Editing Knox-class frigate (section)

==Construction==
Ten ships were authorized in [[Fiscal Year]] 1964, sixteen in 1965, and ten each for FYs 1966, 67 and 68; six were canceled in 1968, and four more in 1969. While the FY64 and FY65 ships were ordered from four different shipyards, later ships (DE-1078 onwards) were all ordered from [[Avondale Shipyard]]s in order to cut costs.<ref name="Fried p360" /> These ships were built on a production line, with prefabricated modules being assembled upside down, welded together and then rotated into an upright position.<ref name="jfs71 p481">Blackman 1971, p. 481.</ref> They were originally commissioned as destroyer escorts (DEs) 1052–1097 in 1969–1974,<ref name="conways47 p598-9" /> but were redesignated as frigates (FF) on 30 June 1975.<ref name="S&A12 p113">Polmar 1981, p. 113.</ref>

The lead ship of the class, {{USS|Knox|FF-1052|3}}, was [[Keel laying|laid down]] 5 October 1965, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] 12 April 1969, at the [[Vigor Shipyards|Todd Shipyards]] in [[Seattle]], Washington.<ref name="conways47 p598-9">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, pp. 598–599.</ref>