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DE-1085 USS DONALD B. BEARY
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 July 24 1970.
Launched May 22 1971.
Commissioned July 22 1972.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1085) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned May 27 1994.
Fate To Turkey May 27 1994.
Renamed Karadeniz.
Still in service
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Avondale shipyard showing the assembly-line process for building the DE's. 1083, 1085 and 1081. |
Capt Craig Vance USN. |
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Ship's Patch (DE) |
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Ship's Patch (FF) |
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Norfolk Va., August 1985. |
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USS DONALD B. BEARY DE-1085 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None Located
Contact Name: RHAWNB@aol.com
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: RHAWNB@aol.com
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