USS Donald B. Beary

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USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085)
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USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085) was a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". built for the United States Navy.

Design and description

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The ships were equipped with one Westinghouse geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce Script error: No such module "convert"., using steam provided by 2 C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. The Knox class had a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at a speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]

The Knox-class ships were armed with a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward and a single 3-inch/50-caliber gun aft. They mounted an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the bridge. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin Script error: No such module "convert". Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships also had the 3-inch (76 mm) gun replaced by an eight-cell BPDMS missile launcher in the early 1970s.[3]

Construction and career

The ship was leased to Turkey in 1994 and subsequently sold to them, as the Tepe-class frigate TCG Karadeniz (F-255). She was decommissioned and scrapped in 2006.

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

File:Joint Meritorious Unit Award ribbon.svg Joint Meritorious Unit Award
File:Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Navy Unit Commendation
File:Battle Effectiveness Award ribbon, 3rd award.svg Navy "E" Ribbon (3)
Navy Expeditionary Medal (with one bronze service star)
National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze service star)
File:Humanitarian Service Medal ribbon.svg Humanitarian Service Ribbon
File:Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

References : USS Donald B. Beary on NavSource

Notes

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  1. ↑ Friedman, pp. 357–60, 425
  2. ↑ Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598
  3. ↑ Friedman, pp. 360–61; Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598

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References

External links

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