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USS Bowen FF-1079

The Original print of the USS Bowen FF-1079 is
© by Mark A. Osborne,TM1/HT1 USN (Ret.)
Courtesy of Ozzie's Torpedo Room

For information about purchasing your personal
USS Bowen print
complete with your custom message
contact the Artist directly @ hazegray_art@yahoo.com

At the request of George Bowen of Alabama,a descendant of the North Carolina Bowens',I began looking for more information on the ship USS Bowen.The links below are what I have found.

More USS Bowen images

The USS Bowen at sea	Photo 1: The Bowen in the North Atlantic- 1975 Photo 2: The Bowen in the North Atlantic-1975 Photo 3 : the Bowen in a Virginia dry dock .The year is unknown.
	USS Bowen links USS Bowen Personnel registry USS Bowen shipmate registry US Navy fact sheet on the USS Bowen USS Bowen personal site

CLASS - KNOX

Displacement, 3011 Tons Standard, 3877 Tons Full Load

Dimensions, 439' 6" x 46' 9" x 15'; 24' 9" (sonar)

Armament, 1 - 5"/54 (single) Mk 42 Mod 9, 1 Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher

4-324mm US Mk 32 (2 twin) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes

Machinery, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft

Speed, 27 Knots, Range 4500 Nm@20 knts, Crew, 288 (17 officers)

Operational and Building Data

Laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA. on July 11 1969.

Launched May 2 1970.

Commissioned May 22 1971.

Reclassified Frigate (FF-1079) on June 30 1975.

Decommissioned June 30 1994.

Fate : To Turkey June 30 1994.

Renamed Akdeniz.

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