- Design and description
- Construction and career
- Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
- Notes
- References
- External links
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2012}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085).jpg | Ship caption=USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085)
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1994}} | Ship name= Donald B. Beary | Ship namesake=Vice Admiral Donald B. Beary | Ship ordered=25 August 1966 | Ship builder=Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana | Ship laid down=24 July 1970 | Ship launched=22 May 1971 | Ship purchased=25 June 1972 | Ship commissioned=22 July 1972 | Ship decommissioned=20 May 1994 | Ship identification=FF-1085 (ex-DE-1085) | Ship struck=11 January 1995 | Ship fate = Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment, to Turkey 2 February 2002 | Ship motto=*Prudentia-Animus-Fortitdo
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Turkey | Turkey|naval}} | Ship name=Karadeniz | Ship namesake= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=20 May 1994 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned=2006 | Ship identification= F-255 | Ship fate=Scrapped
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Knox|frigate|3}} | Ship displacement = 3,195 tons (4,176 full load) | 438|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 46|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | 24|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*2 × CE 1200psi boilers- 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
- 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW)
| Ship speed = over 27 knots | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship boats= | Ship complement=18 officers, 267 enlisted | Ship sensors=*AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar- AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
- AN/SQS-26 Sonar
- AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system
- Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
| Ship EW=AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System | Ship armament=*one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles- one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun
- Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers)
- one Phalanx CIWS
| Ship aircraft=one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter
}} | USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085) was a {{sclass-|Knox|frigate|1}} built for the United States NavyDesign and descriptionThe Knox class design was derived from the {{sclass-|Brooke|frigate}} modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an overall length of {{convert|438|ft|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|47|ft|m|1}} and a draft of {{convert|25|ft|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|4066|LT|t}} at full load. Their crew consisted of 13 officers and 211 enlisted men.[1] The ships were equipped with one Westinghouse geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce {{convert|35000|shp|lk=in}}, using steam provided by 2 C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}}. The Knox class had a range of {{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|20|kn}}.[2] The Knox-class ships were armed with a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward and a single 3"/50 caliber gun aft. They mounted an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the bridge. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin {{convert|12.75|in|adj=on}} Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships also had the 3-inch (76 mm) gun replaced by an eight-cell BPDMS missile launcher in the early 1970s.[3] Construction and career The ship was leased to Turkey in 1994 and subsequently sold to them, as the Tepe-class frigate TCG Karadeniz (F-255). She was decommissioned and scrapped in 2006. Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons| Joint Meritorious Unit Award | | Navy Unit Commendation | | Navy "E" Ribbon (3) | | number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} | Navy Expeditionary Medal (with one bronze service star) | | number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} | National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze service star) | | Humanitarian Service Ribbon | | Sea Service Deployment Ribbon |
References : USS Donald B. Beary on NavSource.org Notes1. ^Friedman, pp. 357–60, 425
2. ^Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598
3. ^Friedman, pp. 360–61; Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598
References - {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1982|isbn=0-87021-733-X}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|last3=Budzbon |first3=Przemysław|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-55750-132-7|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{NVR url|id=FFT1085|title=Naval Vessel Register FFT1085}}
- Muavenet class
External links{{Commons category|USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085)}}{{Knox class frigate}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Donald B. Beary (FF-1085)}} 4 : Ships built in Bridge City, Louisiana|Knox-class frigates|1971 ships|Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy |