Damiyat Knox class Frigate Egyptian Naval Force

Arab Republic of Egypt - Egyptian Naval Force
Damiyat (ex US Knox) class Frigate

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Ships:

F 961 ENS Damiyat

ex FFT 1089 USS Jesse L. Brown
Builder: Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana, USA
Awarded: August 25, 1966
Laid down: April 8, 1971
Launched: March 18, 1972
Commissioned: February 17, 1973
Decommissioned: July 27, 1994

transferred to Egypt in July 1994
renamed F 961 ENS Damiyat
IN SERVICE

F 966 ENS Rasheed

ex FF 1097 USS Moinester
Builder: Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana, USA
Awarded: August 25, 1966
Laid down: August 25, 1972
Launched: May 12, 1973
Commissioned: November 2, 1974
Decommissioned: July 28, 1994

transferred to Egypt in July 1994
renamed F 966 ENS Rasheed
IN SERVICE

Specifications:

Displacement: 4130 tons (full load)
Length: 134 meters (438 feet)
Beam: 14.25 m (46 ft 9 in)
Draft: 7.54 m (24 ft 9 in)
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
Range: 4500 NMI (8300 km) at 20 knots (37km/h)
Complement: approx. 250

Propulsion:
2 x Babcock & Wilcox 1200 psi boilers (oil fired)
1 x Westinghouse geared steam turbine
(35000 shp / 26000 kW)
1 shaft, 1 propeller

Armament (originally):

1 x Mk.42 5"/54 caliber (127mm) gun
1 x Mk.16 8-cell box-launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and/or RGM-84 HARPOON SSM
2 x Mk.32 twin torpedo tubes for Mk.46 torpedoes

1 x Mk.25 missile launcher for RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM
replaced during US service by
1 x Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS

Aviation:
flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter

Systems:
AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
AN/SPS-40 air search radar
ANSPS-67 surface search radar
AN/SQS-26 sonar
AN/SQR-18 towed array sonar
AN/SPG-53 Mk.68 gun fire control system
ANSLQ-32 electronic warfare system
Mk.36 SRBOC chaff/decoy launching system

Two used ex US Navy Knox class Frigates were transferred to Egypt in 1994.

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f-961 ens damiyat knox class frigate egyptian naval force ff-1089 uss jesse l. brown 02

FFT 1089 USS Jesse L. Brown > now F 961 ENS Damiyat

f-966 ens rasheed knox class frigate egyptian naval force ff-1097 uss moinester 02

FF 1097 USS Moinester > now F 966 ENS Rasheed

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