USS Downes (FF-1070) |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | 5 September 1968 |
| Launched: | 12 December 1969 |
| Acquired: | 29 June 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 28 August 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 February 1992 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1995 |
| Motto: | Ready Now |
| Nickname: | Finest, Fastest, Fairest Frigate in the Fleet |
| Fate: | 15 August 2003 Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise |
| Notes: | Sunk at 031° 10' 01.0" North, 119° 48' 03.0" West |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,187 tons (4,168 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (133.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| 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 Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles, later replaced by one Phalanx CIWS, which was replaced by an NSSM Sea Sparrow |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Downes (DE-1070/FF-1070) was the 19th in the series of the Knox class frigates. She was the third ship to be named for Commodore John Downes
Downes keel was laid 5 September 1968 by Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Seattle, Washington, and was christened on 13 December 1969 during launching by her sponsor Mrs. Philip L. Kelton, the great-granddaughter of the late Commodore John Downes. The ship was commissioned 28 August 1971
Downes performed Anti-Submarine Warfare operations, escort duty and naval diplomacy support, when necessary, for the Pacific Fleet. Decommissioned on 5 June 1992, Downes was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995.
Downes was disposed during fleet training in 2003 and sunk close to Mare Island during a SINKEX.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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