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DE-1081 USS AYLWIN

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 November 13 1969.
Launched August 29 1970.
Commissioned September 18 1971.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1081) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned May 15 1992.
Stricken January 11 1995.
Fate To Taiwan April 29 1998.
Arrived Taiwan, October 4 1999.
Renamed Ning Yang.
Commissioned October 18 1999.
Still in service.

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Aylwin 30k Undated. USN
Aylwin 198k Chesapeake Bay, June 1975. © Richard Leonhardt.
Aylwin 64k postcard purchased in Charleston SC during the '70's Eric W. Dahlstrom
Aylwin 65k Ship's Patch (DE) Mike Smolinski
Aylwin 64k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski
Aylwin 50k Ship's Patch (FF) Mike Smolinski

USS AYLWIN DE-1081 History
Not available at this time
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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


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