Knox class - FF - Frigate IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NWSS Shipyard: Avondale Shipyard Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: transfered History of USS W. S. Sims FF-1059 1964-jul-22OrderedOrdered 1967-apr-10Laid downLaid down 1969-jan-04LaunchedLaunched 1970-jan-03CommissionedCommissioned 1991-sep-06DecommissionedDecommissioned 1995-jan-11StruckStruck History of parts hulk USS W. S. Sims 1999CommissionedCommissioned 1999DecommissionedDecommissioned History of USS W. S. Sims FF-1059 1999-dec-21Fate: transferedFate: transfered to Turkey as spare parts Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Knox class 257crew 4260full load (tn) 134length (m) 14.25beam (m) 7.54draught (m) 28max speed (knots) 35000power (shp) 2Naval Engine boilers1Naval Engine steam turbines 1Missile Launcher Mk 25 8-cell Sea Sparrow 1Naval Gun Mark 42 5/54 inch (127mm) 1Torpedo Launchers Mk 16 8-cell ASROC 4Torpedo Launchers single tube 324 mm 1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-401Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67 1Sonar hull mounted sonar AN/SQS-261Sonar towed array sonar AN/SQR-18 Aircraft Typical Max US Navy Kaman Seasprite 11 Builder Avondale Shipyard,