USS Paul
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USS Paul (FF-1080) was a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". built for the United States Navy by Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana.
Design and description
The Knox class design was derived from the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an overall length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a draft of Script error: No such module "convert".. They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at full load. Their crew consisted of 13 officers and 211 enlisted men.[1]
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 RUR-5 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
Paul was laid down 12 September 1969, launched 20 June 1970, and delivered 23 July 1971. She was commissioned 14 August 1971, decommissioned 14 August 1992, and struck 11 January 1995. Paul was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, grant aid, ex-US fleet hull, to Turkey on 9 January 2000.[4]
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External links
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