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DE-1087 USS KIRK

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 4 December 1970, Launched 25 September 1971
Commissioned 9 September 1972
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1087) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 6 August 1993
Fate:To Taiwan 6 August 1993, renamed Fen Yang.
Still in service

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Kirk 30k Undated. USN.
Kirk 40k Undated. USN / D. N. Dunham
Kirk 229k Undated. © Steven Schenk, 76-78.
Kirk 60k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Kirk 59k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS KIRK DE-1087 History
Not available at this time
DANFS History Archive
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Reunion Information Available at USS Kirk Website (see below)
Contact:none
Address:none
Phone:none
E-mail:none


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

USS Kirk Association Website

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