Knox class - FF - Frigate IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: TBQR Events ---Filter---CommissionedPort Visit History of USS Bowen FF-1079 1969-jul-11Laid downLaid down 1970-may-02LaunchedLaunched 1971-may-22CommissionedCommissioned as DE-1079 Destroyer Escort 1975-jun-30 reclassified to FF-1079 Frigate 1991-dec reclassified to FFT-1079 Training Frigate 1994DecommissionedDecommissioned 1994Fate: transferedFate: transfered to Turkey F257 TCG Akdeniz History of TCG Akdeniz F257 1995CommissionedCommissioned 1998-apr-04Port VisitPort Visit Amsterdam Harbour Oostelijke Handelskade Apr98 STANAVFORMED embarked AB212 TCB-47 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 Turkish Navy Agusta AB212 11