| USS Reasoner (FF-1063) | |
|---|---|
 USS Reasoner (FF-1063) | |
| Career (US) |  |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1964 |
| Builder: | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | 6 January 1969 |
| Launched: | 1 August 1970 |
| Acquired: | 22 June 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 31 July 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 August 1993 |
| Motto: | Fidelity |
| Fate: | Sold to Turkey, renamed Kocatepe |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,011 tons (3,877 full load) |
| Length: | 438 ft (134 m) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 - 1200 psi boilers; 1 geared turbine, 1 shaft; 35,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed: | over 27 knots |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 267 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System |
| Armament: |
one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles (later replaced with Phalanx CIWS) |
| Aircraft carried: | one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter |
USS Reasoner (FF-1063) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy. Reasoner, originally (DE-1063), was laid down 6 January 1969 by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington and launched 1 August 1970; cosponsored by Mrs. James C. Curry and Mrs. Robert Svinger. Reasoner was commissioned 31 July 1971, Cmdr. Francisco Velazquez-Suarez, USN, commanding. Reasoner was decommissioned on 28 August 1993, and subsequently leased to Turkey, where the ship was recommissioned as Kocatepe. On 22 February 2002, she was finally purchased by Turkey.
The ship was featured in the music video for The Village People single In the Navy.
Namesake[]
Frank Stanley Reasoner was born 16 September 1937 in Spokane, Washington. Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1955, he reached the rank of sergeant prior to entering the United States Military Academy in 1958. At West Point, he won four consecutive brigade boxing championships. Graduated in June 1962, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
Arriving in Vietnam in April 1965, 1st Lt. Frank Reasoner died in action near Danang, Vietnam, 12 July, when he led a five-man reconnaissance patrol into enemy-controlled territory. He killed two enemy soldiers, and destroyed an automatic weapons position, but died while aiding a wounded Marine. For his bravery in battle and his concern for the wounded, Frank Reasoner was awarded the Medal of Honor.
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