Photos

One picture is me standing next to my Gun Director. That director had a MK 25, mod 3, radar, good for tracking out to about 100,000 yards. It controlled the main battery of twin mount 5 inch guns. Both Knox pictures were from about 1956. I was on the Knox for nearly three years. Stan Buck

Frank Knox
used in a movie
Jan 1962

Frank Knox in
Yokosuka
Dry Dock
Dec. 1961

Assorted
Pictures

Midway Island

Koashung, Formosa
1962

San Francisco
Harbor

Ed Hickey
Pictures 1970

Photo Short History of
USS Frank Knox

USS Frank Knox (DDR-742) Comes alongside USS Coral Sea (CVA-63), while operating at sea on 2 May 1964.

USS Frank Knox (DD 742) on June 1 1956, location unknown

USS Frank Knox (DDR-742)Off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization, 25 April 1961.Note that hull numbers painted on her bow have not yet had countershading applied.

Stern view of USS Knox (DD-742) alongside USS Mauna Kea (AE-22). Picture was taken from USS Ranger (CVA-61) sometime during the Ranger's 1962-'63 WestPac cruise.

Welcome Aboard,
Naval history is full of significant and interesting events. This brief history of what has transpired in the past and relate them to how these events have shaped the U.S. Navy today.

USS Frank Knox (DD/DDR 742), a Gearing-class destroyer was commissioned on 11 December 1944, with CDR Joel Clarence Ford Jr. in command. She was named for William Franklin Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944), an American politician, newspaper editor and publisher. During its activity, she carried a complement of 274 officers and enlisted on board and she made numerous deployments to the Inchon Landing, Pacific Ocean and West Pac-Viet Nam. USS Frank Knox served her country for 26 years, 1 months and 19 days of active, until decommissioned on 30 January 1971. She received one battle star for World War II service, and five for Korean war service.

Photo: USS Frank Knox (DD 742) on June 1 1956, location unknown. Photo is from the Photo Lab, Commander Naval Forces Far East, from the files of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Photo: San Diego September 1960.

Long time friends Joe Dempsky and Hawk Sims in 1963-64 and during a recent reunion. Both served on the ship when Frank Knox was part of the Concord Squadron. The Concord Squadron tour went to Iran before the Iranian Revolution. Following that stop the Squadron was ordered to the Singapore Straits to reopen the Straits after the head of the Indonesian
Government had orders the straits closed to US shipping.

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Click Photos from Harry Chandler IC3 1967 - 1969