hull built in USA for Australia as HMAS Adelaide | ||||
1980 | 2008 | Adelaide ![]() | |||||||
1980 | 1980 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-18 | short hull built in USA for Australia as HMAS Canberra | ||||
1980 | 2005 | Adelaide ![]() | |||||||
1981 | 2003 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-14 | short hull USS Sides | NJHS | |||
1981 | 2003 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-15 | short hull USS Estocin | NMJE | |||
2003 | -- | G class ![]() | |||||||
1981 | 1995 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-16 | short hull USS Clifton Sprague | NCAS | |||
1997 | -- | G class ![]() | |||||||
1981 | 2000 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-19 | short hull USS John A. Moore | NJAM | |||
2000 | -- | G class ![]() | |||||||
1981 | 1996 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-20 | short hull USS Antrim | NRNA | |||
1997 | -- | G class ![]() | |||||||
1981 | 1996 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-21 | short hull USS Flatley | NJHF | |||
1998 | -- | G class ![]() | |||||||
1981 | 1996 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-24 | short hull USS Jack Williams | NNJW | |||
1996 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1981 | 1996 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-26 | short hull USS Gallery | NDPG | |||
1997 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1982 | 1998 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-22 | short hull USS Fahrion | NFGF | |||
1998 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1982 | 1998 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-23 | short hull USS Lewis B. Puller | NLBP | |||
1998 | -- | ![]() | |||||||
1982 | 1996 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-25 | short hull USS Copeland | NRWC | |||
1997 | 2011 | ![]() | |||||||
2011 | -- | F911 Alexandria | |||||||
1982 | 1996 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-27 | short hull USS Mahlon S. Tisdale | NMST | |||
1999 | -- | G class ![]() | |||||||
1982 | 2022 | sunk 2022 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-28 | long-hull USS Boone | NBON | ||
1982 | -- | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-29 | long-hull USS Stephen W. Groves | NSWG | |||
1982 | 1999 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-31 | short hull USS Stark | NHPA | |||
1982 | -- | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-32 | long-hull USS John L. Hall | NJLH | |||
1982 | 1997 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-34 | short hull USS Aubrey Fitch | NAWF | |||
1983 | 2015 | ![]() | RAN | FFG 03 | Adelaide HMAS Sydney | VKML - 03 | |||
1983 | 1998 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-30 | short hull USS Reid | NSCR | |||
1999 | -- | G class ![]() | |||||||
1983 | -- | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-33 | long-hull USS Jarrett | NRCD | |||
1983 | 1983 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-35 | short hull built in USA for Australia as HMAS Sydney | ||||
1983 | 2015 | Adelaide ![]() | |||||||
1983 | 2013 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-36 | long-hull USS Underwood | NGWU | |||
1983 | -- | sunk 2016 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-37 | long-hull USS Crommelin | NLKC | ||
1983 | -- | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-38 | long-hull USS Curts | NHOC | |||
1983 | -- | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-39 | long-hull USS Doyle | NJHD | |||
1983 | -- | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-41 | long-hull USS McClusky | NMDK | |||
1983 | 2013 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-42 | long-hull USS Klakring | NTBK | |||
1983 | 2013 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-43 | long-hull USS Thach | NJST | |||
1983 | -- | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-45 | long-hull USS De Wert | NRDW | |||
1984 | 2017 | ![]() | RAN | FFG 04 | Adelaide HMAS Darwin | VKDA - 04 | |||
1984 | -- | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-40 | long-hull USS Halyburton | NOTH | |||
1984 | 1984 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-44 | long-hull built in USA for Australia as HMAS Darwin | ||||
1984 | 2017 | Adelaide ![]() | |||||||
1984 | 2014 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-46 | long-hull USS Rentz | NGSR | |||
1984 | 2014 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-47 | long-hull USS Nicholas | NSVN | |||
1984 | 2015 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-48 | long-hull USS Vandegrift | NAAV | |||
1984 | 2014 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-49 | long-hull USS Robert G Bradley | NRGB | |||
1984 | 2015 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-50 | long-hull USS Taylor | NJJT | |||
1984 | 2015 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-51 | long-hull USS Gary | NDAG | |||
1985 | 2013 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-52 | long-hull USS Carr | NCAR | |||
1985 | 2010 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-53 | long-hull USS Hawes | NREH | |||
1985 | 2013 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-54 | long-hull USS Ford | NPOF | |||
1985 | 2015 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-55 | long-hull USS Elrod | NHTE | |||
1985 | 2015 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-56 | long-hull USS Simpson | NRWS | |||
1986 | 2013 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-57 | long-hull USS Reuben James | NNRJ | |||
1986 | 2015 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-58 | long-hull USS Samuel B. Roberts | NSBR | |||
1986 | -- | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-81 | Sta Maria Santa Maria | EBFL | |||
1987 | 2015 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-59 | long-hull USS Kauffman | NJLK | |||
1987 | 2015 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-60 | long-hull USS Rodney M. Davis | NRMD | |||
1987 | -- | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-82 | Sta Maria Victoria | EBFM | |||
1989 | 2014 | ![]() | US Navy | FFG-61 | long-hull USS Ingraham | NDNI | |||
1989 | -- | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-83 | Sta Maria Numancia | EBFN | |||
1990 | -- | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-84 | Sta Maria Reina Sofia | EBFO | |||
1992 | 2019 | ![]() | RAN | FFG 05 | Adelaide HMAS Melbourne | VKLP - 05 | |||
1993 | 2019 | ![]() | RAN | FFG 06 | Adelaide HMAS Newcastle | VLNC - 06 | |||
1993 | -- | ![]() | ROCN | PFG-1101 | Cheng Kung class ROCS Cheng Kung | ||||
1994 | -- | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-85 | Sta Maria Navarra | EBFP | |||
1994 | -- | ![]() | Spanish Navy | F-86 | Sta Maria Canarias | EBFQ | |||
1994 | -- | ![]() | ROCN | PFG-1103 | Cheng Kung class ROCS Cheng Ho | ||||
1995 | -- | ![]() | ROCN | PFG-1105 | Cheng Kung class ROCS Chi Kuang | ||||
1996 | -- | ![]() | ROCN | PFG-1106 | Cheng Kung class ROCS Yueh Fei | ||||
1997 | -- | ![]() | ROCN | PFG-1107 | Cheng Kung class ROCS Tzu I | ||||
1997 | -- | ![]() | ROCN | PFG-1108 | Cheng Kung class ROCS Pan Chao | ||||
1998 | -- | ![]() | ROCN | PFG-1109 | Cheng Kung class ROCS Chang Chien | ||||
2004 | -- | ![]() | ROCN | PFG-1110 | Cheng Kung class ROCS Tian Dan | ||||
Events |
1961-may-16 | Laid down | Laid down ![]() | |
1961-sep-01 | Laid down | Laid down ![]() | |
1962-mar-31 | Launched | Launched ![]() | |
1962-jun-09 | Launched | Launched ![]() | |
1963-jun-15 | Commissioned | Commissioned ![]() | |
1963-oct-21 | Commissioned | Commissioned ![]() | |
1975-jun-30 | ![]() | ||
1975-jun-30 | ![]() | ||
1990-dec-13 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned ![]() | |
1990-dec-14 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned ![]() | |
1993-oct-01 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered ![]() | |
1993-oct-01 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered ![]() |