USS McCandless
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USS McCandless was a Knox-class frigate of the US Navy. Commissioned in 1972, she served for 22 years before being decommissioned as a training frigate, and sold to the Turkish Navy as TCG Trakya. She
USS McCandless (FF-1084)
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
USS McCandless
…USS McCandless (FF-1084) was a Knox-class frigate of the US Navy. Commissioned in 1972, she served for 22 years before being decommissioned as a training frigate, and sold to the Turkish Navy…
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.