USS Donald B. Beary

USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085) was a Knox-class frigate built for the United States Navy.

USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085)
History
United States
Name	Donald B. Beary
Namesake	Vice Admiral Donald B. Beary
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	24 July 1970
Launched	22 May 1971
Commissioned	22 July 1972
Decommissioned	20 May 1994
Stricken	11 January 1995
Identification	FF-1085 (ex-DE-1085)
Motto	Prudentia-Animus-Fortitdo Knowledge-Spirit-Valor
Fate	Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment, to Turkey 2 February 2002
Turkey
Name	Karadeniz
Commissioned	20 May 1994
Decommissioned	2006
Identification	F-255
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,195 tons (4,176 full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW)
Speed	over 27 knots
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

Design and description

The Knox class design was derived from the Brooke-class frigate modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an overall length of 438 feet (133.5 m), a beam of 47 feet (14.3 m) and a draft of 25 feet (7.6 m). They displaced 4,066 long tons (4,131 t) at full load. Their crew consisted of 13 officers and 211 enlisted men.^[1]

The ships were equipped with one Westinghouse geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce 35,000 shaft horsepower (26,000 kW), using steam provided by 2 C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). The Knox class had a range of 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).^[2]

The Knox-class ships were armed with a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward and a single 3-inch/50-caliber gun aft. They mounted an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the bridge. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships also had the 3-inch (76 mm) gun replaced by an eight-cell BPDMS missile launcher in the early 1970s.^[3]

Construction and career

The ship was leased to Turkey in 1994 and subsequently sold to them, as the Tepe-class frigate TCG Karadeniz (F-255). She was decommissioned and scrapped in 2006.

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

	Joint Meritorious Unit Award
	Navy Unit Commendation
	Navy "E" Ribbon (3)
	Navy Expeditionary Medal (with one bronze service star)
	National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze service star)
	Humanitarian Service Ribbon
	Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

References : USS Donald B. Beary on NavSource