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A frigate is a type of warship. … The term was generally used for ships too small to stand in the line of battle, although early line-of-battle ships were frequently referred to as frigates when they were built for speed.

Frigates – FF

Class
Ship(s)   (year of commissioning)
Bronstein (2 ships) INFO – Bronstein class Frigate / FF
  note: all Bronstein-class Frigates were reclassified from Destroyer Escorts (DE) to Frigates (FF) on June 30, 1975
FF 1037 USS Bronstein (1963)
  FF 1038 USS McCloy (1963)
Garcia (10 ships) INFO – Garcia class Frigate / FF
  note: all Garcia-class Frigates were reclassified from Destroyer Escorts (DE) to Frigates (FF) on June 30, 1975
  FF 1040 USS Garcia (1964)
  FF 1041 USS Bradley (1965)
  FF 1043 USS Edward McDonnell (1965)
  FF 1044 USS Brumby (1965)
  FF 1045 USS Davidson (1965)
  FF 1047 USS Voge (1966)
  FF 1048 USS Sample (1968)
  FF 1049 USS Koelsch (1967)
  FF 1050 USS Albert David (1968)
  FF 1051 USS O’Callahan (1968)
Glover (1 ship) FF 1098 USS Glover (1965) – modified Garcia-class Frigate
Knox (46 ships) INFO – Knox class Frigate / FF
  note: all Knox-class Frigates were reclassified from Destroyer Escorts (DE) to Frigates (FF) on June 30, 1975
FF 1052 USS Knox (1969)
  FF 1053 USS Roark (1969)
  FF 1054 USS Gray (1970)
  FF 1055 USS Hepburn (1969)
  FF 1056 USS Connole (1969)
  FF 1057 USS Rathburne (1970)
  FF 1058 USS Meyerkord (1969)
  FF 1059 USS W. S. Sims (1970)
  FF 1060 USS Lang (1970)
  FF 1061 USS Patterson (1970)
  FF 1062 USS Whipple (1970)
  FF 1063 USS Reasoner (1971)
  FF 1064 USS Lockwood (1970)
  FF 1065 USS Stein (1972)
  FF 1066 USS Marvin Shields (1971)
  FF 1067 USS Francis Hammond (1970)
  FF 1068 USS Vreeland (1970)
  FF 1069 USS Bagley (1972)
  FF 1070 USS Downes (1971)
  FF 1071 USS Badger (1970)
  FF 1072 USS Blakely (1970)
  FF 1073 USS Robert E. Peary (1972)
  FF 1074 USS Harold E. Holt (1971)
  FF 1075 USS Trippe (1970)
  FF 1076 USS Fanning (1971)
  FF 1077 USS Ouellet (1970)
  FF 1078 USS Joseph Hewes (1971)
  FF 1079 USS Bowen (1971)
  FF 1080 USS Paul (1971)
  FF 1081 USS Aylwin (1971)
  FF 1082 USS Elmer Montgomery (1971)
  FF 1083 USS Cook (1971)
  FF 1084 USS McCandless (1972)
  FF 1085 USS Donald B. Beary (1972)
  FF 1086 USS Brewton (1972)
  FF 1087 USS Kirk (1972)
  FF 1088 USS Barbey (1972)
  FF 1089 USS Jesse L. Brown (1973)
  FF 1090 USS Ainsworth (1973)
  FF 1091 USS Miller (1973)
  FF 1092 USS Thomas C. Hart (1973)
  FF 1093 USS Capodanno (1973)
  FF 1094 USS Pharris (1974)
  FF 1095 USS Truett (1974)
  FF 1096 USS Valdez (1974)
  FF 1097 USS Moinester (1974)

Training Frigates – FFT

Class
Ship(s)   (year of commissioning)
Knox (8 ships) INFO – Knox class Training Frigate / FFT
  note: some of the Knox-class Frigates were later reclassified to and used as Training Frigates (FFT)

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FFT 1078 USS Joseph Hewes (1971)
  FFT 1079 USS Bowen (1971)
  FFT 1084 USS McCandless (1972)
  FFT 1085 USS Donald B. Beary (1972)
  FFT 1089 USS Jesse L. Brown (1973)
  FFT 1090 USS Ainsworth (1973)
  FFT 1095 USS Truett (1974)
  FFT 1097 USS Moinester (1974)
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