| USS Connole (FF-1056) | |
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 The USS Connole (FF-1056) underway | |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | USS Connole (DE-1056) |
| Namesake: | David R. Connole |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Yard number: | 1070 |
| Laid down: | 23 March 1967 |
| Launched: | 20 July 1968 |
| Acquired: | 22 August 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1969 |
| Reclassified: | FF-1056, 1 July 1975 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 August 1992 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1995 |
| Motto: |
Exempla Suorum Durant The Example of our Ancestors Endures |
| Fate: | Transferred to Greece, 1992 |
| Career (Greece) |  |
| Name: | Ipiros (F456) |
| Acquired: | 1992 |
| Decommissioned: | 2003 |
| Fate: | sunk as target, 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,278 tons (4,245 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (133.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × Babcock & Wilcox 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 4,500 nautical miles @ 20 knots (8,300 km @ 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| 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 by Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
The USS Connole (FF-1056) was a Knox-class frigate. Named for Commander David R. Connole, Captain of USS Trigger (SS-237) when the submarine was lost in battle in March 1945. Connole was constructed for the United States Navy by Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, laid down 23 March 1967, launched 20 July 1968 and delivered 22 August 1969. She was commissioned 30 August 1969, served as a test bed for some of the Navy's most advanced sonars, decommissioned 30 August 1992 and struck 11 January 1995. Connole was transferred to Greece as Ipiros (F456), which was decommissioned by Greece in 2003.
References[]
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- Navsource images
- Ipiros page
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