HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok
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HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok in 2005
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| Name: | HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyards, Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 27 April 1972 |
| Launched: | 3 February 1973 |
| Acquired: | Leased 1994, purchased 9 December 1999 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| Badge: | Ship logo |
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| Class & type: | Knox-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: พุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก) 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).
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