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 escorts. Originally laid down as ocean escorts, they were all redesignate
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 can be seen on USS Bowen (FF-1079) in 1984.
Aerial view of Knox-class frigate USS McCandless (FF-1084)
Garcia-class frigate
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Garcia-class frigates were United States Navy warships. These frigates were originally ocean escorts bearing the hull classification DE until 1975. The ships were commissioned between 1964 and 1968 an
Knox-class frigate
…foreign nations such as Egypt, Taiwan, Thailand, and Mexico. Designated SCB No. 199C, the Knox was planned as the follow-on to the twin 5" gun-armed Garcia class frigates and the Tartar missile-equipped Brooke-class frigates. Their initial design incorporated the prior classes' pressure-fired boilers in a similar-sized…
USS Albert David underway in December 1975.
Davidson with vertical bridge structure
Koelsch with angled lower bridge structure for automatic ASROC loading. All units Voge and later were similarly equipped
Sample with two gun mounts