USS Meyerkord (FF-1058)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Meyerkord |
| Namesake: | Harold Dale Meyerkord (1937–1965), a Navy Cross recipient killed during the Vietnam War |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 1 September 1966 |
| Launched: | 15 July 1967 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Harold Dale Meyerkord and Mrs. Harold E. Meyerkord |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 December 1991 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1995 |
| Identification: | FF-1058 |
| Fate: | Scrapped beginning on 15 December 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,160 tons (4,137 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
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| Speed: | over 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
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| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Meyerkord (FF-1058) was a Knox-class frigate of the US Navy. Named for Lieutenant Harold Dale Meyerkord (1937–1965) a senior naval adviser to South Vietnam who was killed in action during the Vietnam War and received the Navy Cross.
Design and description
The Knox class design was derived from the Brooke-class frigate modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an overall length of 438 feet (133.5 m), a beam of 47 feet (14.3 m) and a draft of 25 feet (7.6 m). They displaced 4,066 long tons (4,131 t) at full load. Their crew consisted of 13 officers and 211 enlisted men.[1]
The ships were equipped with one Westinghouse geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce 35,000 shaft horsepower (26,000 kW), using steam provided by 2 C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). The Knox class had a range of 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).[2]
The Knox-class ships were armed with a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward and a single 3″/50 caliber gun aft. They mounted an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the bridge. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships also had the 3-inch (76 mm) gun replaced by an eight-cell BPDMS missile launcher in the early 1970s.[3]
Construction and career
Meyerkord was constructed by Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California. She was laid down 1 September 1966 and launched on 15 July 1967, sponsored by Mrs. Harold Dale Meyerkord and Mrs. Harold E. Meyerkord, widow and mother of Lieutenant Meyerkord. Meyerkord was commissioned on 28 November 1969.
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Meyerkord was decommissioned on 14 December 1991 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995. Meyerkord was sold for scrapping, with dismantling beginning on 15 December 2001.
Notes
References
- Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen & Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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