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 USS Kirk (FF-1087) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | August 25, 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 4 December 1970 |
| Launched: | 25 September 1971 |
| Acquired: | August 27, 1972 |
| Commissioned: | 9 September 1972 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 August 1993 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Taiwan, as Fen Yang |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,221 tons (4,202 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 Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Kirk (FF-1087) was a Knox-class destroyer escort, originally designated as DE-1087 and reclassified as a frigate (1975) in the United States Navy. Her primary mission of ASW remained unchanged. She was named for Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk.
Awarded to the Avondale Marine on 25 August 1966, Kirk was laid down on 4 December 1970, launched on 25 September 1971 and commissioned on 9 September 1972.
She served in the US Navy up until 6 August 1993, when the ship was decommissioned and leased to Taiwan. In Taiwanese service she was renamed Fen Yang with the hull number changed to 934. On September 29, 1999, the ship was finally purchased by Taiwan.
External links
- Reunion organization site
- Maritimequest USS Kirk DE-1087/FF-1087 Photo Gallery
- Naval Vessel Register FF1087
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