USS Ainsworth

USS *Ainsworth*
	USS Ainsworth (FF-1090)
History
United States
Name	USS Ainsworth
Namesake	Walden L. Ainsworth
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	11 June 1971
Launched	15 April 1972
Acquired	1 February 1973
Commissioned	31 March 1973
Reclassified	FF-1090, 30 June 1975
Decommissioned	27 May 1994
Motto	Parata Pugnare
Fate	Leased to Turkey, 27 May 1994
Stricken	11 January 1995
	TCG Ege in İnciraltı Sea Museum
Turkey
Name	TCG Ege
Namesake	Aegean Sea
Acquired	27 May 1994
Decommissioned	21 March 2005
Identification	F-256
Fate	Museum ship, Izmir, Turkey
General characteristics
Class & type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,201 tons (4,182 tons 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 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 1 shaft, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW);
Speed	over 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors &; 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 ASROC and Harpoon missiles; one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun; Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers); one Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Ainsworth (DE/FF-1090) was a Knox-class frigate named for Vice Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth (1886–1960). Ainsworth (DE-1090) was laid down at Westwego, Louisiana, on 11 June 1971 by Avondale Shipyards, Inc.; launched on 15 April 1972; sponsored by Mrs. Katharine Gardner Ainsworth, the widow of Vice Admiral Ainsworth; and commissioned on 31 March 1973 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.