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USS Meyerkord
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USS Meyerkord (FF-1058) was a Knox-class frigate in service with the United States Navy from 1969 to 1991. She was scrapped in 2001.
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History | |
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Name | 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 |
Stricken | 11 January 1995 |
Identification | FF-1058 |
Fate | Scrapped beginning on 15 December 2001 |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
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