USS Ainsworth FF 1090

USS Ainsworth
FF 1090 (Knox class)

Authorized: August 25, 1966 Builder: Avondale, LA Laid Down: June 11, 1971 Launched: April 15, 1972 Commissioned: March 31, 1973 Decommissioned: May 27, 1994 Fate: Lease to Turkey May 27, 1994 Purchased by Turkey: September 29, 1999

We are seeking information on the USS Ainsworth and her crews. Files and photos may be E-mailed to us and we will incorporate them into these pages.

Mark Roberts is handling all pages and E-mails concerning the Knox & Brooke class Frigates.

The Knox Class as Constructed

Displacement: 4,260 tons fully loaded. Length: 438' Beam: 47' Draught: 16' (keel); 26' (Sonar dome) Machinery: Two combustion Engineering boilers; One Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft. Performance: 27 kts. Bunkerage: 200,000 gallons Range: 4,000 miles at 22 knots on 1 boiler. Guns: 1 FMC 5" 54 cal Mk-42 Torpedoes: MK 32

For more information on the Ainsworth, be sure to visit
Rick Ainsworth's site dedicated to Admiral "Pug" Ainsworth

Vice Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth

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