MAKE A MEME View Large Image Downes (FF-1070) underway in 1985.jpeg The U S Navy frigate USS Downes FF-1070 underway in the Pacific Ocean In the 1970s Downes was often used as a test ship She was the only Knox-class frigate to receive a Mk 29 Improved basic point ...
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Keywords: USS Downes (FF-1070) underway in 1985.jpeg The U S Navy frigate USS Downes FF-1070 underway in the Pacific Ocean In the 1970s Downes was often used as a test ship She was the only Knox-class frigate to receive a Mk 29 Improved basic point defense missile system IBPDMS able to launch the RIM-7F Sea Sparrow missile Associated with the Mk 29 launcher was the TAS Mk 23 radar and the Mk 99 illumination radar on a mast above the bridge The mast on the hangar was originally used for tests with the SPS-58 radar and later carried the SPS-40 radar after it was replaced bs TAS Mk 23 on the mack In this photo SPS-40 was again mounted on the mack an the small mast carries a QE-82 satellite antenna <br> In the early 1980s Downes was rebuilt into a standard Knox-class frigate receiving the heightened bow and a CIWS Phalanx aft This photo also clearly shows that Downes received the enlarged helicopter hangar for the LAMPS I heliccopter Kaman SH-2D/F Seasprite 6408560 1985-11-18 PH2 William A Hart USN PD-USGov USS Downes FF-1070
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