Laid down 15 January 1969 Commissioned 1997 Construction started 15 January 1969 Length 134 m | Acquired 27 November 1996 Decommissioned 1 April 2015 Launched 17 January 1970 | |
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Name HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai Namesake King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II) Builders Avondale Shipyard, Westwego | ||
HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462) (Thai: พุทธเลิศหล้านภาลัย ) is the former USS Ouellet (FF-1077), a Knox-class frigate.
The Royal Thai Navy purchased the ship from the US Navy after she was decommissioned on August 6, 1993. The ship subsequently underwent a US $14M refit at the Cascade General Shipyard, Portland, Oregon, and arrived in Thailand in 1998.
As a Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigate, she has a sister ship, the HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461).
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