HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok
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| History | |
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| Name | HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok |
| Namesake | King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) |
| Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Bridge City, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 27 April 1972 |
| Launched | 3 February 1973 |
| Acquired | Leased 1994, purchased 9 December 1999 |
| Commissioned | 30 July 1994 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 2017 |
| Status | Museum ship in Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand |
| Badge | Ship logo |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Phutthayotfa Chulalok-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) |
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| Speed | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
| Complement | 250 officers and enlisted |
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| Aviation facilities | Helicopter 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.[1][2]
Gallery
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USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) with HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (front)
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Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors
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References
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External links
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