Charlestown Navy Yard Dry Dock 1 & USS DD-742 Frank Knox 1944

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USS Frank Knox

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USS Frank Knox (DD-742) underway off Hawaii in 1969.jpg

USS Frank Knox (DD-742) underway off Hawaii, 1969
History
United States
Name USS Frank Knox (DD-742)
Namesake Frank Knox
Laid down 8 May 1944
Launched 17 September 1944
Commissioned 11 December 1944
Reclassified DDR-742, 18 March 1949
Reclassified DD-742, 1 January 1969
Decommissioned January 1971
Stricken 3 February 1971
Fate Transferred to Greece, 3 February 1971
History
Greece
Name Themistoklis (D210)
Namesake Themistocles
Acquired 3 February 1971
Commissioned 3 February 1971
Decommissioned 31 August 1992
Fate Sunk as target, 12 September 2001
General characteristics
Class and type Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement
  • Standard: 2425 tons
  • Full load: 3520 tons
Length 119 m (390 ft)
Beam 12.4 m (40.7 ft)
Draft 5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion
  • four Babcock & Wilcox boilers,
  • two shaft steam turbines,
  • 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed 33 knots (61 km/h)
Range
  • 4,500 nmi. at 20 knots
  •   (8,300 km at 37 km/h)
Complement 274
Armament
  • Armament (original):
  • 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber guns in three twin turrets (two fore, one aft)
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 10 × (2x5) 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tudes
  • 1 × depth charge track
  • Armament (after FRAM):
  • 6 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns in three twin turrets (two fore, one aft)
  • 6 × (2x3) 12.75" (324 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk44-Mk46 torpedoes
  • 2 × Hedgehog launchers (Mark 11, 24 bombs each)
  • Armament (HN service):
  • 6 × 127 mm (5 inch)/38 caliber guns in three twin turrets (two fore, one aft)
  • 6 × 325 mm (12.75 in.) Anti-Submarine Torpedo tubes (2x3) (for Mk44-Mk46 torpedoes)
  • 2 × Hedgehog launchers (Mark 11, 24 bombs each)
Aircraft carried One Alouette III helicopter (hangar and flight deck placed in 1978)

USS Frank Knox (DD-742) was a Gearing-class destroyer which served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1971. She was then transferred to the Greek Navy and renamed Themistoklis (D-210). The ship was decommissioned in 1992 and finally sunk as a target in 2001.

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