Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate
![]() Lead ship of the class, HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok in 2005
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Westwego , Louisiana |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Chao Phraya class |
Succeeded by | Naresuan class |
Built | 1969–1974 |
In commission | 1994–2017 |
Retired | 2 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Complement | 250 officers and enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
The Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigates are two of forty-six
Description
The Phutthayotfa Chulalok class are 438 ft (134 m)
As built, they were equipped with one
Service history
USS Ouellet and USS Truett were purchased by Thailand in 1996 and 1999. Thailand had initially leased Truett in 1994. Following refits and a service life extensions costing some $14 million each, Ouellet and Truett were commissioned by the Royal Thai Navy as Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG-462) and Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG-461). Both are still in active service.[6][1][2]
In 2013, it was reported that the ships of this class would be retired,
Ships of the class
Original name | New name | New hull number | Builder | Laid Down | Commissioned US Navy | Decommissioned US Navy | Purchased by Royal Thai Navy | Decommissioned by Royal Thai Navy |
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Truett (FF-1095) | Phutthayotfa Chulalok | FFG 461 | Westwego , Louisiana
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27 April 1972 | 1 June 1974 | 30 July 1994 | 9 December 1999 | 1 April 2015 |
Ouellet (FF-1077) | Phutthaloetla Naphalai | FFG 462 | 15 January 1969 | 12 December 1970 | 6 August 1993 | 27 November 1996 | 26 September 2017 |
Phutthayotfa Chulalok
Phutthayotfa Chulalok (
The Royal Thai Navy first leased the ship from the US Navy after she was decommissioned on 30 July 1994. The ship was eventually purchased on 9 December 1999.
Phutthaloetla Naphalai
Phutthaloetla Naphalai (Thai: พุทธเลิศหล้านภาลัย). The ship is named after the second king of the Chakri Dynasty, King Phutthaloetla Naphalai
The Royal Thai Navy purchased the ship from the US Navy after she was decommissioned on 6 August 1993. The ship subsequently underwent a US $14M refit at the Cascade General Shipyard, Portland, Oregon, and arrived in Thailand in 1998.[8]
References
- ^ Blackman 1971, p. 481.
- ^ Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, pp. 598–599.
- ^ Moore 1985, p. 717.
- ^ Military-Today.
- ^ Bangkok Post 2013.
- ^ Cascade.
Bibliography
- "Knox class". Military-Today.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- "Cascade General Begins Work on Ship Conversion for Thai Navy". Cascade General. 28 July 1997. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. ISBN 0-354-00096-9.
- Moore, John, ed. (1985). Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0814-4.
- "USS Truett (DE 1095)". Navsource.org. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- "USS Ouellet (DE 1077)". Navsource.org. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- "Navy awaits cabinet nod for new frigate". Bangkok Post. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
Further reading
- ISBN 1-55750-268-4.
- Prézelin, Bernard; Baker III, A.D., eds. (1990). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/91:Their Ships, Aircraft and Armament. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-250-8.
External links
Photo gallery of USS Truett (DE 1095) at NavSource Naval History Photo gallery of USS Ouellet (DE 1077) at NavSource Naval History