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    • FF-1070 USS Downes

    US US Navy




    1971 to 1992    


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    Flight Deck:
    Call Sign: NMFA


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    History of US FF-1070 USS Downes

    1964-jul-22Ordered
    1968-sep-5Laid down
    1969-dec-12Launched
    1971-aug-28Commissioned
    1975-junreclassified FF-1070 previous DE-1070
    1992-feb-14Decommissioned
    1995-jan-11Struck
    2003-aug-15Fate: sunkas a target

    Specifications

    		    

        from Knox class
    257crew
    4260full load (tn)
    134length (m)
    14.25beam (m)
    7.54draught (m)
    28max speed (knots)
    35000power (shp)
    2Naval Engine boilers
    1Naval 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-40
    1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67
    1Sonar hull mounted sonar AN/SQS-26
    1Sonar towed array sonar AN/SQR-18

    Aircraft

    		    

        Typical Max
    US United States Naval Aviation Kaman Seasprite 11


    The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard    

    Builder

    		    

    US Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle,



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