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_underway.jpg) USS Moinester (FF-1097) |
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| Career (US) |   |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | August 25, 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 25 August 1972 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1973 |
| Acquired: | October 17, 1974 |
| Commissioned: | November 2, 1974 |
| Decommissioned: | July 28, 1994 |
| Motto: | Mare est vita Mea The Sea is My Life |
| Fate: | Sold to Egypt, renamed Rasheed (F962) |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,011 tons (3,877 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) |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
The USS Moinester (FF-1097) was a Knox class frigate. It was propelled by one Westinghouse steam turbine with a total of 35,000 shp. It was decommissioned and sold to the Egyptian Navy and the Moinester became the Egyptian frigate Rasheed.
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
References : USS Moinester on NavSource.org
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A Sailor's Homepage: http://FF1097.dancom.com alt: http://www,dancom.com/ff1097
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