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DE-1053 USS ROARK

CLASS - KNOX As Built
Displacement, 3011 Tons Standard, 3877 Tons Full Load,
Dimensions, 439' 6" x 46' 9" x 15'; 24' 9" (sonar)
Armament, 1 - 5"/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod 9, 1 Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher
4-324mm US Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27 Knots, Range 4500 Nm@20 knts, Crew, 288 (17 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Todd Shipbuilding, Seattle. on February 2 1966.
Launched April 27 1967.
Commissioned November 22 1969.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1053) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned December 14 1991.
Stricken January 11 1995.
Fate Moored, Bremerton Washington, pending Possible Transfer To Mexico.

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Roark 97 Undated USN
Roark 143 Undated USN
Roark 267 Undated USN / Commander P. N. Leenhouts USN.
Roark 113 Undated, Broadside view of the Knox class ship clearly showing her stern mounted missile system. USN
Roark 63 Undated USN
Roark 72k Late 1970's Sydney Harbor, Australia. © Barry A Seward
Melbourne, Australia
Roark 61k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Roark 59k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS ROARK DE-1053 History
Not available at this time
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


Note About Contacts.

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