USS Whipple (FF-1062)

	USS Whipple in 1974
History
United States
Name	Whipple
Namesake	Abraham Whipple
Ordered	22 July 1964
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down	24 April 1967
Launched	12 April 1968
Acquired	13 August 1970
Commissioned	22 August 1970
Decommissioned	14 February 1992
Stricken	11 January 1995
Identification	FF-1062
Motto	Resources Beyond Calculation
Fate	Transferred to Mexico 10 April 2002
Badge
Mexico
Name	Mina
Namesake	Martín Francisco Javier Mina y Larrea
Acquired	10 April 2002
Decommissioned	2016
Identification	F-214
Status	Awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class & type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,159 tons (4,122 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)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
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 Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles, later replaced by one Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

USS Whipple (DE-1062/FF-1062) was a Knox-class frigate commissioned in the United States Navy from 1970 to 1995. In 2002, Whipple was donated to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM Mina (F-214).