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Kirk 1980

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
DE1052, 6.1975- FF1052	Knox	38	Todd, Seattle	5.10.1965	19.11.1966	12.4.1969	stricken 1.1995
DE1053, 6.1975- FF1053	Roark	39	Todd, Seattle	2.2.1966	24.4.1967	22.11.1969	stricken 1.1995
DE1054, 6.1975- FF1054	Gray	40	Todd, Seattle	19.11.1966	3.11.1967	4.4.1970	stricken 1.1995
DE1055, 6.1975- FF1055	Hepburn	82	Todd, San Pedro	1.6.1966	25.3.1967	3.7.1969	stricken 1.1995
DE1056, 6.1975- FF1056	Connole	1070	Avondale, Westwego	23.3.1967	20.7.1968	30.8.1969	to Greece 8.1992 (Ήπειρος [Ipiros])
DE1057, 6.1975- FF1057	Rathburne	131	Lockheed, Seattle	8.1.1968	2.5.1969	16.5.1970	stricken 1.1995
DE1058, 6.1975- FF1058	Meyerkord	83	Todd, San Pedro	1.9.1966	15.7.1967	28.11.1969	stricken 1.1995
DE1059, 6.1975- FF1059	William S. Sims	1071	Avondale, Westwego	10.4.1967	4.1.1969	3.1.1970	stricken 1.1995
DE1060, 6.1975- FF1060	Lang	84	Todd, San Pedro	25.3.1967	17.2.1968	28.3.1970	stricken 1.1995
DE1061, 6.1975- FF1061	Patterson	1072	Avondale, Westwego	12.10.1967	3.5.1969	14.3.1970	stricken 1.1995
DE1062, 6.1975- FF1062	Whipple	41	Todd, Seattle	24.4.1967	12.4.1968	22.8.1970	stricken 1.1995, to Mexico (Francisco Javier Mina)
DE1063, 6.1975- FF1063	Reasoner	132	Lockheed, Seattle	6.1.1969	1.8.1970	31.7.1971	to Turkey 8.1993 (Kocatepe)
DE1064, 6.1975- FF1064	Lockwood	42	Todd, Seattle	3.11.1967	5.9.1968	5.12.1970	stricken 9.1993
DE1065, 6.1975- FF1065	Stein	133	Lockheed, Seattle	1.6.1970	19.12.1970	8.1.1972	stricken 1.1995, to Mexico (Ignacio Allende)
DE1066, 6.1975- FF1066	Marvin Shields	43	Todd, Seattle	12.4.1968	23.10.1969	10.4.1971	stricken 1.1995, to Mexico (Mariano Abasolo)
DE1067, 6.1975- FF1067	Francis Hammond	85	Todd, San Pedro	15.7.1967	11.5.1968	25.7.1970	stricken 1.1995
DE1068, 6.1975- FF1068	Vreeland	1073	Avondale, Westwego	20.3.1968	16.6.1969	13.6.1970	to Greece 7.1992 (Μακεδονία [Makedonia])
DE1069, 6.1975- FF1069	Bagley	134	Lockheed, Seattle	22.9.1970	24.4.1971	6.5.1972	stricken 1.1995
DE1070, 6.1975- FF1070	Downes	44	Todd, Seattle	5.9.1968	13.12.1969	28.8.1971	stricken 1.1995
DE1071, 6.1975- FF1071	Badger	86	Todd, San Pedro	17.2.1968	7.12.1968	1.12.1970	stricken 1.1995
DE1072, 6.1975- FF1072	Blakeley	1074	Avondale, Westwego	3.6.1968	23.8.1969	18.7.1970	stricken 1.1995
DE1073, 6.1975- FF1073	Robert E. Peary	135	Lockheed, Seattle	20.12.1970	23.6.1971	23.9.1972	to Taiwan 8.1992 (濟陽 [Chih Yang])
DE1074, 6.1975- FF1074	Harold E. Holt	87	Todd, San Pedro	11.5.1968	3.5.1968	26.3.1971	stricken 1.1995
DE1075, 6.1975- FF1075	Trippe	1075	Avondale, Westwego	29.7.1968	1.11.1969	19.9.1970	to Greece 7.1992 (Θράκη [Thraki])
DE1076, 6.1975- FF1076	Fanning	88	Todd, San Pedro	7.12.1968	24.1.1970	23.7.1971	to Turkey 7.1993 (Adatepe)
DE1077, 6.1975- FF1077	Ouellet	1076	Avondale, Westwego	15.1.1969	17.1.1970	12.12.1970	stricken 1.1995, to Thailand (พุทธเลิศหล้านภาลัย [Phuttha Loetla Naphalai])
DE1078, 6.1975- FF1078, 12.1991- FFT1078	Joseph Hewes	1146	Avondale, Westwego	15.5.1969	7.3.1970	24.4.1971	to Taiwan 6.1994 (蘭陽 [Lan Yang])
DE1079, 6.1975- FF1079, 12.1991- FFT1079	Bowen	1147	Avondale, Westwego	11.7.1969	2.5.1970	22.5.1971	to Turkey 6.1994 (Akdeniz)
DE1080, 6.1975- FF1080	Paul	1148	Avondale, Westwego	12.9.1969	20.6.1970	14.8.1971	stricken 1.1995
DE1081, 6.1975- FF1081	Aylwin	1149	Avondale, Westwego	13.11.1969	29.8.1970	18.9.1971	stricken 1.1995, to Taiwan (寧陽 [Ning Yang])
DE1082, 6.1975- FF1082	Elmer Montgomery	1150	Avondale, Westwego	23.1.1970	21.11.1970	30.10.1971	stricken 6.1993
DE1083, 6.1975- FF1083	Cook	1151	Avondale, Westwego	20.3.1970	23.1.1971	18.12.1971	to Taiwan 5.1994 (海陽 [Hae Yang])
DE1084, 6.1975- FF1084, 12.1991- FFT1084	McCandless	1152	Avondale, Westwego	4.6.1970	20.3.1971	18.3.1972	to Turkey 5.1994 (Trakya)
DE1085, 6.1975- FF1085, 12.1991- FFT1085	Donald B. Beary	1153	Avondale, Westwego	24.7.1970	22.5.1971	22.7.1972	to Turkey 5.1994 (Karadeniz)
DE1086, 6.1975- FF1086	Brewton	1154	Avondale, Westwego	2.10.1970	24.7.1971	8.7.1972	to Taiwan 7.1992 (鳳陽 [Feng Yang])
DE1087, 6.1975- FF1087	Kirk	1155	Avondale, Westwego	4.12.1970	25.9.1971	9.9.1972	to Taiwan 8.1993 (汾陽 [Fen Yang])
DE1088, 6.1975- FF1088	Barbey	1156	Avondale, Westwego	5.2.1971	4.12.1971	11.11.1972	to Taiwan 6.1994 (淮陽 [Hwai Yang])
DE1089, 6.1975- FF1089, 12.1991- FFT1089	Jesse L. Brown	1157	Avondale, Westwego	8.4.1971	18.3.1972	17.2.1973	to Egypt 7.1994 (دمياط [Damyat])
DE1090, 6.1975- FF1090	Ainsworth	1158	Avondale, Westwego	11.6.1971	15.4.1972	31.3.1973	to Turkey 5.1994 (Ege)
DE1091, 6.1975- FF1091	Miller	1159	Avondale, Westwego	6.8.1971	3.6.1972	30.6.1973	stricken 1.1995
DE1092, 6.1975- FF1092	Thomas C. Hart	1160	Avondale, Westwego	8.10.1971	12.8.1972	28.7.1973	to Turkey 8.1993 (Zafer)
DE1093, 6.1975- FF1093	Capodanno	1161	Avondale, Westwego	25.2.1972	21.10.1972	17.11.1973	to Turkey 7.1993 (Muavenet)
DE1094, 6.1975- FF1094	Pharris	1162	Avondale, Westwego	22.3.1972	16.12.1972	26.1.1974	stricken 1.1995, to Mexico (Guadalupe Victoria)
DE1095, 6.1975- FF1095, 12.1991- FFT1095	Truett	1163	Avondale, Westwego	27.4.1972	3.2.1973	1.6.1974	to Thailand 7.1994 (พุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก [Phuttha Yotfa Chulalok])
DE1096, 6.1975- FF1096	Valdez	1164	Avondale, Westwego	30.6.1972	24.3.1973	27.7.1974	stricken 1.1995, to Taiwan (宜陽 [Yi Yang])
DE1097, 6.1975- FF1097, 12.1991- FFT1097	Moinester	1165	Avondale, Westwego	25.8.1972	12.5.1973	2.11.1974	to Egypt 7.1994 (رشيد [Rasheed])

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3020
Displacement full, t	4066
Length, m	126.5 wl 133.5 oa
Breadth, m	14.3
Draught, m	7.60
No of shafts	1
Machinery	DE1052-1055, 1058-1060, 1062, 1064, 1066-1071, 1074, 1076, 1078-1097: 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers DE1056, 1057, 1061, 1063, 1065, 1072, 1073, 1075, 1077: 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	35000
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(20)
Armament	1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (16 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 4 - 324 Mk 32 TT (22), 1 QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter, hangar and helicopter deck
Electronic equipment	LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40B, SPG-53A/D/F radars, SQS-26CX sonar, WLR-1C ECM suite, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL
Complement	224

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Project history

These large specialized ASW ships were the subject of considerable controversy, with their single screws and single 127mm guns. They were direct descendants of the Brooke class, initially modified by 'work study' to reduce their complements and, without increase in hull size, to increase endurance by 500nm. In addition, it was hoped that electronic installations could be consolidated by the use of a series of 'bill-board' antennae spread around the crown of a tall 'Mack'. In practice, the Navy was moved to reject the new pressure-fired boilers, so that hull size had to grow to accommodate a more conventional installation, without loss of speed or endurance. In addition, with the rejection of further missile escort construction, the designers were left with a half-designed escort with only a single gun and with space aft which might be filled by a missile system or by more DASH drones. In the end, the original single 127mm/38 gun was replaced by a 127mm/54 (in theory more than equivalent to the two 127mm/38s of the Garcia) and space and weight was reserved aft for a short-range defensive missile, initially to have been Sea Mauler, but later Sea Sparrow. The generous hangar space originally provided aft made substitution of LAMPS for DASH relatively easy. SQS-35 VPS sonars were fitted to most units (DE, later FF, 1052, 1056, 1063-1071, 1073-1076 and 1078-1097), and their 'fish' later used to tow SQS-18 sonars.

From DE1078 onwards, all were built by a single yard, Avondale, for economy. The last ten units, DE1098-1107, authorised in the FY68 programme, were not built. One had been planned as a gas turbine test ship (DE1101).

Modernizations

1971-1975, Knox, Roark, Gray, Hepburn, Connole, Rathburne, Meyerkord, William S. Sims, Lang, Patterson, Whipple, Reasoner, Lockwood, Stein, Marvin Shields, Francis Hammond, Vreeland, Bagley, Badger, Blakely, Robert E. Peary, Harold E. Holt, Trippe, Fanning, Ouellet, Joseph Hewes, Bowen, Paul, Aylwin, Elmer Montgomery, Cook: + 1 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (8 RIM-7, Mk 25 launcher), 2x Mk 95 radars

1972-1975, all: - QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter; + 1 SH-2D Sea Sprite ASW helicopter (LAMPS), hangar and helicopter deck were enlarged

1972-1975, Knox, Connole, Reasoner, Lockwood, Stein, Marvin Shields, Francis Hammond, Vreeland, Bagley, Downes, Badger, Robert E. Peary, Harold E. Holt, Trippe, Fanning, Joseph Hewes, Bowen, Paul, Aylwin, Elmer Montgomery, Cook, McCandless, Donald B. Beary, Brewton, Kirk, Barbey, Jesse L. Brown, Ainsworth, Miller, Thomas C. Hart, Capodanno, Pharris, Truett, Valdez, Moinester: + SQS-35 sonar

1975, DE1070: + 1 x 8 Sea Sparrow Mk 29 SAM (8 RIM-7), Mk 23 TAS, 2x Mk 95 radars

late 1970s, Gray, Hepburn, Connole, Rathburne, Meyerkord, William S. Sims, Lang, Patterson, Whipple, Marvin Shields, Francis Hammond, Bagley, Downes, Badger, Robert E. Peary, Harold E. Holt, Ouellet, Paul, Aylwin, Elmer Montgomery, Cook, McCandless, Donald B. Beary, Brewton, Barbey, Jesse L. Brown, Ainsworth, Miller, Thomas C. Hart, Capodanno, Pharris, Truett, Valdez; early 1980s, Knox, Roark, Reasoner, Lockwood, Stein, Vreeland, Blakeley, Trippe, Fanning, Joseph Hewes, Bowen, Kirk, Moinester: + Harpoon SSM (up to 4 RGM-84 instead of ASROC rockets)

1982-1984, Knox, Connole, Reasoner, Lockwood, Stein, Marvin Shields, Francis Hammond, Vreeland, Bagley, Badger, Robert E. Peary, Harold E. Holt, Trippe, Fanning, Joseph Hewes, Bowen, Paul, Aylwin, Elmer Montgomery, McCandless, Brewton, Kirk, Barbey, Thomas C. Hart, Capodanno, Pharris, Truett, Valdez; 1985-1987, Downes, Cook, Donald B. Beary, Jesse L. Brown, Ainsworth, Miller, Moinester: - SQS-35 sonar; + SQR-18A sonar

1982-1984, Blakely, Ouellet; 1985-1987, Roark, Gray, Hepburn, Rathburne, Meyerkord, William S. Sims, Lang, Patterson, Whipple: + SQR-18A sonar

1983, Downes: - 1 x 8 Sea Sparrow Mk 29 SAM (8 RIM-7), Mk 23 TAS, 2x Mk 95 radars; + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, Mk 90 radar

1983-1987, Knox, Roark, Gray, Hepburn, Connole, Rathburne, Meyerkord, William S. Sims, Lang, Patterson, Whipple, Reasoner, Lockwood, Stein, Marvin Shields, Francis Hammond, Vreeland, Bagley, Badger, Blakely, Robert E. Peary, Harold E. Holt, Trippe, Fanning, Ouellet, Joseph Hewes, Bowen, Paul, Aylwin, Elmer Montgomery, Cook: - 1 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (8 RIM-7), 2x Mk 95 radars; + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, Mk 90 radar

1983-1987, McCandless, Donald B. Beary, Brewton, Kirk, Barbey, Jesse L. Brown, Ainsworth, Miller, Thomas C. Hart, Capodanno, Pharris, Truett, Valdez, Moinester: + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, Mk 90 radar

early 1980s, mostly: - LN-66 radar, WLR-1C ECM suite, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL; + SPS-67 radar, SLQ-32(v)1 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL

early 1980s, some (including FF1064, 1067, 1070, 1087): - LN-66 radar, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL; + SPS-67 radar, SLQ-32(v)1 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL

late 1980s, partly: - SLQ-32(v)1 ECM suite; + SLQ-32(v)2 ECM suite

Naval service

No significant events.