HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok in 2005 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 27 April 1972 |
| Launched: | 3 February 1973 |
| Acquired: | Leased 1994, purchased 9 December 1999 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| Badge: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,065 long tons (4,130 t) |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbine 2 × 1,200 psi boilers 1 geared turbine 1 shaft 35,000 shp (26,099 kW) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
| Complement: | 250 officers and enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
SPS-40B 2-D air search radar SPG-53 fire control radar SQS-26CX bow sonar SQR-18 towed sonar SLQ-32(V)1 passive intercept |
| Armament: | • 8 × ASROC anti-submarine missiles • 4 × Harpoon missiles • 4 × Mk.32 torpedo tubes with Mark 44 torpedoes • 1 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun • 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter deck and hangar |
HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461) (Thai: พุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก) is the former USS Truett (FF-1095), Knox-class frigate. The ship is named after the first king of the Chakri Dynasty, King Phutthayotfa Chulaok the Great.
The Royal Thai Navy first leased the ship from the US Navy after she was decommissioned on July 30, 1994. The ship was eventually purchased on December 9, 1999.
A Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate, she has a sister ship, the HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462).
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