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.jpg) USS Downes (FF-1070) |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | 5 September 1968 |
| Launched: | 12 December 1969 |
| Acquired: | 29 June 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 28 August 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 February 1992 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1995 |
| Motto: | Ready Now |
| Nickname: | Finest, Fastest, Fairest Frigate in the Fleet |
| Fate: | 15 August 2003 Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,187 tons (4,168 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (133.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots (31 mph/50 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (23 mph/37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament: | one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles, later replaced by one Phalanx CIWS, which was replaced by an NSSM Sea Sparrow |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Downes (DE-1070/FF-1070) was the 19th in the series of the Knox class frigates. She was the third ship to be named for Commodore John Downes
Downes keel was laid 5 September 1968 by Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Seattle, Washington, and was christened on 13 December 1969 during launching by her sponsor Mrs. Philip L. Kelton, the great-granddaughter of the late Commodore John Downes. The ship was commissioned 28 August 1971
Downes performed Anti-Submarine Warfare operations, escort duty and naval diplomacy support, when necessary, for the Pacific Fleet. Decommissioned on 05 June 1992, Downes was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995.
Downes was disposed during fleet training in 2003.
See USS Downes for other ships of this name.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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