USS Kirk

	USS Kirk
History
United States
Name	USS Kirk
Namesake	Alan Goodrich Kirk
Owner	United States: Leased to Taiwan
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	4 December 1970
Launched	25 September 1971
Acquired	27 August 1972
Commissioned	9 September 1972
Decommissioned	6 August 1993
Stricken	11 January 1995
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, as Fen Yang
Taiwan
Name	Fen Yang (Chinese: 汾陽)
Namesake	Fenyang
Acquired	loaned 6 August 1993; purchased 29 September 1999;
Commissioned	6 August 1993
Identification	934
General characteristics
Class & type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,221 tons (4,202 full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW);
Speed	over 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar; AN/SPS-10 Surface Search Radar; AN/SPS-67 Navigation Radar; AN/SQS-26 Sonar; AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system; Prairie/Masker System; Mk68 Gun Fire Control System;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	1 × Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles; 1 × Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun; Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers); 1 × Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Kirk was a Knox-class destroyer escort, originally designated as DE-1087 and reclassified as a frigate, FF-1087 (1975), in the United States Navy. Her primary mission of anti-submarine warfare remained unchanged.

Named for Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk, her contract was awarded to Avondale Marine on 25 August 1966. Sponsored by Lydia C. Kirk, Adm. Kirk’s wife, Kirk was laid down on 4 December 1970, launched on 25 September 1971 and commissioned on 9 September 1972 with Cmdr. James P. Kvederis as her plank owning commander.

She is in service with the Taiwanese navy as the ROCN Fen Yang (FFG-934).

History
USS Kirk
United States
Name	USS Kirk
Namesake	Alan Goodrich Kirk
Owner	United States: Leased to Taiwan
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	4 December 1970
Launched	25 September 1971
Acquired	27 August 1972
Commissioned	9 September 1972
Decommissioned	6 August 1993
Stricken	11 January 1995
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, as Fen Yang
Taiwan
Name	Fen Yang (Chinese: 汾陽)
Namesake	Fenyang
Acquired	loaned 6 August 1993 purchased 29 September 1999
Commissioned	6 August 1993
Identification	934
General characteristics
Class & type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,221 tons (4,202 full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)
Speed	over 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-10 Surface Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Navigation Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Prairie/Masker System Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	1 × Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles 1 × Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) 1 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter