PLATFORM TYPE:   KNOX CLASS FAST FRIGATE (FF)
PLATFORM NAME:   USS KNOX FF 1052
                 USS WS SIMS FF 1059
                 USS REASONER FF 1063
                 USS LOCKWOOD FF 1064
                 USS MARVIN SHIELDS FF 1066
                 USS FRANCIS HAMMOND FF 1067
                 USS VREELAND FF 1068
                 USS BAGELY FF 1069
                 USS ELMER MONTGOMERY FF 1082
                 USS BREWTON FF 1086
                 USS BARBEY FF 1088
                 USS AINSWORTH FF 1090
                 USS THOMAS C HART FF 1092


DESCRIPTION:     PRIMARILY USED IN ESCORT ROLES
SPEED:           27KTS
RANGE:           4,000 AT 22KTS ON 1 BOILER
MANNING LEVEL:   289 TOTAL
DIMENSIONS:      438 x 47 x 25 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    3,877 (FULL LOAD)
POWER PLANT:     2 BOILERS
                 1 GEARED TURBINE 35,000 SHP
                 1 SHAFT

SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES:
                 8 HARPOONS LAUNCHED FROM THE 8-CELL
                 ASROC LAUNCHER.
                 4 TOMAHAWKS LAUNCHED FROM THE 8-CELL
                 ASROC LAUNCHER. TWO OF THE CELLS IN
                 THE ASROC LAUNCHER ARE MODIFIED FOR
                 THE TOMAHAWK.

ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS:
                 1 ASROC 8-TUBE LAUNCHER
                 4 FIXED TORPEDO TUBES (MK32)

GUNS:            1  5 IN (127mm)/54 MK42
                 1 VULCAN PHALANX MK16 6-BARREL 20mm GUN

TORPEDOES:       4 MK32 TORPEDO TUBES;
                 TWO ON EACH SIDE OF THE
                 SHIP NEAR MIDSHIP.

RADARS:
    (AIR SRCH):        SPS-40
    (FIRE CTRL):       MK68 GUN FIRE CONTROL COUPLED
                       WITH THE SPG-53
    (SURFACE SRCH):    SPS-10
    (NAVIGATION):      LN-66
    (TACAN):           SRN-15
    (IFF):             UPX-12

ELECTRONIC WARFARE SENSORS:
(ESM/ECM):             SLQ-32(V)2 WITH SIDEKICK JAMMING
                       AND DECEPTION
                       WLR-1

COUNTERMEASURES:
                       4 SRBOC 6-BARREL MK36 CHAFF
                       AND IR DECOY SYSTEMS

SONAR:
                 SQS-26 CXB BOW MOUNTED SONAR
                 SQS-35 OR SQR-18 PASSIVE TOWED ARRAY

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:
                 OE-82

SATCOMM:
                 SRR-1
                 WSC-3 (UHF)

AIRCRAFT:
                 1 SH-2F LAMPS MK1 HELICOPTER

COUNTRIES:       USA
COMMENTS:        LIST OF SHIPS FOR THIS CLASS IS NOT
                 COMPLETE.
