USS Knoxville information

	USS Knoxville (PF-64)
History
United States
Name	Knoxville
Namesake	City of Knoxville, Tennessee
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down	15 April 1943
Launched	10 July 1943
Commissioned	29 April 1944
Decommissioned	13 June 1946
Fate	Sold to the Dominican Republic, 22 September 1947
Dominican Republic
Name	Presidente Peynado
Namesake	Jacinto Peynado
Acquired	22 September 1947
Renamed	Capitán General Pedro Santana, 1962
Namesake	Pedro Santana
Stricken	1979
Fate	Scrapped, 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light; 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full;
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines; 3 boilers; 2 shafts;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3"/50 dual purpose guns (3x1); 4 x 40 mm guns (2×2); 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1); 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × Depth charge tracks;

USS Knoxville (PF-64), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Knoxville, Tennessee.

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History
USS Knoxville (PF-64)
United States
Name	Knoxville
Namesake	City of Knoxville, Tennessee
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down	15 April 1943
Launched	10 July 1943
Commissioned	29 April 1944
Decommissioned	13 June 1946
Fate	Sold to the Dominican Republic, 22 September 1947
Dominican Republic
Name	Presidente Peynado
Namesake	Jacinto Peynado
Acquired	22 September 1947
Renamed	Capitán General Pedro Santana, 1962
Namesake	Pedro Santana
Stricken	1979
Fate	Scrapped, 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines 3 boilers 2 shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3"/50 dual purpose guns (3x1) 4 x 40 mm guns (2×2) 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1) 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge tracks