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- Code Number:
- MYNV02P11_14
- Title:
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USS Trippe (DE-1075), Knox-class destroyer escort, Mississippi River, New Orleans, USN, United States Navy
- 22 July 1964: Building contract awarded to Avondale Shipyard Corp.
29 July 1968: Keel laid by the Avondale Shipyards, Inc., Westwego, La. 1 November 1969: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. John S. Foster 19 September 1970: Commissioned at Charleston, S.C., Cmdr. Allen B. Higgenbotham in command, assigned to CruDesLant at Newport, R.I. 1 March 1974: Homeport assignment changed to Charleston, S.C. 30 June 1975: Reclassified Frigate (FF 1075) 30 July 1992: Decommissioned at Norfolk, Va. after 31.9 years of service, leased to Greece, renamed HHMS Thraki (F-457) 11 January 1995: Struck from the NVR 9 February 2001: Transferred to Greece as Grant Aid, Decommissioned 6 March 2001, Sunk as target Weight: 4065 tons (full) Length: 415' (wl), 438' (oa) Beam: 46' 9" (etreme) Draft: 24' 9" (draft limit) Propulsion: 2 Combustion Engineering 1200 psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft Speed: 27 kts Range: 4,500 nm @ 20 knots Complement: 16 / 211 Missiles: 1 8-tube Mk25 Sea Sparrow BPDMS in DE 1052-1069, 1071-1083, 1 8-tube Mk29 NATO Sea Sparrow IPDMS in DE 1070, Harpoon missiles from modified ASROC launcher Guns: 1 5"/54 cal. DP Mk 42 (600 rds) ASW Weapons: 1 Mk16 ASROC launcher (16 missiles), 4-12.75" (324mm) Mk 32 (41 fied) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos (6) Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air), AN/SPS-58 threat warning in some ships Sonars: AN/SQS-26CX, AN/SQS-35 IVDS in FF-1052, 1056, 1063-1071, 1073-1076, 1078-1097 Fire Control Systems: Mk68 Mod. 11/13/14 Gun FCS, Mk114 Mod 14/16 ASW FCS Helicopter: 1 - SH-2 LAMPS Helicopter
- Keywords:
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Mighty Mississippi River, Waterway, Water, Scenics, Landscapes, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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