American Frigate Knox Country: USA Type: Frigate Service: 1969 - 1994 Ships in class: 45

Knox class frigates were United States Navy ships, originally laid down as ocean escorts (formerly called destroyer escorts), but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the USN 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF. The lead ship of the class was the USS Knox (DE-1052), laid down October 5, 1965 and commissioned April 12, 1969, at Todd Shipyards in Seattle. These ships were designed primarily as antisubmarine (ASW) platforms. All of the forty-five Knox class frigates have been decommissioned by the US Navy. These ships were retired with the end of the Cold War and the removal of the need for an advanced ASW capability. Some were transferred to Egypt, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Mexico and remain in service with these countries.