Knox class - FF - Frigate IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NMFA Shipyard: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: sunk History of USS Downes FF-1070 1964-jul-22OrderedOrdered 1968-sep-05Laid downLaid down 1969-dec-12LaunchedLaunched 1971-aug-28CommissionedCommissioned 1975-jun reclassified FF-1070 previous DE-1070 1992-feb-14DecommissionedDecommissioned 1995-jan-11StruckStruck 2003-aug-15Fate: sunkFate: sunk as a target 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 Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle,