DESTROYER ESCORTS - FRIGATES - 1
USA
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"Edsall" Class
Radar Picket Escort Ship, Converted "Edsall" Class
Commissioned: 1943
Displacement, tons: 1590 standard, - 1850 full load
Dimensions, meters: 93,3 x 11,1 x 4,3
Guns: 2 x 76 mm, - 2 x 20 mm AA
A/S weapons: Hedgehog launcher, - depth charges, - 2 triple torpedo tubes
Propulsion: 4 diesels, 6.000 shp, 2 shafts, 21 knots
Complement: 169
Page added: 2023-01-14
Updated: 2023-01-16
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970, upon departure Esbjerg, Denmark
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970 in Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970 in Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970 in Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970 in Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970 in Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970 in Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970 in Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970 in Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
photographed in 1970, upon departure Esbjerg, Denmark
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
-photographed in 1970, upon departure Esbjerg, Denmark
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Calcaterra" DER 390
"Edsall" Class, Radar Picket Escort Ship, US Navy
- into the mist of the North Sea -
-photographed in 1970 when leaving Esbjerg, Denmark -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
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DESTROYER ESCORTS
USA
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"Garcia" Class
Commissioned: 10 units, - 1964 - 1968
Displacement, tons: 2620 standard, - 3403 full load
Dimensions, meters: 126,3 x 13,5 x 7,3
Aircraft: 1 helicopter
Guns: 2 x 125 mm
A/S weapons: 1 Asroc 8 tube launcher, - 2 tripple torpedo tubes
Propulsion: Geared turbines, 35.000 shp, 1 shaft, 27,5 knots
C-367-F-14 - USS "Brumby" FF 1044
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, - Dec. 01.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
C-367-F-15 - USS "Brumby" FF 1044
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, - Dec. 01.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
C-367-F-17 - USS "Brumby" FF 1044
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Dec. 01.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
C-367-F-17 - USS "Brumby" FF 1044
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Dec.01.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
C-367-F-02 USS "Brumby" FF 1044
- "Brumby" in the middle -
"Coontz" Class destroyer "William V. Pratt" at port side and "Knox" Class frigate "Truett" at starboard.
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 27.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "Brumby" FF 1044
- a closer view of USS "Brumby's" stern -
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 30.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "Brumby" FF 1044
- a closer view of the mast top arrangements, - "USS "Brumby" in the middle -
"Coontz" Class destroyer "William V. Pratt" at port side and "Knox" Class frigate "Truett" at starboard.
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 30.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "O'Callahan" DE 1051
"Garcia" class Ocean Escort, - US Navy -, USA
Photographed in Kaohsiung, - Taiwan -, in 1974
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "O'Callahan" DE 1051
"Garcia" class Ocean Escort, - US Navy -, USA
Photographed in Kaohsiung, - Taiwan -, in 1974
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
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Frigates
USA
"Glover" Class
(This is a "one of" , - built for test purposes -, but otherwise very similar to the "Garcia" Class Frigates.)
Commissioned: 1 unit, - 1965
Displacement, tons: 2643 standard, - 3426 full load
Dimensions, metres: 126,3 x 13,5 x 4,3
Guns: 1 x 5"
A/S weapons: 1 Asroc 8-tube launcher, - 2 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft: 1 helicopter
Propulsion: 2 boilers, - 1 geared turbine, - 35000 shp, - 1 shaft w. 2 propellers, - 27 knots
Complement: 227
USS "Glover" AGFF 1
Seen to the very left in the picture, -
photographed in Norfolk 1978
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "Glover" was built to test hull design with a massive underwater bow sonar dome extending well forward, and another underwater feature aft to support counter-rotating propellers mounted on a single shaft.
Above the waterline, the USS "Glover" is almost similar to the "Garcia" class escorts.
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Frigates/Escorts
USA
Knox Class
Commissioned: 1969 - 1974
Displacement, tons: 3011 standard, - 3877/4200
Dimensions, meters: 133,5 x 13,3 x 7,8
Aircraft: 1 SH-2 LAMPS helicopter
Missiles: 8 Harpoons (4 x 2), 1 Sea Sparrow Launcher
Gun: 1 x 127 mm
A/S Weapons: 1 ASROC 8-tube launcher, 4 torpedo tubes
Propulsion: Steam Turbine, 1 shaft, 35000 shp
Speed: 27 knots
Complement: 245
1978-01-010 - USS "Miller" FF 1091
Tied up alongside Spruance Class Destroyer USS "Peterson" DD 969, - Norfolk 1978.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
1978-02-019 - USS "Donald B. Beary" FF 1085
Here in Djibouti together with French destroyer "Kersaint" D 622
Photographed in Djibouti, - March 7.1979.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
1978-02-018 - USS "Donald B. Beary" FF 1085
Here in Djibouti together with French destroyer "Kersaint" D 622
Photographed in Djibouti, - March 7.1979.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
1979-02-020 - USS "Donald B. Beary" FF 1085
Here in Djibouti together with French destroyer "Kersaint" D 622
Photographed in Djibouti, - March 7.1979.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
1979-02-021 - USS "Donald B. Beary" FF 1085
Here in Djibouti together with French destroyer "Kersaint" D 622
Photographed in Djibouti, - March 7.1979.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
1979-02-022 - USS "Donald B. Beary" FF 1085
Here in Djibouti together with French destroyer "Kersaint" D 622
Photographed in Djibouti, - March 7.1979.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen )
USS "Brewton", - FF 1086
Knox Class Frigate, US Navy
(Photographed in Hong Kong in the seventies.)
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "Brewton", - FF 1086
Knox Class Frigate, US Navy.
(Photographed in Hong kong in the seventies.)
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
USS "Kirk", - FF 1087
Knox Class Frigate, US Navy.
(Photographed in Hong Kong, 1975.)
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
C-367-F-04 USS "Truett" FF 1095
Knox Class Frigate USS "Truet" to the starboard with helicopter aft-
- side by side with "Garcia" class frigate USS "Brumby" and "Coontz" class destroyer William V. Pratt"
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 27.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
C-367-F-12 - USS "Truett" FF 1095
Mast top/stack arrangement of "Truett" to the starboard with "Garcia" Class frigate USS "Brumby" at port
To the very left, a little of "Coontz" class destroyer William V. Pratt" can be seen.
Photographed in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, - Nov.30.1975
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)