Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	April 27, 1972 at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana
Launched:	February 3, 1973
Commissioned:	June 1, 1974
Decommissioned:	July 30, 1994
Fate:	Leased to Royal Thai Navy in 1994 and eventually sold December 9, 1999
Struck:	January 11, 1995
General Characteristics
Displacement:	4,260 tons
Length:	438 feet (133.5 meters)
Beam:	47 feet (14.4 meters)
Draft:	25 feet (7.6 meters)
Propulsion:	Steam turbine, 2 1,200 psi boilers; 1 geared turbine, 1 shaft; 35,000 shaft horsepower
Speed:	27 knots
Radar:	SPS-40B 2-D air search
Sonar:	SQS-26CX bow, SQR-18 towed
Complement:	250 officers and enlisted
Armament:	SPG-53 gun control, EW: SLQ-32(V)1 passive intercept, 8 ASROC, 4 Harpoon, 4 Torpedo Mk-32 tubes with Torpedo Mk-44 and Torpedo Mk 44, 1 5/54 Gun, 1 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft:	helicopter deck and hangar
Motto:

HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461) 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. Image File history File links Naval_Jack_of_Thailand. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) is the division of Northrop Grumman Corporation responsible for building small and medium shipping products. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Thai Navy ensign Thai Navy jack The Royal Thai Navy (Thai: ) is the navy of Thailand and was established in the late 1800s. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An older Matchbox ASROC launcher, phased out in the 1990s ASROC (for Anti-Submarine ROCket) is an antisubmarine missile system, developed by the United States Navy, and installed on over 200 surface ships, generally cruisers and destroyers. ... The AGM-84 Harpoon is a US all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (SVTT). ... Mark 44. ... Block 0 CIWS The Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapon system, pronounced see-whizz) is an anti-missile system that was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division. ... Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each having two or more rotor blades. ... Named after Quincy Hightower Truett, who received the Navy Cross posthumously. ... USS Badger (FF-1071). ... The Chakri dynasty have ruled Thailand since king Taksin was declared mad in 1782. ... His Majesty King Rama I of Siam (portrait in the National History Museum, Bangkok) Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke or Rama I the Great, was king of Thailand from 1782 to 1809. ...

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. Thai Navy ensign Thai Navy jack The Royal Thai Navy (Thai: ) is the navy of Thailand and was established in the late 1800s. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

A Phutthayotfa Chulalok class frigate, she has a sister ship, the HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462). Phutthayotfa Chulalok class frigate are former USS Knox Class. ... HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462) is the former USS Ouellet (FF-1077), Knox class frigate. ...

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External links

• USS Truett