USS Valdez information

	USS Valdez (FF-1096)
History
United States
Name	USS Valdez
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	30 June 1972
Launched	24 March 1973
Acquired	12 July 1974
Commissioned	27 July 1974
Decommissioned	16 December 1991
Stricken	11 January 1995
Motto	Courageous Combatant
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, April 1998
Republic of China
Name	Yi Yang
Acquired	29 April 1998
Commissioned	18 October 1999
Identification	F 939
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,011 tons (3,877 full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Installed power	2 × CE 1200 psi boilers; 35,000 shp (26,000 kW);
Propulsion	1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 1 shaft;
Speed	over 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
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	1 x Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles; 1 x Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun; Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers);
Aircraft carried	1 x SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Valdez (FF-1096) is the forty-fifth Knox-class frigate and was built by Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, and originally designated as an ocean escort (DE-1096). Commissioned in the United States Navy from 1974 to 1991, she was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for a Spanish-descended American war hero. In 1998, Valdez was leased to Taiwan and renamed Yi Yang (FF-939).

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History
USS Valdez (FF-1096)
United States
Name	USS Valdez
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	30 June 1972
Launched	24 March 1973
Acquired	12 July 1974
Commissioned	27 July 1974
Decommissioned	16 December 1991
Stricken	11 January 1995
Motto	Courageous Combatant
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, April 1998
Republic of China
Name	Yi Yang
Acquired	29 April 1998
Commissioned	18 October 1999
Identification	F 939
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,011 tons (3,877 full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Installed power	2 × CE 1200 psi boilers 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Propulsion	1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft
Speed	over 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
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	1 x Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles 1 x Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers)
Aircraft carried	1 x SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter