USS Whipple (DE-1062/FF-1062) was a Knox-class frigate commissioned in the United States Navy from 1970 to 1995. In 2002, Whipple was donated to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM Mina (F-214).
USS Whipple in 1975
Whipple in Hong Kong, December 1974.
ARM Mina in 2009.
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)