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DAMIYAT frigates (1973-1974/1994)

Damiyat 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
دمياط [Damyat] (ex-Jesse L. Brown) 961   Avondale, Westwego, USA 8.4.1971 18.3.1972 17.2.1973 // 28.7.1994 in service (2019)
رشيد [Rasheed] (ex-Moinester) 966   Avondale, Westwego, USA 25.8.1972 12.5.1973 2.11.1974 // 28.7.1994 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

3075

Displacement full, t

4260

Length, m

126.5 wl 133.6 oa

Breadth, m

14.3

Draught, m

7.55

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers

Power, h. p.

35000

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4000(20)

Armament

1 x 8 Harpoon SSM / ASROC Mk 116 ASuR (4 RGM-84A / 12 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 - 324 Mk 32 TT (22 Mk 46 Mod.5), 1 helicopter (SH-2G(E) Super SeaSprite)

Electronic equipment

961: SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67, SPS-40D, SPG-53F, Mk 90 radars, SQS-26CX, SQR-18A(v)1 sonars, SLQ-32(v)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy

966: SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67, SPS-40D, SPG-53F, Mk 90 radars, SQS-26CX, SQR-18A(v)1 sonars, SLQ-32(v)1 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, T-Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

Complement

285

Project history: USN Knox class frigates, transferred on lease and purchased outright in 1998. Ships were transferred without ASROC missiles. Sea Sprite helicopters were transferred in 1998.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Rasheed 2007

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