USS Knoxville
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USS Knoxville (PF-64), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Knoxville, Tennessee.
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USS Knoxville (PF-64) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Knoxville |
Namesake | City of Knoxville, Tennessee |
Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 15 April 1943 |
Launched | 10 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 29 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 13 June 1946 |
Fate | Sold to the Dominican Republic, 22 September 1947 |
Dominican Republic | |
Name | Presidente Peynado |
Namesake | Jacinto Peynado |
Acquired | 22 September 1947 |
Renamed | Capitán General Pedro Santana, 1962 |
Namesake | Pedro Santana |
Stricken | 1979 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1979 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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