USS Miller (FF-1091)

USS Miller (FF-1091)
History
United States
Name	Miller
Namesake	Doris "Dorie" Miller
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana
Laid down	6 August 1971
Launched	3 June 1972
Acquired	13 April 1973
Commissioned	30 June 1973
Decommissioned	15 October 1991
Stricken	11 January 1995
Motto	Courage-Devotion
Fate	Sold to Turkey as a hulk (19 July 1999); subsequently sunk as a target in the Turkish Seawolf 2001 naval exercise June 2001
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,201 long tons (3,252 t) light 4,182 long tons (4,249 t) full load
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draft	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26 MW)
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 RUR-5 ASROC and Harpoon missiles one 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers)
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Miller (FF-1091), originally (DE-1091) was a Knox-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Cook Third Class Doris "Dorie" Miller, who was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions at the attack on Pearl Harbor.^[1]