AFV Club SE70002 Knox Class Frigate FF-1073 Peary

USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073) was an American frigate which was laid down in 1970, it was launched in June 1971 and it entered service with the US Navy in 1972. The total length of the ship was 134 meters and a width of 14 meters. Full displacement reached about 4,100 tons, and the maximum speed exceeded 27 knots. The frigate was armed with: one 8-rail ASROC rocket launcher and Harpoon missiles, a single 127 mm Mark 42 cannon, or - later - a 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx set. The ship - after modernization - had a helipad and could operate a single Kaman SH-2 Seasprite machine. USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073) was one of 46 Knox-class frigates. Frigates of this type were created to supplement and later replace units of the Bronstein and Garcia classes. The new ships were primarily escort units, in which particular emphasis was placed on the activities of the ZOP (anti-submarine warfare), as evidenced by, for example, the equipment of these frigates with large and modern - by the standards of the