HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai

HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462) (Thai: พุทธเลิศหล้านภาลัย) is the former USS Ouellet (FF-1077), a Knox-class frigate.

Phutta Loetla Naphalai in June 2008
History
Thailand
Name: HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai
Namesake: King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II)
Builder: Avondale Shipyards, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down: 15 January 1969
Launched: 17 January 1970
Acquired: 27 November 1996
Commissioned: 1997
Decommissioned: 1 April 2015
General characteristics
Class and type: Knox-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)
Propulsion:
  • Steam turbine
  • 2 × 1,200 psi boilers
  • 1 geared turbine
  • 1 shaft
  • 35,000 shp (26,099 kW)
Speed: 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Complement: 250 officers and enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • SPS-40B 2-D air search radar
  • SPG-53 fire control radar
  • SQS-26CX bow sonar
  • SQR-18 towed sonar
  • SLQ-32(V)1 passive intercept
Armament:
Aviation facilities: Helicopter deck and hangar

The Royal Thai Navy purchased the ship from the US Navy after she was decommissioned on August 6, 1993. The ship subsequently underwent a US$14M refit at the Cascade General Shipyard, Portland, Oregon,[1] and arrived in Thailand in 1998.

As a Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate, she has a sister ship, the HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461).

References
  1. "Cascade General Begins Work on Ship Conversion for Thai Navy". Cascade General. 28 July 1997. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008.


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