The
Knox-class design was derived from the modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ship had an
overall length of , a
beam of and a
draft of . It
displaced at full load. Its crew consisted of 16 officers and 211 enlisted men. The ship was equipped with one
Westinghouse geared
steam turbine that drove the single
propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce , using steam provided by two
C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of . The
Knox class had a range of at a speed of . The
Knox-class ship was armed with a single
/54 caliber Mark 42 gun. It mounted an eight-round
ASROC launcher between the 5-inch gun and the
bridge. Its close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin
Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The ship was equipped with a torpedo-carrying
DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned
amidships aft of the
mack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a
SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships had an eight-cell
BPDMS missile launcher added in the early 1970s. == Construction ==