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HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG-461) (Thai: เรือหลวงพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก) 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.
HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok in 2005
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Name | HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok |
Namesake | King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) |
Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Bridge City, Louisiana |
Laid down | 27 April 1972 |
Launched | 3 February 1973 |
Acquired | Leased 1994, purchased 9 December 1999 |
Commissioned | 30 July 1994 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 2017 |
Status | Museum ship in Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand |
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Class and type | Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,065 long tons (4,130 t) |
Length | 438 ft (134 m) |
Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
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Speed | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
Complement | 250 officers and enlisted |
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Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
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. A Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate, she has a sister ship, the HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462).
On 22 September 2020, HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok is converted into a floating museum at Sattahip Naval Base in Sattahip District.[1][2]
Gallery
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USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) with HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (front)
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Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors
References
edit- ^ Panrak, Patcharapol (2020-09-24). "Retired navy frigate opens as floating museum in Sattahip". Pattaya Mail. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
- ^ ทร.เปิดแหล่งเรียนรู้เชิงท่องเที่ยว "เรือพระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก" ให้ชมแล้ว
External links
editMedia related to HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FF 461) at Wikimedia Commons