FF-1066 Marvin Shields

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Knox, [FF].

Builder: Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Launch date: 23 October 1969.

Commission date: 10 April 1971.

Decommission date: 02 July 1992.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.011 standard, 3.877 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 133,5 x 14,3 x 7,8

Main machinery: 1 x Westinghouse turbine + 2 x Combustion Engineering boilers ( 35.000 hp ), 1 x propeller.

Speed ( knots ): 27.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 20 knots.

Complement: 245 ( 17 officers ).

Guns: 1 x Mk42 127mm/54.

Missiles:  SAM: 1 x Mk25 launcher ( 8 x Sea Sparrow missiles );SSM: Harpoon missiles ( fired from Mk16 ASROC launcher ).

Torpedoes: 4 x Mk32 324mm fixed tubes for Mk36 torpedoes.

Radar: Air: 1 x AN/SPS-40; Surface: 1 x AN/SPS-10; Fire Control: 1 x Mk68 + SPG 53A radar (gun), 1 x Mk115 ( Sea Sparrow ), 1 x Mk114 ( ASROC ).

Sonar: 1 x AN/SQS-26CX, bow mounted, low frequency; 1 x AN/SQS-35 VDS, 1 x AN/SQR-18 TACTAS.

Countermeasures: ESM: AN/SLQ-32.

Helicopter: 1 x SH2 LAMPS.

Callsign: NKSG ()

Comment: Originally designated DE-1066, changed to FF-1066 in 1975. Sold to Mexico, renamed ARM Mariano Abasolo F-212.

Awards (as of 02/07/1992): 

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