Knox
(DE/FF-1052)
Class
without
spray shield
on the bow
and MK 25
Sea Sparrow
missile
launcher on
the stern.
Knox
(DE/FF-1052)
Class with
spray shield
on the bow
and with a
MK 15 CIWS
Pahalanx (Gatling
gun) on the
stern.
Knox
(DE/FF-1052) Class
originally Destroyer Escorts
(DE) and reclassified
Frigates (FF)
We now have full color
profiles for the Knox
(DE/FF-1052) class. Three
configurations are available
for these ships: 1. As built
without the spray shield on
the bow and no air defense
weapon on the stern; 2.
without the spray shield on
the bow but with an air
defense weapon on the stern;
and 3. with the spray shield
on the bow and an air
defense weapon on the stern.
Only the last two versions
are illustrated here.
1. In the standard as built
version all units had the
following equipment:
Armament: one 5-in. MK 42
gun mount, one MK 112 ASROC
ASW rocket launcher, and two
triple MK 32 torpedo tube
mounts, and one SH-2 LAMPS
ASW helicopter. Fire
Control: MK 68GFCS (5-in.),
and MK 114 UFCS/SQS-26 Sonar
(underwater battery). Radar:
SPS-10 surface
search/navigational, and
SPS-40 air search. All units
are available in this
configuration. This
configuration is not
illustrated here.
2. This configuration is
shown with the Aylwin
(DE/FF-1081). It has all of
the equipment listed in Item
1. above without a spray
shield on the bow and with a
MK 25 Sea Sparrow missile
launcher on the stern. You
can order this configuration
with a MK 15 CIWS Phalanx (Gatling
gun) instead of the MK 25
Sea Sparrow. If you do
not specify which air
defense weapon you want you
will be sent Item 1. the
standard as built
configuration.
3. This configuration is
shown with the Barbey
(DE/FF-1088). It has all of
the equipment listed in Item
1. above with a spray shield
on the bow and with a MK 15
CIWS Phalanx (Gatling gun)
on the stern. You can order
this configuration with a MK
25 Sea Sparrow missile
launcher instead of the MK
15 Phalanx. If you do not
specify which air defense
weapon you want you will be
sent Item 1. the standard as
built configuration.
Since the installation of
the spray shield, MK 25 Sea
Sparrow, and MK 15 Phalanx
varied widely between ships
you must specify what
equipment you want when
ordering. If you have any
questions please call the
TCS office. The following
ships are available:
USS Knox (DE/FF-1052)
USS Roark (DE/FF-1053)
USS Gray (DE/FF-1054)
USS Hepburn (DE/FF-1055)
USS Connole (DE/FF-1056)
USS Rathburne (DE/FF-1057)
USS Meyerkord (DE/FF-1058)
USS W. S. Sims (DE/FF-1059)
USS Lang (DE/FF-1060)
USS Patterson (DE/FF-1061)
USS Whipple (DE/FF-1062)
USS Reasoner (DE/FF-1063)
USS Lockwood (DE/FF-1064)
USS Stein (DE/FF-1065)
USS Marvin Shields
(DE/FF-1066)
USS Francis Hammond
(DE/FF-1067)
USS Vreeland (DE/FF-1068)
USS Bagley (DE/FF-1069)
USS Downes (DE/FF-1070)
USS Badger (DE/FF-1071)
USS Blakely (DE/FF-1072)
USS Robert E. Peary
(DE/FF-1073)
USS Harold E. Holt
(DE/FF-1074)
USS Trippe (DE/FF-1075)
USS Fanning (DE/FF-1076)
USS Ouellet (DE/FF-1077)
USS Joseph Hewes
(DE/FF-1078)
USS Bowen (DE/FF-1079)
USS Paul (DE/FF-1080)
USS Aylwin (DE/FF-1081)
USS Elmer Montgomery
(DE/FF-1082)
USS Cook (DE/FF-1083)
USS McCandless (DE/FF-1084)
USS Donald B. Beary
(DE/FF-1085)
USS Brewton (DE/FF-1086)
USS Kirk (DE/FF-1087)
USS Barbey (DE/FF-1088)
USS Jesse L. Brown
(DE/FF-1089)
USS Ainsworth (DE/FF-1090)
USS Miller (DE/FF-1091)
USS Thomas C. Hart
(DE/FF-1092)
USS Capodanno (DE/FF-1093)
USS Pharris (DE/FF-1094)
USS Truett (DE/FF-1095)
USS Valdez (DE/FF-1096)
USS Moinester (DE/FF-1097)
