USS Capodanno

	USS Capodanno (FF-1093)
History
United States
Name	Capodanno
Namesake	Vincent R. Capodanno
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	12 October 1971
Launched	21 October 1972
Acquired	18 October 1973
Commissioned	17 November 1973
Decommissioned	30 July 1993
Stricken	11 January 1995
Identification	FF-1093
Motto	Duty with Honor
Nickname(s)	Happy Cappy
Fate	Leased and then sold to Turkey
Turkey
Name	Muavenet
Acquired	1993
Commissioned	1993
Decommissioned	2012
Identification	F-250
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,020 long tons (3,070 t) (standard); 4,065 long tons (4,130 t) (full load);
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46.9 feet (14.3 m)
Draft	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Installed power	2 × CE 1200psi boilers; 35,000 shp (26,000 kW);
Propulsion	1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 1 shaft;
Speed	over 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
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	As built:; 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 42 gun; 1 × Mk-16 8–cell ASROC launcher; 2 × dual Mark 32 Mark 46 torpedo launchers; First refit:; 1 × Mk-25 8–cell RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (BPDMS) (DE-1052–1069 and 1071–1083); 1 × Mk-29 8–cell RIM-7H Improved Sea Sparrow (IBPDMS) (DE-1070); Mk-16 2 cells converted to launch HARPOON; Second refit:; 1 × Phalanx CIWS (RIM-7/7H Sea Sparrow removed);
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter
Aviation facilities	1 × Hangar

USS Capodanno (FF-1093) was the 42nd Knox-class frigate in the United States Navy. It was named after Fr. Vincent Capodanno, recipient of the Medal of Honor.

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