USS Paul (FF-1080) |
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| Career (US) | |
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| Namesake: | Named in honor of Medal of Honor winner Marine Lance Corporal Joe C. Paul, killed in Vietnam. |
| Ordered: | August 25, 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | September 12, 1969 |
| Launched: | June 20, 1970 |
| Acquired: | July 23, 1971 |
| Commissioned: | August 14, 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | August 14, 1992 |
| Struck: | January 11, 1995 |
| Motto: | Power, Pride |
| Fate: | Transferred to Turkey January 09, 2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,216 tons (4,197 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 Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles (later replaced with one 20 mm Phalanx CIWS) |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
The USS Paul (FF-1080) was a Knox class frigate built for the United States Navy by Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana. Paul was laid down September 12, 1969, launched June 20, 1970 and delivered July 23, 1971. She was commissioned August 14, 1971, decommissioned August 14, 1992 and struck January 11, 1995. Paul was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, grant aid, ex-US fleet hull, to Turkey January 09, 2000.
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