- Construction
- Design and description
- Service history
- In popular culture
- Awards and decorations
- Notes
- References
- External links
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}}{{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= | 35,000|shp|kW|abbr=on}} | 27|kn|abbr=on}} | 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=*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 Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles (later replaced with Phalanx CIWS)
| Ship armor= | Ship aircraft=one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | USS Reasoner (FF-1063) was a {{sclass-|Knox|frigate}} of the United States Navy, named in honor of 1st Lt. Frank S. Reasoner, awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously in the Vietnam War. Construction Reasoner was laid down 6 January 1969, by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, and launched 1 August 1970, cosponsored by Mrs. James C. Curry and Mrs. Robert Svinger. Reasoner was commissioned 31 July 1971, Cmdr. Francisco Velazquez-Suarez, USN, commanding. Her hull number, originally DE-1063, was changed in 1975. 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.[1] The warships 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 two 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] Service historyReasoner first deployed with HSL 31 "Lamps" SH2D in 1973 to Southeast Asia and took part in Operation End Sweep (the removal of mines in Haiphong Harbor). Reasoner was decommissioned on 28 August 1993, and subsequently leased to Turkey, where the ship was recommissioned as Kocatepe. On 22 February 2002, she was finally purchased by Turkey. On 4 May 2005, the ship was used as a target and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea.[4]In popular culture- The 1979 warship was featured in the music video for The Village People single "In the Navy".
Awards and decorations- Joint Meritorious Unit Award
- Navy Unit Commendation
- Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
- Navy "E" Ribbon (2)
- Navy Expeditionary Medal
- National Defense Service Medal w/service star
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/bronze star
- Southwest Asia Service Medal w/bronze star
- Humanitarian Service Medal w/bronze star
- Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
- Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
[5]Notes1. ^Friedman, pp. 357–60, 425
2. ^Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598
3. ^Friedman, pp. 360–61; Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 598
4. ^http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?212093
5. ^http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021063.htm
References - {{DANFS}}
- {{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}}
External links- {{NVR url|id=FF1063|title=Naval Vessel Registry - FF-1063}}
- [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/reasoner.html DANFS - Reasoner]
- NavSource- FF-1063
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