This website is dedicated to all the men who brought life to the
good ship USS Capodanno FF-1093 and to honor it's namesake
"The Grunt Padre".


--------------------------- DE-1093 USS CAPODANNO ---------------------------
CLASS - Knox DE-1052/1078
Displacement: 3011 Tons Standard, 3877 Tons Full Load.
Dimensions: 439' 6" x 46' 9" x 15'; 24' 9" (sonar dome).
Armament: 1 - 5"/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod 9 Gun.
1 Honeywell Mk 16 launcher for Harpoon, and ASROC (Torpedo and NDC).
2 Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes.
Close in Weapons Systems CIWS (added 1984).
Sonar: AN/SQS-26CX, AN/SQS-35 IVDS, AN/SQR-17A, AN/SQR-18A(V)1
Lamps ASW Helocopter capable.
Machinery: 2 CE boilers; 1 geared HP turbine with 35,000shp; 1 shaft, 5 blades.
Speed: 29 Knots, Range 4500 NM@20 knots.
Crew: 288 (17 officers).


--------------------- OPERATIONAL and BUILDING DATA ---------------------
Keel laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA. on February 25 1972.
Launched: October 21 1972.
Commissioned: November 17 1973.
Reclassified: Frigate (FF-1093) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned: July 30 1993.
Fate: Leased to Turkey on July 30 1993 and renamed TCG MUAVENET (F-250).
Currently still in service.