HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok

HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461) (Thai: พุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก) is the former USS Truett (FF-1095), Knox-class frigate. The ship is named after the first king of the Chakri Dynasty, King Phutthayotfa Chulaok the Great.

HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok in 2005
History
Thailand
Name:	HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok
Namesake:	King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I)
Builder:	Avondale Shipyards, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down:	27 April 1972
Launched:	3 February 1973
Acquired:	Leased 1994, purchased 9 December 1999
Commissioned:	30 July 1994
Decommissioned:	30 September 2017
Status:	Museum ship in Sattahip District
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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)
Propulsion:	Steam turbine 2 × 1,200 psi boilers 1 geared turbine 1 shaft 35,000 shp (26,099 kW)
Speed:	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Complement:	250 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	SPS-40B 2-D air search radar SPG-53 fire control radar SQS-26CX bow sonar SQR-18 towed sonar SLQ-32(V)1 passive intercept
Armament:	8 × ASROC anti-submarine missiles 4 × Harpoon missiles 4 × Mk.32 torpedo tubes with Mark 44 torpedoes 1 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck and hangar

The Royal Thai Navy first leased the ship from the US Navy after she was decommissioned on July 30, 1994. The ship was eventually purchased on December 9, 1999. A Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate, she has a sister ship, the HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462).

On 22 September 2020, HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok is converted into a floating museum at Sattahip Naval Base in Sattahip District.[1]

External links

Media related to HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461) at Wikimedia Commons

• USS Truett

References

1. Panrak, Patcharapol (2020-09-24). "Retired navy frigate opens as floating museum in Sattahip". Pattaya Mail. Retrieved 2020-09-25.