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USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078) |
| Career (US) |
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| Ordered: |
August 25, 1966 |
| Builder: |
Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: |
May 14, 1969 |
| Launched: |
March 7, 1970 |
| Acquired: |
April 6, 1971 |
| Commissioned: |
April 24, 1971 |
| Decommissioned: |
June 30, 1994 |
| Struck: |
January 11, 1995 |
| Fate: |
Transferred to Taiwan as Lan Yang (FF-935) |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: |
3,211 tons (4,192 full load) |
| Length: |
438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: |
46 ft 9 in (14.2 m) |
| Draught: |
24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × CE 1200psi boilers
1 Westinghouse geared turbine
1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW) |
| Speed: |
over 27 knots |
| 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 Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: |
one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy. Constructed by Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana and laid down May 14, 1969, launched March 7, 1970 and delivered April 6, 1971. She was commissioned April 24, 1971, decommissioned June 30, 1994 and struck January 11, 1995. She was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale, transferred to as Taiwan as Lan Yang (FF-935).
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