USS Brewton (FF-1086)
.jpg) USS Brewton (FF-1086) | |
| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Brewton |
| Ordered: | 25 August 1966 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 2 October 1970 |
| Launched: | 24 July 1970 |
| Acquired: | 18 June 1972 |
| Commissioned: | 8 July 1972 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 July 1992 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1995 |
| Motto: | Dedicated Determined Prepared |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale to Taiwan 29 September 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,204 tons (4,184 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 |
USS Brewton (FF-1086) was a Knox-class frigate. Brewton was launched 24 July 1970 and commissioned on 8 July 1972. She was decommissioned on 2 July 1992 and sold to Taiwan on 29 September 1999 under the Security Assistance Program, where she served as ROCS Fong Yang (FFG-933).
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