USS Knox (FF-1052)

April 12, 1969 - February 14, 1992

4100 ts

133.5 meters

14.25 meters

7.6 meters

17 officers, 228 sailors.

1 propeller, 1 gear turbine, two boilers; 35,000 shaft horsepower

27 nodes

4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots

The USS Knox ( DE/FF-1052 ) was the lead ship of the Knox class. She stood from 1969 to 1992 in service with the United States Navy. She was the second ship, which was christened with the name Knox and the first ship named for Commodore Dudley Wright Knox.

History

The keel laying of Knox took place on October 5, 1965 at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington. Baptized by the granddaughter of its namesake, the ship ran aground on 19 November 1966 by the stack. Commissioned into the Navy, but was only two and a half years later, on 12 April 1969.

After the sea trials off the California coast that Knox was transferred in December 1969 to her new home port of Pearl Harbor. In the following years she made ​​several extended trips in the Pacific, 1972, she was the first time for an overhaul to the dock. From August to December 1973, she participated in extensive sonar tests off Hawaii, in September 1974, it was moved to the coast of Vietnam, where they remained for nine months in use. End of April 1975, she took part in the evacuation of Saigon. In the summer of 1975, the ship was a guest star of the TV series Hawaii Five-O, after it was overtaken by October 1976 for the second time. In August 1977, the frigate was laid as part of the 7th Fleet to Yokosuka. In the following years she made ​​several lengthy trips and visited, among others, New Zealand and Australia. On 14 February 1992, Knox was retired after over 23 years of service and towed to Bremerton. Until 2003 it was planned to preserve it as a museum ship. Instead, Knox was sunk on 7 August 2007 as a target ship off Guam.