The USS Miller (FF-1091), initially designated DE-1091, was a Knox-class frigate serving in the United States Navy. She was constructed at Avondale, Louisiana, and commissioned in June 1973. The vessel measured 438 feet (133.5 meters) in length, with a beam of 47 feet (14.3 meters) and a draft of 25 feet (7.6 meters). At full load, she displaced approximately 4,066 long tons (4,131 metric tons). Her crew comprised 13 officers and 211 enlisted personnel. Designed based on the Brooke-class frigate, the Knox-class ships were modified to extend operational range and lacked long-range missile systems. The USS Miller was powered by a single Westinghouse geared steam turbine, capable of producing 35,000 shaft horsepower (26,000 kW), which drove a single propeller. Steam was supplied by two C-E boilers, enabling her to reach a top speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). Her operational range was about 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 miles) at 20 knots. Armament included a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward and a 3-inch/50-caliber gun aft. She was equipped with an eight-round RUR-5 ASROC missile launcher positioned between the main gun and the bridge, providing anti-submarine capabilities. For close-range defense, she carried two twin 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The vessel also carried a DASH drone helicopter, housed in a telescoping hangar amidships aft of the superstructure, which was later replaced by a SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter in the 1970s, prompting modifications to the hangar and landing deck. Throughout her service with the Atlantic Fleet, USS Miller participated in deployments across the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Persian Gulf, and the Black Sea. In July 1975, she was reclassified as a frigate (FF-1091). She transferred to the Naval Reserve Force in January 1982, based in Newport, Rhode Island, where she operated mainly in the western Atlantic and Caribbean. The ship was decommissioned in October 1991, struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1995, and later transferred to Turkey in 1999. Ultimately, she was sunk as a target during a Turkish naval exercise in 2001.

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