Knox-class frigate
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The 46 Knox-class frigates were the largest, last, and most numerous of the US Navy's second-generation anti-submarine warfare (ASW) escorts. Originally laid down as ocean escorts, they were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975, in the 1975 ship reclassification plan and their hull designation changed from 'DE' to 'FF'. The Knox class was the Navy's last destroyer-type design with a steam turbine powerplant.
Knox-class frigate USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073) and the skyline of San Francisco in the background
Overhead view of Knox-class frigate USS Fanning (FF-1076)
Bow modifications including bulwark and horizontal spray strake on USS Bowen (FF-1079) in 1984.
Aerial view of Knox-class frigate USS McCandless (FF-1084)
Brooke-class frigate
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The Brooke class was a United States Navy frigate class based on the design of the Garcia class, but with the addition of the Tartar Guided Missile System. The first unit was commissioned in 1966 and the final sixth unit was decommissioned in 1989.
USS Brooke (FFG-1)
Talbot with angled bridge structure for automated ASROC loading.
Ramsey's SPS-52, black panel at center and AN/SPG-51, dish at right.
Schofield underway near San Diego, CA