| USS Meyerkord (FF-1058) | |
|---|---|
 USS Meyerkord (FF-1058) | |
| Career (US) |  |
| Name: | USS Meyerkord |
| Namesake: | Harold Dale Meyerkord (1937-1965), a Navy Cross recipient killed during the Vietnam War |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 1 September 1966 |
| Launched: | 15 July 1967 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Harold Dale Meyerkord and Mrs. Harold E. Meyerkord |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 December 1991 |
| Struck: | 11 January 1995 |
| Fate: | Scrapped beginning on 15 December 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,160 tons (4,137 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (133.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW) |
| Speed: | over 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 20 knots (23 mph; 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 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 one Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Meyerkord (FF-1058) was a Knox-class frigate of the US Navy. Named for Lieutenant Harold Dale Meyerkord (1937-1965) a senior naval adviser to South Vietnam who was killed in action during the Vietnam War and received the Navy Cross.
Meyerkord was constructed by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, at San Pedro, California. She was laid down 1 September 1966 and launched on 15 July 1967, sponsored by Mrs. Harold Dale Meyerkord and Mrs. Harold E. Meyerkord, widow and mother of Lieutenant Meyerkord. Meyerkord was commissioned on 28 November 1969.
- [1969-1991]
Meyerkord was decommissioned on 14 December 1991 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995. Meyerkord was sold for scrapping, with dismantling beginning on 15 December 2001.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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