HOME | US Navy - ships | US Navy - air units | USMC - air units | International Navies | Weapon Systems | Special Reports

 

 
Greece - Hellenic Navy
Ipiros (US Knox) class Frigate

 
 
ipiros knox class frigate hellenic navy greece thraki macedonia uss asroc harpoon missile sea sparrow sam ssm ciws
   

 
Ships:
F 456 HS Ipiros (ex USS Connole / FF 1056) (1969/92)
F 457 HS Thraki (ex USS Trippe / FF 1075) (1970/92)
F 458 HS Macedonia (ex USS Vreeland / FF 1068) (1970/92)
 
Specifications:
Length: 133,5 meters (438 feet)
Beam: 14,3 meters (47 ft)
Draft: 7,6 meters (25 ft)
Displacement: 3280 tons (standard) / 4245 tons (full load)
Speed: 27+ knots (50+ km/h)
Range: 4500 NM (8300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: approx. 225

Propulsion:
2 x Babcock & Wilcox 1200 psi boilers (oil fired)
1 x Westinghouse geared steam turbine
(35000 shp / 26000 kW)
1 shaft, 1 propeller

Armament:
1 x Mk-42 5"/54 caliber (127mm) gun
1 x Mk-16 launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and/or RGM-84 HARPOON SSM
2 x Mk-32 twin torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes
1 x Mk-25 missile launcher for RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM
replaced during US service by
1 x Mk-15 PHALANX CIWS

Systems:
 AN/SPS-40 air search radar
 ANSPS-67 surface search radar
AN/SQS-26 sonar
AN/SQR-18 towed array sonar
Mk-68 gun fire control system
ANSLQ-32 electronics warfare system
Aviation:
flight deck & hangar for 1 helicopter

 
 

 
Ship data:
 
F 456 HS Ipiros
 Builder: Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, USA

 US Navy service (USS Connole / FF 1056):
Laid down: March 23, 1967
Launched: July 20, 1968
Commissioned: August 30, 1969
Decommissioned: August 30, 1992
 transferred to Greece - 1992
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: August 30, 1992
 Decommissioned: 2003
Name: Epirus Region, northwest Greece
Fate: sunk as a target in 2006
 
 
F 457 HS Thraki
 Builder: Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, USA

 US Navy service (USS Trippe / FF 1075):
Laid down: July 29, 1968
Launched: November 1, 1969
Commissioned: September 19, 1970
Decommissioned: July 30, 1992
 transferred to Greece - 1992
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: July 30, 1992
 Decommissioned: March 6, 2001
Name: Thrace - geographic and historical region of Greece
Fate: sunk as a target
 
 
F 458 HS Macedonia
 Builder: Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, USA

 US Navy service (USS Vreeland / FF 1068):
Laid down: March 20, 1968
Launched: June 14, 1969
Commissioned: June 13, 1970
Decommissioned: June 30, 1992
 transferred to Greece - 1992
 
Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: July 25, 1992
 Decommissioned: January 1999
Name: Macedonia - region of Greece
Fate: ?
 
 

images

f 456 hs ipiros knox class frigate hellenic navy greece
F 456 HS Ipiros

f 457 hs thraki ipiros knox class frigate hellenic navy greece
F 457 HS Thraki

f 458 hs macedonia ipiros knox class frigate hellenic navy greece
F 458 HS Macedonia


ipiros knox class frigate armament mk-42 gun asroc harpoon missile ssm sam sea sparrow ciws hellenic navy
armament

ipiros knox class frigate hellenic navy armament



f 456 hs ipiros insignia crest patch badge hellenic navy frigate   f 458 hs macedonia insignia crest patch badge hellenic navy frigate
Ipiros - Macedonia



ff 1056 uss connole f 456 hs ipiros knox class frigate hellenic navy
FF 1056 USS Connole / later F 456 HS Ipiros

ff 1075 uss trippe f 457 hs thraki knox class frigate hellenic navy
FF 1075 USS Trippe / later F 457 HS Thraki

ff 1068 uss vreeland f 458 hs macedonia knox class frigate hellenic navy
FF 1068 USS Vreeland / later F 458 HS Macedonia


ipiros knox class frigate hellenic navy greece drawing
 
 
| seaforces.org | Hellenic Navy start page |