USS McCandless (FF-1084) |
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| Career (US) | |
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| Namesake: | Commodore Byron McCandless (September 5, 1881 – May 30, 1967) and Admiral Bruce McCandless I (August 12, 1911 – January 24, 1968) |
| Ordered: | August 25, 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | June 4, 1970 |
| Launched: | March 20, 1971 |
| Acquired: | March 3, 1972 |
| Commissioned: | March 18, 1972 |
| Decommissioned: | May 06, 1994 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Motto: | Illumino Marem |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment, to Turkey February 2, 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,195 tons (4,175 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-26CX Sonar AN/SQS-35 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 |
The USS McCandless (FF-1084) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy. She was propelled by one Westinghouse steam turbine with a total of 35,000 shp.
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