USS Frank Knox
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USS Frank Knox (DD-742) underway off Hawaii, 1969 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Frank Knox (DD-742) |
Namesake | Frank Knox |
Laid down | 8 May 1944 |
Launched | 17 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 11 December 1944 |
Reclassified | DDR-742, 18 March 1949 |
Reclassified | DD-742, 1 January 1969 |
Decommissioned | January 1971 |
Stricken | 3 February 1971 |
Fate | Transferred to Greece, 3 February 1971 |
History | |
Greece | |
Name | Themistoklis (D210) |
Namesake | Themistocles |
Acquired | 3 February 1971 |
Commissioned | 3 February 1971 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 1992 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 12 September 2001 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 119 m (390 ft) |
Beam | 12.4 m (40.7 ft) |
Draft | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 274 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | One Alouette III helicopter (hangar and flight deck placed in 1978) |
USS Frank Knox (DD-742) was a Gearing-class destroyer which served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1971. She was then transferred to the Greek Navy and renamed Themistoklis (D-210). The ship was decommissioned in 1992 and finally sunk as a target in 2001.
Informations complémentaires
Poids | 1 kg |
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Dimensions | 20 cm |
Matériau | Plastique |
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