USS Reasoner (FF-1063)
Knox Class Destroyer
Escort
Displacement:3020 tons (std), 4065 tons (full)
Dimensions:438'(oa),
415"
(wl)
x
46'
9"
x
24'
9"
Armament: 1 x 5"/54 Mk 42, 1 ASROC Mk16 (16
missiles), 4-324mm Mk 32 (4x1 fixed) tubes / Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery: 2 CE 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse
geared turbine; 35,000 shaft horsepower; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots Range: 4,500
nm @ 20 knots
Crew: 13 Officers, 211 Enlisted
Laid down by
Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle WA on January 6, 1969
Launched August 1,1970, Commissioned July 31, 1971
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1063) on June 30,1975
Decommissioned August 28,1993, Stricken January 11,1995
Leased to
Turkey 28 August 28,1993
renamed Kocatepe (F-252)
Lease to Turkey renewed August 29, 1997
Sold to Turkey February 22, 2002
Used as a target
and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea
My Duties with USS
Reasoner
TAD Apr 1981
- Jul 1981
I was assigned to USS Sacramento
(AOE-1) which was in overhaul at Lockheed shipyard, Seattle.
Reasoner was in overhaul in nearby Todd
Shipyard. The
leading QM on the Reasoner had been discharged from the Navy and I was
transferred TAD to Reasoner until a replacement could be ordered
in. Because Sacramento was in overhaul just across the waterway
in West Seattle, my commute by bicycle via the Bremerton/Seattle ferry
was
basically the same.
I set up and re-organized the Navigation
department on Reasoner to be just like we did it on the USS Hamner and
the
USS Sacramento. To me it was just logical, but it was all new to
the folks on Reasoner. They loved it and gave me a letter of
commendation.
In July 1981, while cycling
to work, I hit a slick spot in
the road and crashed my bicycle. I landed on my head and left
elbow and then slid some 15 ft on the asphalt. (I was only 5
blocks from home.) In those days helmets were not required or
even in vogue, but I wore a Skid Lid and
believe that it have saved my
life, however my left elbow was shattered. I went to the
Naval Hospital, Bremerton where they performed emergency surgery and
they put me back together with 7 pins and a screw. After the
surgery I was assigned to the Limited Duty Division at Naval Station, Bremerton. (Now
part of NavBase, Kitsap)
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