Ships's Characteristics

Class at Launch:    ..................................... Knox Class Destroyer Escort

Reclassified June, 1975:    .................................. Knox Class Fast Frigate

Built By:     .................................. Todd Shipyard, San Pedro, California

Keel Laid:     ................................................................... July 15th, 1967

Christened:    .................................................................. May 11th, 1968

Commissioned, Naval Station Long Beach:    ................. July 25th, 1970

Decommissioned, Naval Station Long Beach:    .............. July 2nd, 1992

Stricken from the Naval Register:    ........................... January 1st, 1995

Dismantaled for scrap, Brownsville, Texas Shipyard: .. March 31st, 2003

Displacement as Built:    ........................................................ 3243 Tons

Displacement when Decommissioned:    ................................ 4300 Tons

Length when Built:    ............................................................... 438 Feet

Length when Decommissioned:    ............................................. 442 Feet

Beam:    ....................................................................... 46 Feet, 9 Inches

Draft:    ...................................................................................... 26 Feet

Speed:    ............................................................... In Excess of 27 Knots

Propulsion:    ...... Two, 1275 PSI Boilers, 35,000 Shaft HP, Single Screw

Armament:    ......................................... One 5 Inch 54 Caliber Cannon
                      .......... Four Mk-32 Torpedo Tubes for the Mk-46 Tordepo
        ..One Mk-25 BPDMS Launcher for Sea Sparrow Missiles, Pre-1984
                  ............................................. One Phalanx CIWS after 1984
                  ........ One Mk-16 Missile Launcher - Capable of Launching:

  Antisubmarine Rockets (ASROC), AGM84 Harpoon Missiles,
and Nuclear Depth Charges

Sonar:    ..... AN/SQS26-CX, AN/SQS-35 IVDS, AN/SQR-18 TACTASS

Helo:    ..........................................SH-2 LAMPS I Seasprite Helicopter