Knox-class frigate vs Type 054A frigate

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Knox-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Knox-class frigate

Ocean escort (1964–1975) Frigate (1975–1994)

Credit

panza.rayada · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Type 054A frigate

Frigate

Credit

日本防衛省・統合幕僚監部 · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Knox-class frigateLength

134 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Knox-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 1

Beam+12%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

134m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

134 m

Length

Single source

438 ft (134 m)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Knox-class frigate and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Knox-class frigate	Type 054A frigate
Builders	Todd Shipyard , Seattle and San Pedro Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company Avondale Shipyard^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	United States Navy Republic of China Navy Egyptian Navy Hellenic Navy Mexican Navy Royal Thai Navy Turkish Naval Forces^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Garcia class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]
Subclasses	Baleares class Allende class Phutthayotfa Chulalok class

Built	1965–1974^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	1969–1994 (USN)^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	55^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	46^[source]	—

Canceled	9^[source]	—

Active	2 (Egypt) 5 (Taiwan)^[source]	46^[source]

Retired	46 (USN), some were transferred to other countries where they are in active service^[source]	—

Preserved	2^[source]	—

Type	Ocean escort (1964–1975) Frigate (1975–1994)^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse steam turbine 1 × shaft^[source]	—

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]	Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM^[source]

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]	2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system^[source]

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]	1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher^[source]

Aircraft carried	1 × QH-50 (DASH) helicopter 1 × SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter (refit)^[source]	Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version^[source]