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HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok in 2005
History
Thai Navy EnsignThailand
NameHTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok
NamesakeKing Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I)
BuilderAvondale Shipyard, Bridge City, Louisiana
Laid down27 April 1972
Launched3 February 1973
AcquiredLeased 1994, purchased 9 December 1999
Commissioned30 July 1994
Decommissioned30 September 2017
StatusMuseum ship in Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand
BadgeShip logo
General characteristics
Class and typePhutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate
Displacement4,065 long tons (4,130 t)
Length438 ft (134 m)
Beam47 ft (14 m)
Draft25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion
  • Steam turbine
  • 2 × 1,200 psi boilers
  • 1 geared turbine
  • 1 shaft
  • 35,000 shp (26,099 kW)
Speed27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Complement250 officers and enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck and hangar

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.

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.

Gallery

  • USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) with HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (front) USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) with HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (front)
  • Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors


References

  1. Panrak, Patcharapol (2020-09-24). "Retired navy frigate opens as floating museum in Sattahip". Pattaya Mail. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  2. ทร.เปิดแหล่งเรียนรู้เชิงท่องเที่ยว "เรือพระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก" ให้ชมแล้ว

External links

Media related to HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FF 461) at Wikimedia Commons

Knox-class frigates
 United States Navy
Completed
Canceled
  • DE-1098 — DE-1100 (Unnamed)
  • DE-1102 — DE-1107 (Unnamed)
 Spanish Navy
Baleares class
Other operators
 Republic of China Navy
Chi Yang class
 Egyptian Navy
 Hellenic Navy
 Mexican Navy
Allende class
 Royal Thai Navy
Phutthayotfa Chulalok class
 Turkish Navy
Tepe class
  • Muavenet (ex-Capodanno)
  • Adatepe (ex-Fanning)
  • Kocatepe (ex-Reasoner)
  • Zafer (ex-Thomas C. Hart)
  • Trakya (ex-McCandless)
  • Karadeniz (ex-Donald B. Beary)
  • Ege (ex-Ainsworth)
  • Akdeniz (ex-Bowen)
  • (W. S. Sims, Paul, Elmer Montgomery, and Miller were sold to the Turkish Navy for parts)
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