Class: KNOX
Displacement: 3,011 Tons Standard, 3,877 Tons Full Load
Dimensions: Lenght 439'6" x 46'9" x 15'; 24'9"(sonar)
Armament: 1-5"/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod9, 1 Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher
4-324mm US Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery: 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27kts; Range: 4500 Nm@20knts; Crew 288 (17 officers)
Laid down October 8, 1971 by Avondale Marine, Avondale, LA
Launched August 12, 1972; Commissioned July 28, 1973;
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1092) on June 30, 1975; Decommissioned August 30, 1993
To Turkey August 30, 1993 - Renamed ZAFER - Still in Service