Knox class - FF - Frigate IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NBMR Shipyard: Avondale Shipyard Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: transfered History of USS Kirk FF-1087 1966-aug-25OrderedOrdered 1970-dec-04Laid downLaid down 1971-sep-25LaunchedLaunched 1972-sep-09CommissionedCommissioned 1975-apr fall of Saigon, Vietnam, Air America UH-1B N1305X 1993-aug-06DecommissionedDecommissioned 1995-jan-11StruckStruck 1999-sep-29Fate: transferedFate: transfered to Taiwan as Fen Yang History of Chi Yang class ROCS Fen Yang FF-934 1999-sep-29CommissionedCommissioned 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,