1971 to 1992    

FF-1070 USS Downes

US US Navy





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Call Sign: NMFA
Shipyard: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle





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History of US 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



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  Specifications


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

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  Builder


US Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle,




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