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Petty Officer 2nd Class AMANDA KITCHNER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 1 of 3
Knox-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Knox-class frigate |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | — |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched | 13 February 1975[source] |
438 ft (134 m)[source]
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| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | — |
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| Renamed | Okapi[source] | — |
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| Home port | Kiel , Germany[source] | — |
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| Identification | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Type | Rhön -class tanker[source] | Ocean escort (1964–1975) Frigate (1975–1994)[source] |
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| Tonnage | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] | 1 × Westinghouse steam turbine 1 × shaft[source] |
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| Capacity | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German tanker Spessart · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference | United States[source] |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Todd Shipyard , Seattle and San Pedro Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company Avondale Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | United States Navy Republic of China Navy Egyptian Navy Hellenic Navy Mexican Navy Royal Thai Navy Turkish Naval Forces[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Garcia class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Baleares class Allende class Phutthayotfa Chulalok class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1965–1974[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1969–1994 (USN)[source] |
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| Planned | — | 55[source] |
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| Completed | — | 46[source] |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Active | — | 2 (Egypt) 5 (Taiwan)[source] |
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| Retired | — | 46 (USN), some were transferred to other countries where they are in active service[source] |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | AN/SPS-10 Surface Search Radar AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 active/passive Sonar AN/SQS-35 active/passive towed Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system AN/SPG-53 Mk68 Gun Fire Control System[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | As Built AN/WLR-1C – AN/ULQ-6C and AN/SLA-15 (Comprising AN/SLQ-26 System) AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System and Mark 36 SRBOC[source] |
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| Armament | — | As built: 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 42 gun 1 × Mk-16 8–cell ASROC launcher 2 × dual Mark 32 Mark 46 torpedo launchers First refit: 1 × Mk-25 8–cell RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (BPDMS) (DE-1052–1069 and 1071–1083) 1 × Mk-29 8–cell RIM-7H Improved Sea Sparrow (IBPDMS) (DE-1070) Mk-16 2 cells converted to launch HARPOON Second refit: 1 × Phalanx CIWS (RIM-7/7H Sea Sparrow removed)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × QH-50 (DASH) helicopter 1 × SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter (refit)[source] |
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