HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai
HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462) (Thai: พุทธเลิศหล้านภาลัย) is the former USS Ouellet (FF-1077), a Knox-class frigate.
 Phutta Loetla Naphalai in June 2008 | |
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| Name: | HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai |
| Namesake: | King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II) |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 15 January 1969 |
| Launched: | 17 January 1970 |
| Acquired: | 27 November 1996 |
| Commissioned: | 1997 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 April 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Knox-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,065 long tons (4,130 t) |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
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| Speed: | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
| Complement: | 250 officers and enlisted |
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| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter deck and hangar |
The Royal Thai Navy purchased the ship from the US Navy after she was decommissioned on August 6, 1993. The ship subsequently underwent a US$14M refit at the Cascade General Shipyard, Portland, Oregon,[1] and arrived in Thailand in 1998.
As a Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate, she has a sister ship, the HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461).
References
- "Cascade General Begins Work on Ship Conversion for Thai Navy". Cascade General. 28 July 1997. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008.
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