USS Knox (DE/FF-1052) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escorts in the United States Navy. Knox was named after Commodore Dudley Wright Knox, and was the second US Navy ship named Knox. In 1975, she was redesignated a frigate. She served from 1969 to 1992 and was sunk as a target in 2007.

USS KNOX was the lead ship of the KNOX class and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Built and commissioned as a destroyer escort, USS KNOX was redesignated a frigate on June 30, 1975. The ship was decommissioned on February 14, 1992, and was stricken from the Navy List on January 11, 1995.

Jun 1, 2021 · She was struck from the Naval Register in January 1995 and ultimately sunk as a target ship off the coast of Guam in August of 2007. This was part of Exercise Valiant Shield, a massive U.S. wargame in the Pacific.

Aug 18, 2021 · During the sinking exercise, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) launched F/A-18E/F Super Hornets to test the Joint Standoff Weapon; F-35C Joint Strike Fighters employed laser guided weapons; P-8A...

Class: Knox-class frigate. Complement: 13 Officers and 211 Enlisted. Displacement: 3020 tons. Length: 415′ Beam: 47 feet . Draft: 24 feet 3 in. Range: 4 500 miles . Final Disposition: Sunk as target 7 August 2007

The 46 Knox-class frigates were the largest, last, and most numerous of the US Navy's second-generation anti-submarine warfare (ASW) escorts. Originally laid down as ocean escorts (formerly called destroyer escorts ), they were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975, in the 1975 ship reclassification plan and their hull designation ...

SS KNOX was drydocked fran 21 April to 14 May. USS KNOX got underway to conduct Sea Trials and general operations in the Philippine Sea 15 May through 02 June, and returned to Yokosuka 3 June...

Aug 31, 2016 · The Knox-class frigates were succeeded by the 71 ships of the Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG 7)-class, the first of which entered service in 1977. All ships of this class have now been decommissioned, although 24 are still serving in foreign navies.

USS Frank Knox (DDR-742) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization, 25 April 1961. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

The Knoxes were the US Navy’s last destroyer-type design with a steam powerplant. In appearance, they were conspicuous for their tall, circular cross-section “macks.” They were wet forward, prompting modification with bow bulwarks and spray strakes for some ships.