HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = US Navy 050624-N-7783B-020 HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok crop.jpg | Ship image size = | Ship caption = HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok in 2005 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Thailand | Ship flag = Image:Naval Ensign of Thailand.svg | Ship name = HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok | Ship namesake = King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Avondale Shipyard, Bridge City, Louisiana | Ship laid down = 27 April 1972 | Ship launched = 3 February 1973 | Ship acquired = Leased 1994, purchased 9 December 1999 | Ship commissioned = 30 July 1994 | Ship decommissioned = 30 September 2017 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship status = Museum ship in Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand | Ship notes = | Ship badge = Image:Phut461-3.png }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Phutthayotfa Chulalok|frigate}} | Ship displacement = {{convert|4065|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|438|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|47|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *Steam turbine
| Ship speed = {{convert|27|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} | Ship range = | Ship complement = 250 officers and enlisted | Ship sensors = *SPS-40B 2-D air search radar
| Ship EW = | Ship armament = *8 × ASROC anti-submarine missiles
| Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = | Ship aircraft facilities = Helicopter deck and hangar | Ship notes = }} |
HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG-461) ({{langx|th|เรือหลวงพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก}}) is the former {{USS|Truett|FF-1095}}, {{sclass|Knox|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 {{sclass|Phutthayotfa Chulalok|frigate}}, she has a sister ship, the {{ship|HTMS|Phutthaloetla Naphalai|FFG 462}}.
On 22 September 2020, HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok is converted into a floating museum at Sattahip Naval Base in Sattahip District.{{Cite web|last=Panrak|first=Patcharapol|date=2020-09-24|title=Retired navy frigate opens as floating museum in Sattahip|url=https://www.pattayamail.com/news/retired-navy-frigate-opens-as-floating-museum-in-sattahip-315879|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Pattaya Mail|language=en-US}}[https://www.thairath.co.th/news/local/east/1935052 ทร.เปิดแหล่งเรียนรู้เชิงท่องเที่ยว "เรือพระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก" ให้ชมแล้ว]
Gallery
Image:US Navy 050624-N-7783B-004 The guided missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60), right, underway in formation with ships of from the Royal Thai Navy (RTN).jpg|USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) with HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (front)
Image:US Navy 050621-N-4104L-040 A Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors A Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors.jpg|Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors
References
External links
{{Commonscat-inline|HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FF 461)}}
- [http://navysite.de/ff/ff1095.htm USS Truett]
{{Knox class frigate|others}}
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Category:Ships built in Bridge City, Louisiana
Category:Phutthayotfa Chulalok-class frigates
Category:Museum ships in Thailand
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