- Design and description
- Construction and career
- Awards, citations and campaign ribbons
- Notes
- References
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=United States | 1994}} | Ship name= Moinester | Ship namesake= LTJG Robert William Moinester | Ship ordered=25 August 1966 | Ship builder=Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana | Ship yard number=1165 | Ship laid down=25 August 1972 | Ship launched=12 May 1973 | Ship sponsor=Mrs. Gertrude Mahoney Moinester, mother of namesake | Ship acquired=17 October 1974 | Ship commissioned=2 November 1974 | Ship decommissioned=28 July 1994 | Ship struck= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification=FF-1097 | Ship motto=*Mare est vita Mea | Ship fate=Transferred to Egypt, 28 June 1994 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | FF-1097|190}}
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Egypt | Egypt|naval}} | Ship name=Rasheed | Ship namesake=
}} | | Leased: | 28 June 1994 | | Purchased: | 25 March 1998 | {{Infobox ship career| Hide header=yes | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship identification=F966 | 2017}}[1] | Ship fate=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Knox|frigate}} | Ship displacement=3,011 tons (3,877 full load) | 438|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 46|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 24|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*2 × CE 1200psi boilers- 1 Westinghouse geared turbine
- 1 shaft, {{convert|35,000|shp|kW|abbr=on}}
| 27|kn}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | 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=*1 × Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles- 1 × Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun
- 4 × torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes
| Ship armor= | Ship aircraft=one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | USS Moinester (FF-1097) was a {{sclass-|Knox|frigate}}. The ship was named for LTJG Robert W. Moinester who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star during the Vietnam War in 1968.[2] Moinester was christened by Mrs. Gertrude Mahoney Moinester, the mother of the ship's namesake and ship sponsor.[3]Design and descriptionThe Knox-class design was derived from the {{sclass-|Brooke|frigate|1}} 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.[4] 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}}.[5] 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 {{convert|5|in|mm|adj=on|0}} gun and the bridge. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin {{convert|12.75|in|adj=on|0}} 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 mast. 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 {{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on|0}} gun replaced by an eight-cell BPDMS missile launcher in the early 1970s.[6] Construction and career Moinester was decommissioned and sold to the Egyptian Navy and became the Egyptian frigate Rasheed (F966). {{As of|2007}}, Rasheed remained active in the Egyptian Navy.[1]Awards, citations and campaign ribbons| Joint Meritorious Unit Award | | Navy Unit Commendation | | Navy "E" Ribbon (4) | | National Defense Service Medal | | Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal | | Humanitarian Service Ribbon | | Sea Service Deployment Ribbon | | Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon |
Notes1. ^1 {{cite book | editor-last = Wertheim | editor-first = Eric | edition = 15th | title = The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems | chapter = Egypt | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year = 2017 | isbn = 978-1-59114-955-2 | oclc = 140283156 | page = 172 }}
2. ^{{cite web |url= http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=56132 |title= Robert William Moinester |website= Militarytimes.com |accessdate= 2014-06-13}}
3. ^{{cite journal |journal= Maritime Reporter |date= June 1973}}
4. ^Friedman, pp. 357–60, 425
5. ^Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598
6. ^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}}
- USS Moinester on NavSource.org
External links- USS Moinester (DE 1097)
- {{NVR url|id=FFT1097|title=Naval Vessel Registry - FF1097}}
- Navsource images
- A Sailor's Homepage: http://FF1097.dancom.com; alt: http://www.dancom.com/ff1097
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