USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089)

- formerly DE 1089 -
- decommissioned -

USS JESSE L. BROWN was the 38^th ship in the KNOX - class of frigates. Commissioned as a destroyer escort (DE), the ship was reclassified as frigate (FF) on June 30, 1975. Decommissioned on June 27, 1994, the JESSE L. BROWN was transfered to Egypt the same day. There she was recommissioned as DUMYAT.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: August 25, 1966
	Keel laid: April 8, 1971
	Launched: March 18, 1972
	Commissioned: February 17, 1973
	Decommissioned: June 27, 1994
	Builder: Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.
	Propulsion system: 2 - 1200 psi boilers; 1 geared turbine, 1 shaft; 35,000 shaft horsepower
	Length: 438 feet (133.5 meters)
	Beam: 47 feet (14.4 meters)
	Draft: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 4,200 tons full load
	Speed: 27 knots
	Armament: one Mk-16 missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles, one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, Mk-46 torpedoes from single tube launchers, one 20mm Phalanx CIWS
	Aircraft: one SH-2F (LAMPS I) helicopter
	Crew: 18 officers, 267 enlisted

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