| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 25 August 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 24 July 1970 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 22 July 1972 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 May 1994 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1995 |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment, to Turkey 2 February 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,195 tons (4,176 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament: | one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
| Motto: | Prudentia-Animus-Fortitdo Knowledge-Spirit-Valor |
USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085) was a Knox-class frigate in the service of the United States Navy from 1972 through 1994, when she was leased to Turkey. The frigate was subsequently sold to Turkey, where she continues to serve as the Tepe class frigate TCG Karadeniz (F-255).
References : USS Donald B. Beary on NavSource.org
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