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DE-1096 USS VALDEZ

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 Avondale Marine, Avondale LA. on June 30 1972.
Launched March 24 1973.
Commissioned July 27 1974.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1096) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned December 15 1991.
Stricken January 11 1995.
Fate To Taiwan April 29 1998.
Arrived Taiwan, October 4 1999.
Renamed Yi Yang.
Commissioned October 18 1999.
Still in service.

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Valdez 94k Undated. USN / Dave Oliveria
Valdez 89k Undated. USN / Kyle Grace.
Valdez 15k a port visit to Mahe Island, Seychelles on 11 January, 1976 Douglas H. Cable, STG-2.
Valdez 63k Valdez (FF 1096) as she appeared early in her career (Apr. 1, 1977, at Barcelona, Spain), with no weapons on her fantail (she was never fitted with Sea Sparrow BPDMS and had not yet received Phalanx CIWS) and the original bow; on the other hand, she had been modified to operate the LAMPS-I manned helicopter. The class' distinctive "mack" supported the main air- and surface-search radar antennas, as well as radome-enclosed ESM receivers. Fabio Pena
Valdez 72k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Valdez 70k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS VALDEZ DE-1096 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


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