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DE-1092 USS THOMAS C. HART

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 October 8 1971.
Launched August 12 1972.
Commissioned July 28 1973.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1092) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned August 30 1993.
Fate To Turkey August 30 1993.
Renamed ZAFER.
Still in service.

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Thomas C. Hart 70k Undated. © Igancio F. Lopez, Spanish Navy (RET)
Thomas C. Hart 54k Spring of 1980. She was entering Djibouti, prior to the start of her Persian Gulf deployment. © Walter Bengtson
Thomas C. Hart 47k Undated Joe Radigan
Thomas C. Hart 87k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Thomas C. Hart 86k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski
Thomas C. Hart 62k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS THOMAS C. HART DE-1092 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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