USS Truett
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USS Truett (FF-1095) was a Knox-class frigate named after Quincy Hightower Truett, who received the Navy Cross posthumously. The ship is now serving in the Royal Thai Navy as the HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461).
USS Truett (FF-1095) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | 25 August 1966 |
Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
Laid down | 27 April 1972 |
Launched | 3 February 1973 |
Acquired | 24 May 1974 |
Commissioned | 1 June 1974 |
Decommissioned | 30 July 1994 |
Stricken | 11 January 1995 |
Motto |
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Nickname(s) | "Do it Truett" |
Fate | Leased to Royal Thai Navy in 1994 and eventually sold 9 December 1999 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Knox-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,201 tons (4,182 tons full load) |
Length | 438 ft (134 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | over 27 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 Diesel Capt. Gig. 1 26 ft Motor whale boat |
Complement | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
Truett (DE-1095) was laid down on 27 April 1972 at Westwego, La., by Avondale Shipyards, Inc.; launched on 3 February 1973; sponsored by Mrs. Geraldine Truett Walter; delivered to the Navy on 24 May 1974 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.; and commissioned there on 1 June 1974.
On 20 August, Truett departed Hampton Roads and headed for the West Indies. After arriving at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 3 September, the ocean escort devoted the next six weeks to a feverish series of drills and exercises to prepare for duty in the Atlantic Fleet. On 8 October, Truett completed shakedown training and sailed for home. After a brief stop at St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, Truett returned to Norfolk on 18 October.