Oliver Hazard Perry Class
Frigates
United States Navy
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Contents
Articles
Introduction
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Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate 1
Oliver Hazard Perry 1 1
Frigate 13
Perry Class Frigates 23
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) 23
USS Mclnerney (FFG-8) 25
USS Wads worth (FFG-9) 28
us S Duncan (FFG- 10) 30
USS Clark (FFG- 11) 32
US S George Philip (FFG- 1 2) 34
US S Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG- 13) 36
USS Sides (FFG- 14) 39
USSEstocin(FFG-15) 41
USS Clifton Sprague (FFG- 16) 43
USS John A.Moore (FFG- 19) 45
USS Antrim (FFG-20) 47
USS Flatley (FFG-21) 49
USS Fahrion (FFG-22) 51
US S Lewis B . Puller (FFG-23) 53
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) 55
USS Copeland (FFG-25) 57
USS Gallery (FFG-26) 59
USS Mahlon S.Tisdale (FFG-27) 61
USS Boone (FFG-28) 63
US S Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) 66
USS Reid (FFG-30) 69
USS Stark (FFG-31) 71
USS John L.Hall (FFG-32) 76
USS Jarrett (FFG-33) 78
USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34) 81
USS Underwood (FFG-36) 85
USS Crommelin (FFG-37) 87
USS Curts (FFG-38) 92
USS Doyle (FFG-39) 95
USS Halyburton (FFG-40) 97
US S McClusky (FFG-4 1 ) 100
USS Klakring (FFG-42) 103
USS Thach (FFG-43) 105
USS De Wert (FFG-45) 108
USS Rentz (FFG-46) 110
USS Nicholas (FFG-47) 114
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) 119
USS Robert G.Bradley (FFG-49) 122
USS Taylor (FFG-50) 124
USS Gary (FFG-51) 126
USS Carr (FFG-52) 129
USS Hawes (FFG-53) 133
USS Ford (FFG-54) 135
USS Elrod (FFG-55) 137
USS Simpson (FFG-56) 140
USS Reuben James (FFG-57) 145
USS Samuel B.Roberts (FFG-58) 150
USS Kauffman (FFG-59) 155
USS Rodney M.Davis (FFG-60) 160
USS Ingraham (FFG-61) 164
Construction Sites 167
Bath Iron Works 167
Todd Pacific Shipyards 178
Power Plant and Propulsion 180
General Electric LM2500 1 80
Azimuth thruster 182
Controllable pitch propeller 184
Stabilizer (ship) 185
Aircraft 187
SH-2 Seasprite 187
SH-60 Seahawk 193
Armament 204
Otobreda 76 mm 204
M2 Browning machine gun 210
Phalanx CIWS 223
Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes 231
Mark 46 torpedo 232
Mark 50 torpedo 234
Mk 13 missile launcher 236
RlM-66 Standard 237
Boeing Harpoon 243
Penguin (missile) 249
Electronics and Countermeasures 252
AN/SPS-49 252
AN/SPS-55 254
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie 256
AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite 257
Mark 36 SRBOC 260
References
Article Sources and Contributors 261
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 265
Article Licenses
License 271
Introduction
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG 7) underway in the Great Lakes
Class overview
Name:
Oliver Hazard Perry
Builders:
-^ Bath Iron Works
-> Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro
Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle
Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated
Bazan
China Shipbuilding
Operators:
United States Navy
Royal Australian Navy
Armada Espanola
Republic of China Navy
Royal Bahrain Naval Force
Egyptian Navy
Polish Navy
Turkish Navy
Preceded by:
Broofe-class frigate
Subclasses:
Adelaide-class (Australia)
Santa Maria-class (Spain)
Cheng Kung-class (Republic of China)
Built:
1975 - 2004
In commission:
1977 - Present
Completed:
71
General characteristics
Type:
Frigate
Displacement:
4100 long tons (4200 t) full load
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
Length:
408 ft (124 m) waterline,
445 ft (136 m) overall,
453 ft (138 m) for "long-hull" frigates
Beam:
45 ft (14 m)
Draft:
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
2 X ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— > variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — > azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
4500 nmi (8300 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h)
Complement:
176
Sensors and
processing systems:
Radar: ^ AN/SPS-49, ^ AN/SPS-55, Mk 92 fire control system
Sonar: SQS-56, SQR-19 Towed Array
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
SLQ-32(V)2, Flight III with sidekick,
^ Mark 36 SRBOC
-^ AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament:
One single-arm Mk 13 Missile Launcher with a 40-missile magazine that contains — > SM-IMR anti-aircraft
guided missiles and Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Removed from the U.S. Navy ships starting in 2003, due to
the retirement of the SM-1 missile from American service
Two — > triple Mark 32 Anti-submarine warfare torpedo tubes with — > Mark 46 or — > Mark 50 anti-submarine
warfare torpedoes
One — > OTO Melara 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
One 20 mm — > Phalanx CIWS rapid-fire cannon
Eight Hsiung Feng II SSM or four HF-2 and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM, plus 2 Bofors 40mm/L70 guns on
Taiwanese vessels only)
Aircraft carried:
Two LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters (the — > SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I on the short-hulled ships or the — >
SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III on the long-hulled ships)
The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of — > frigates named after the American Commodore — > Oliver Hazard
Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie. Also known as the Perry or FFG-7 class, the warships were designed
in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large
quantities to replace World War Il-era destroyers. Fifty-five ships were built in the United States: 51 for the United
States Navy and four for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). In addition, eight were built in the Republic of China
(Taiwan), six in Spain, and two in Australia for their navies. Former U.S. Navy warships of this class have been
sold/donated to the navies of Bahrain, Egypt, Poland, and Turkey.
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
• SH-2 Seasprite landing on ORP General
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Design and Construction
The ships were designed by the — > Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine
in partnership with the New York-based naval architects Gibbs & Cox.
The Oliver Hazard Perrv-class ships were produced in 445-foot (136
meter) long "short-hull" (Flight I) and 453-foot (138 meter) long
"long-hull" (FUght IE) variants. The long-hull ships (FFG 8, 28, 29, 32,
33, and 36-61) carry the larger -^ SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III
helicopters, while the short-hulled warships carry the smaller and
less-capable — > SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I. Aside from the lengths of
their hulls, the principal difference between the versions is the location
of the aft capstan: on long-hull ships, it sits a step below the level of
I the flight deck in order to provide clearance for the tail rotor of the
longer Seahawk helicopters. The long-hull ships also carry the RAST (Recovery Assist Securing and Traversing)
system for the Seahawk, a hook, cable, and winch system that can reel in a Seahawk from a hovering flight,
expanding the ship's pitch-and-roll range in which flight operations are permitted. The FFG 8, 29, 32, and 33 were
built as "short-hull" warships but were later modified into "long-hull" warships.
American shipyards constructed Oliver Hazard Perry-class, ships for the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Navy
(RAN). Early American-built Australian ships were originally built as the "short-hull" version, but they were
modified during the 1980s to the "long-hull" design. Shipyards in Australia, Spain, and the Republic of China have
produced several warships of the "long-hull" design for their navies.
Although the per-ship costs rose greatly over the period of production, all 51 ships planned for the U.S. Navy were
built. Some Oliver Hazard Perry-class warships are planned to remain in American service for years, but some of the
older ships have been decommissioned and some scrapped. Others of these decommissioned ships have been
transferred to the navies of other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Poland, and Turkey. Several ot these have
replaced old Second World War-built American destroyers that had been given to those countries.
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were designed primarily as anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare
guided-missile warships intended to provide open-ocean escort of amphibious warfare ships and merchant ship
convoys in moderate threat environments in a potential war with the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries.
They could also provide air defense against 1970s- and 1980s-era aircraft and anti-ship missiles. These warships are
equipped to escort and protect aircraft carrier battle groups, amphibious landing groups, underway replenishment
groups, and merchant ship convoys. They can conduct independent operations to perform such tasks as surveillance
of illegal drug smugglers, maritime interception operations, and exercises with other nations.
The addition of the Naval Tactical Display System, LAMPS helicopters, and the Tactical Towed Array System
(TACTAS) gave these warships a combat capability far beyond the original expectations. They are well-suited for
the littoral regions and most war-at-sea scenarios.
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
Notable combat actions
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates made worldwide news twice during
the 1980s. Despite being small, these frigates were shown to be
extremely durable. During the Iran— Iraq War, on 17 May 1987, the — >
USS Stark was attacked by an Iraqi warplane. Struck by two Exocet
anti-ship missiles, thirty-seven American sailors died in the deadly
prelude to the American Operation Earnest Will, the reflagging and
escorting of oil tankers through the Persian Gulf and the Straits of
Hormuz. Less than a year later, on 14 April 1988, the USS — > Samuel
B. Roberts was nearly sunk by an Iranian mine. No lives were lost, but
10 sailors were evacuated from the warship for medical treatment. The
U.S. Navy retaliated four days later with Operation Praying Mantis, a one-day attack on Iranian oil platforms being
used as bases for raids on merchant shipping. Those had included bases for the minelaying operations that damaged
the USS Samuel B. Roberts. Both frigates were repaired in American shipyards and returned to full service. The USS
Stark was decommissioned in 1999, and scrapped in 2006.
USS Stark listing to port following an air attack
Modifications
United States
The remaining American "long-hull" Oliver Hazard Perry-class warships are being modified to reduce their
operating costs. The Detroit Diesel Company electrical generators are being replaced with more modern Caterpillar,
Inc. -made diesel engines and the ships' Mk 13 single arm missile launchers and magazines have been removed from
all U.S. Navy active frigates because the primary missile that it was meant to fire, the Standard missile SM-IMR, has
outlived its service life
[1]
-^ USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60) after the
reinoval of her foredeck — > Mk 13 missile
launcher.
It would supposedly be too costly to refit the Standard Missile
SM-IMR missiles, which had a marginal ability to bring down
sea-skimming missiles. Another reason for withdrawing the SM-IMR
from the American ships is to focus the supplies of these missiles to
American allies, such as Poland, Spain, Australia, Turkey, and the
Republic of China (Taiwan), which need them most. (Possessing no or
few other guided-missile warships in their navies.)
With the removal of their — > Mk 13 missile launchers the American
Oliver Hazard Perry-class warships also lose their Harpoon anti-ship
missile capability. However, their Seahawk helicopters can carry the
much shorter-ranged Penguin anti-ship missile, delivered far from the
ship by helicopter. The "zone-defense" anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) capability has vanished, and all that remains is a
"point-defense" type of AAW armament.
The U.S. Navy plans to update the Oliver Hazard Perry-class warships' — > Phalanx CIWS to the "Block IB"
capability, which will allow the Mk 15 20 mm Phalanx gun to shoot at fast-moving surface craft and helicopters. The
remaining Oliver Hazard Perry-class ships are also to be fitted with the Mk 53 DLS "Nulka" missile decoy system,
which will be better than the presently-equipped chaff (SRBOC, Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff) and flares
at guarding against anti-ship missiles.
On June 16, 2009, Vice Adm. Barry McCullough turned down the suggestion of Mel Martinez to keep the Perrys in
service, citing their worn out and maxed out condition.
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
Australia
As part of a major project of improvements, a one billion Australian dollar moderization project for the Royal
Australian Navy (RAN) Adelaide-class, guided-missile frigates is in progress. This project will include enhancements
to both their weapons and other equipment. The costs of the project will be partly offset, in the short run, by the
decommissioning and disposal of the two older frigates. HMAS Canberra was decommissioned on 12 November
2005 at naval base HMAS Stirling in Western Australia and HMAS Adelaide was decommissioned at that same
naval base on 20 January 2008. The first of the upgraded frigates, HMAS Sydney, returned to the RAN fleet in 2005.
Some of the new features include the ability to carry and fire the SM-2 version of the Standard missile, an eight-cell
Mk-41 vertical launch system (VLS) for Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles, enhanced air-search radars, and enhanced
long-range sonar systems. Each of the four frigates to be upgraded have the work at the Garden Island shipyard in
Sydney, Australia, with the modernizations lasting between 18 months and two years. These frigates are planned to
be replaced starting in 2013 by three new Hobart-class air warfare destroyers equipped with the AEGIS combat
system. However, the third of those destroyers will not be commissioned until 2017, at the earliest.
Turkey
The Turkish Navy has commenced the modernization of its G class
frigates with the GENESIS (Gemi Entegre Sava§ tdare Sistemi)
combat management system. The first GENESIS upgraded ship was
delivered in 2007, and the last delivery is scheduled for 2011. The
"short-hull" Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates that are currently part
of the Turkish Navy were modified with the ASIST landing platform
system at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, so that they can accommodate
the S-70B Seahawk helicopters. Turkey is planning to add one
eight-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) for the Evolved
Sea Sparrow missile, to be installed forward of the present — > Mk 13
missile launchers, similar to the case in the modernization program of
the Australian Adelaide class frigates. There are also plans for
new components to be installed that are being developed for the Milgem class warships {Ada class corvettes and
F-lOO class frigates) of the Turkish Navy. These include modern Three-dimensional and X-band radars developed
by Aselsan and Turkish-made hull-mounted sonars. One of the G class frigates will also be used as a test-bed for
Turkey's 4,500-ton TF-2000 class anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) — > frigates that are currently being designed by the
Turkish Naval Institute.
F-490 TCG Gaziantep is a G class frigate of the
Turkish Navy
Operators
• gH Australia {Adelaide class): The Royal Australian Navy purchased six frigates. Four of them were built in the
United States while the other two were built in Australia. They are being upgraded since 2005, with the addition
of an eight-cell Mk 41 VLS with 32 Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM) missiles, and the Standard Missile SM-2, plus
upgraded radars and sonars.
• ^ Bahrain: The — > USS Jack Williams (FFG-24), a gift of the American government in 1996, and re-christened
the Sabha.
• ^J Egypt {Mubarak class frigates): Four Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were transferred from the U.S.
Navy.
• Q Pakistan: 6 to be transferred , FFG-8 Mclnerney to be transferred to Pakistani Navy in August, 2010.
Poland: Two frigates were transferred from the U.S. Navy in 2002 and 2003.
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
• ^1 Republic of China {Cheng Kung class): Taiwanese-built. Eight ships equipped with 8 Hsiung Feng II
anti-ship missiles, PFG-1 101 and PFG-1 105 now carrying 4 HF-2 and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM. Rest of the
ships in the class will change the anti-ship mix upon their major overhaul. 7 out of 8 ships addes Bofors
40mm/L70 guns for both surface and anti-air use.
• ^^ Spain {Santa Maria class): Spanish-built: six frigates.
• IM Turkey (G class): Eight former U.S. Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates have been transferred to the
Turkish Navy. All eight are undergoing extensive modernization, and they are now know as the G Class frigates.
The Turkish Navy modernized G Class frigates have an additional Mk-41 Vertical Launch System capable of
launching Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles for close-in, as well as their longer-range SM-1 missiles; advanced
digital fire control systems and new Turkish-made sonars.
• ^m United States: The U.S. Navy commissioned 51 FFG-7 class frigates between 1977 and 1989. As of early
2008, 30 long-hull Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates remain in active service.
On May 11, 2009, the first International Frigate Working Group met in Mayport Naval Station to discuss
maintenance, obsolescence and logistics issues regarding Oliver Hazard Perry-class ships of the U.S. and foreign
• [11]
navies.
The Oliver Hazard Perry Frigates
Ship Name
Hull No.
Builder
Commission-
Decommission
Fate
Link
U.S.-built
— ► Oliver Hazard Perry
FFG-7
^ Bath Iron Works
1977-1997
Disposed of by scrapping,
dismantling, 21 April 2006
[12]
— ► Mclnemey
FFG-8
Bath Iron Works
1979-
Active in service as of 2009
[13]
— ► Wadsworth
FFG-9
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
1978-2002
Transferred to Poland as ORP
Gen. T. Kos'ciuszko (273)
[14]
— ► Duncan
FFG- 10
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
1980-1994
Transferred to Turkey as a
spare-parts hulk
[15]
-^ Clark
FFG- 11
Bath Iron Works
1980-2000
Transferred to Poland as ORP
Gen. K. Pulaski (272)
[16]
— ► George Philip
FFG- 12
Todd, San Pedro
1980-2003
Stricken, to be disposed of, 24
May 2004.
[17]
— > Samuel Eliot Morison
FFG- 13
Bath Iron Works
1980-2002
Transferred to Turkey as — > TCG
Gokova (F 496)
[18]
— ► Sides
FFG- 14
Todd, San Pedro
1981-2003
Stricken, to be disposed of, 24
May 2004.
[19]
-^ Estocin
FFG- 15
Bath Iron Works
1981-2003
transferred to Turkey as TCG
Goksu (F 497)
[20]
— ► Clifton Sprague
FFG- 16
Bath Iron Works
1981-1995
transferred to Turkey as TCG
Gaziantep (F 490)
[21]
built for Australia as
HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)
FFG- 17
Todd, Seatde
1980-2008
Decommissioned, to be sunk as
diving & fishing reef
[22]
built for Australia as
HMAS Canberra (FFG 02)
FFG- 18
Todd, Seatde
1981-2005
Decommissioned, to be sunk as
diving & fishing reef
[23]
— > John A. Moore
FFG- 19
Todd, San Pedro
1981-2001
transferred to Turkey as TCG
Gediz (F 495)
[24]
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
— * Antrim
FFG-20
Todd, Seattle
1981-1996
transferred to Turkey as TCG
Gire.«im(F491)
[25]
-^ Flatley
FFG-21
Bath Iron Works
1981-1996
transferred to Turkey as TCG
Gemlik (F 492))
[26]
— > Fahrion
FFG-22
Todd, Seatde
1982-1998
transferred to Egypt as Sharm
El-Sheik (F 901)
[27]
-* Lewis B. Puller
FFG-23
Todd, San Pedro
1982-1998
transferred to Egypt as Toushka (F
906)
[28]
-^ Jack Williams
FFG-24
Bath Iron Works
1981-1996
transferred to Bahrain as Sabha
(90)
[29]
-^ Copeland
FFG-25
Todd, San Pedro
1982-1996
transferred to Egypt as Mubarak
(F911)
[30]
-> Gallery
FFG-26
Bath Iron Works
1981-1996
transferred to Egypt as Taba (F
916)
[31]
-^ Mahlon S. Tisdale
FFG-27
Todd, San Pedro
1982-1996
transferred to Turkey as — > TCG
Gokceada (F 494)
[32]
— > Boone
FFG-28
Todd, Seatde
1982-
Naval Reserve Force, Acdve since
1998
[33]
—> Stephen W. Groves
FFG-29
Bath Iron Works
1982-
Naval Reserve Force, Active since
1997
[34]
-^ Reid
FFG-30
Todd, San Pedro
1983-1998
transferred to Turkey as TCG
Gelibolu (F 493)
[35]
-^ Stark
FFG-31
Todd, Seatde
1982-1999
Disposed of by scrapping,
dismantling, 2 1 June 2006
[36]
-^ John L. Hall
FFG-32
Bath Iron Works
1982-
Active in service as of 2009
[37]
— > Jarrett
FFG-33
Todd, San Pedro
1983-
Active in service as of 2009
[38]
— > Aubrey Fitch
FFG-34
Bath Iron Works
1982-1997
Disposed of by scrapping,
dismantling, 19 May 2005
[39]
built for Australia as
HMAS Sydney (FFG 03)
FFG-35
Todd, Seatde
1983-
Active in service as of 2009
[40]
-^ Underwood
FFG-36
Bath Iron Works
1983-
Active in service as of 2009
[41]
-» Crommelin
FFG-37
Todd, Seatde
1983-
Naval Reserve Force, Active since
2003
[42]
-^ Curts
FFG-38
Todd, San Pedro
1983-
Naval Reserve Force, Active since
1998
[43]
-* Doyle
FFG-39
Bath Iron Works
1983-
Naval Reserve Force, Active since
2002
[44]
— > Halyhurton
FFG-40
Todd, Seatde
1983-
Active in service as of 2009
[45]
-^ McClusky
FFG-41
Todd, San Pedro
1983-
Naval Reserve Force, Active since
2002
[46]
—> Klakring
FFG-42
Bath Iron Works
1983-
Naval Reserve Force, Active since
2002
[47]
— > Thach
FFG-43
Todd, San Pedro
1984-
Active in service as of 2009
[48]
built for Australia as
HMAS Darwin (FFG 04)
FFG-44
Todd, Seatde
1984-
Active in service as of 2009
[48]
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
-^ De Wert
FFG-45
Bath Iron Works
1983-
Active in service as of 2009
[49]
-^ Rentz
FFG-46
Todd, San Pedro
1984-
Active in service as of 2009
[50]
-^ Nicholas
FFG-47
Bath Iron Works
1984-
Active in service as of 2009
[51]
-^ Vandegrift
FFG-48
Todd, Seatde
1984-
Active in service as of 2009
[52]
-^ Robert G. Bradley
FFG-49
Bath Iron Works
1984-
Active in service as of 2009
[53]
— > Taylor
FFG-50
Bath Iron Works
1984-
Active in service as of 2009
[54]
— > Gary
FFG-51
Todd, San Pedro
1984-
Active in service as of 2009
[55]
— > Carr
FFG-52
Todd, Seatde
1985-
Active in service as of 2009
[56]
-^ Hawes
FFG-53
Bath Iron Works
1985-
Active in service as of 2009
[57]
— > Ford
FFG-54
Todd, San Pedro
1985-
Active in service as of 2009
[58]
-^ Elrod
FFG-55
Bath Iron Works
1985-
Active in service as of 2009
[59]
— > Simpson
FFG-56
Bath Iron Works
1985-
Naval Reserve Force, Active since
2002
[60]
— > Reuben James
FFG-57
Todd, San Pedro
1986-
Active in service as of 2009
[61]
-^ Samuel B. Roberts
FFG-58
Bath Iron Works
1986-
Active in service as of 2009
[62]
-^ Kauffinan
FFG-59
Bath Iron Works
1987-
Active in service as of 2009
[63]
— > Rodney M. Davis
FFG-60
Todd, San Pedro
1987-
Naval Reserve Force, Active since
2002
[64]
— > Ingraham
FFG-61
Todd, San Pedro
1989-
Active in service as of 2009
[65]
Australian-built
HMAS Melbourne
FFG05
Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated
(AMECON), Williamstown, Victoria
1992-
Active in service as of 2009
HMAS Newcastle
FFG06
AMECON, Williamstown
1993-
Active in service as of 2009
Spanish-built
SPS Santa Maria
F81
Bazan, Ferrol
1986-
Active in service as of 2009
SPS Victoria
F82
Bazan, Ferrol
1987-
Active in service as of 2009
SPS Numancia
F83
Bazan, Ferrol
1989-
Active in service as of 2009
SPS Reina Sofia
F84
Bazan, Ferrol
1990-
Active in service as of 2009
SPS Navarra
F85
Bazan, Ferrol
1994-
Active in service as of 2009
SPS Canarias
F86
Bazan, Ferrol
1995-
Active in service as of 2009
Republic of China-built (Taiwa
nese)
ROCS Cheng Kung
FFG-1101
China Shipbuilding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1993-
Active in service as of 2009
ROCS Cheng Ho
FFG-1103
China Shipbuilding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1994-
Active in service as of 2009
ROCS Chi Kuang
FFG-1105
China Shipbuilding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1995-
Active in service as of 2009
ROCS Yueh Fei
FFG-1106
China Shipbuilding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1996-
Active in service as of 2009
ROCS Tzu I
FFG-1107
China Shipbuilding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1997-
Active in service as of 2009
ROCS Pan Cftao
FFG-1108
China Shipbuilding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1997-
Active in service as of 2009
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
ROCS Chang Chien
FFG-1109
China Shipbuilding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1998-
Active in service as of 2009
ROCS Tien Dan
FFG-1110
China Shipbuilding, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2004-
Active in service as of 2009
Further reading
• Bruhn, David D., Steven C. Saulnier, and James L. Whittington (1997). Ready to Answer All Bells: A Blueprint
for Successful Naval Engineering. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-227-7. (Operating a Perry
frigate)
• Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
ISBN 0-8702 1-733-X. (Contains material on frigates and Perrys in particular)
• Levinson, Jeffrey L. and Randy L. Edwards (1997). Missile Inbound. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN
1-55750-517-9. (Attack on the USS Stark (FFG 31) )
• Peniston, Bradley (2006). No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf .
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-661-5. (Mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) )
• Snow, Ralph L. (1987). Bath Iron Works: The First Hundred Years. Bath, Maine: Maine Maritime Museum.
ISBN 0-9619449-0-0. (The origin and construction of the Perrys, from the design shipyard's point of view.)
• Wise, Harold Lee (2007). Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88 . Annapolis:
Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-970-3.
External links
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates at Destroyer History Foundation
• Official U.S. Navy Fact File: Frigates
• FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY-class: by the Federation of American Scientists ^^^^
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• MaritimeQuest Perry Class Overview
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• Labor 'inherited Navy nightmare': Fitzgibbon
References
[I] Burgess, Richard R. (September 2003). " Guided Missiles Removed from Perry-class Frigates (Sea Services section: Northrop
Grumman-Built DDG Mustin Commissioned in U.S. Pacific Fleet) (http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/sep_03_34.php)". Sea Power
(Washington, D.C.: Navy League of the United States) 46 (9): 34. ISSN 0199-1337 (http://worldcat.org/issn/0199-1337). OCLC 3324011
(http://worldcat.org/oclc/3324011). . Retrieved 2008-09-22.
[2] Navy has few FFG options to fill LCS gap (http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/06/navy_lcs_gap_061609w/)
[3] http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/mk-41-naval-vertical-missile-launch-systems-delivered-supported-updated-02139/
[4] Undersecretariat of Turkish Defence Industries: GENESIS modernization program (http://www.ssm.gov.tr/en/projeler/mebs/prjgrpc3/
pages/genesis d.aspx)
[5] Turkish Navy official website: GENESIS modernization program (http://www.dzkk.tsk.mil.tr/turkce/Modernizasyon.
asp?strAnaFrame=Modernizasyon&strlFrame=GENESlSProjesi&intSelect=l)
[6] MK 41 Vertical Launch Systems for Turkish Navy : Naval Forces : Defense News Air Force Army Navy News (http://www.defencetalk.
com/news/publish/navy/MK_41_Vertical_Launch_Systems_for_Turkish_Navy 120015502. php)
[7] MK 41 Naval Vertical Missile Launch Systems Delivered, Supported (updated) (http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/
mk-41-naval-vertical-missile-launch-systems-delivered-supported-updated-02139/)
[8] EMS: Turkey Requests MK41 Vertical Launch Systems (http://www.deagel.com/news/
FMS-Turkey-Requests-MK-41-Vertical-Launch-Systems_n000004036.aspx)
[9] Official Website - Frigates (http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/frigate.htm)
[10] Pakistan to get refurbished warship from US (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/
Pakistan_to_get_refurbished_warship_from_US/rssarticleshow/3615200.cms) Times of India, October 19, 2008
[II] Mayport hosts frigate working group (http://www.beachesleader.com/articles/2009/05/22/beaches_leader/news/
doc4al63ec72453d680518247.txt)
[12] http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG7.htm
[13] http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG8.htm
[14] http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG9.htm
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 2, 1785 —
August 23, 1819) was born in South Kingstown, Rhode
Island, the son of Captain Christopher Raymond Perry
and Sarah Wallace Alexander. He was an older brother to
Matthew Calbraith Perry. As a boy, he lived in South
Carolina, sailing ships practicing for his future career as
an officer in the US Navy. He served in the War of 1812
against Britain, and earned the title "Hero of Lake Erie"
for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at
the Battle of Lake Erie. The city of Perrysburg, Ohio,
Perry County, Kentuckyand its county seat Hazard,
Kentucky, the borough of Perryopolis, Pennsylvania,
Perry County, Pennsylvania, Oliver Township in Perry
County, Pennsylvania, as well as the village of
Perrysburg, New York and its the surrounding township
are all named after him.
Biography
Through his mother. Perry is descended from Scotland's
national hero, William Wallace
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Educated in Newport, Rhode Island, Perry was appointed
a midshipman in the United States Navy on April 7,
1799. During the Quasi-War with France, he was
assigned to his father's frigate, the USS General Greene. He first experienced combat on February 9, 1800, off of the
French colony of Haiti, which was in a state of rebellion.
During the First Barbary War, he initially served on the USS Adams and later commanded USS Nautilus during the
capture of Derna.
At Perry's request during the War of 1812, he was given command of United States naval forces on Lake Erie. He
supervised the building of a small fleet at Dobbin's Landing in Presque Isle Bay in Erie, Pennsylvania. On September
10, 1813, Perry's fleet defended against an attacking British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. Perry's flagship, the USS
Lawrence, was destroyed in the encounter and Perry was rowed a half-mile through heavy gunfire to transfer
command to the USS Niagara, carrying his battle flag (reading "DONT GIVE UP THE SHIP", the final words of
Captain James Lawrence). Perry's battle report to General William Henry Harrison was famously brief: "We have
met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop."
His victory opened Canada up to possible invasion, while simultaneously
protecting the entire Ohio Valley. It was one of only two significant fleet
victories of the war, along with the Battle of Plattsburgh.
In 1819, during an expedition to Venezuela's Orinoco River Oliver Hazard
Perry died of yellow fever contracted from mosquitos
Perry's battle flag
DONT GIVE UP
THESHIP
Oliver Hazard Perry
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while aboard the Nonsuch. He was 34 years old. Perry's remains
were buried in Port of Spain, Trinidad, but were later taken back to
the United States and interred in Newport, Rhode Island. After
resting briefly in the Old Common Burial Ground, his body was
moved a final time to Newport's Island Cemetery, where his
brother Matthew C. Perry is also interred. Monuments to Perry are
located in Front Park at Buffalo, New York and Perry Square in
Erie, Pennsylvania, and Perry's Monument at Put-In-Bay, Ohio.
Further reading
The final words of Captain Lawrence painted onto the
USS Lake Erie, seen here during a 2008 missile launch
^ • Langguth, A. J. (2006). Union 1812. -The Americans Who
Fought the Second War of Independence. New York: Simon & Shuster. ISBN 0743226189.
External links
• Perry @ the National Park Service
• Perry @ the Naval Historical Center
[2]
[3]
[4]
Perry's account of the Battle of Lake Erie
"Log of the Battle of Lake Erie" by Sailing Master William Taylor
US Brig Niagara
[6]
[7]
[8]
Commodore Perry IPA by Great Lakes Brewing Co
Information about the epic battle painting by Julian O. Davidson
Perry Monument, Buffalo Historical Markers and Monuments website
[9]
References
[1] Skaggs, David Curtis. "Oliver Hazard Perry: Honor, Courage, and Patriotism in the Early U.S. Navy". US Naval Institute Press, 2006. P. 4
[2] http://www.nps.gov/pevi/HTML/Perry.html
[3] http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/cl2/commodore_perry.htm
[4] http://www.hillsdale.edu/personal/stewart/war/America/1812/Naval/1813-Erie-Perry.htm
[5] http://www.brigniagara.org/log.htm
[6] http://www.brigniagara.org/
[7] http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/beerProfile.php?beer_id=00000018
[8] http://www.battleoflakeerieart.com
[9] http://www.andrle.com/markers/mark072.htm
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A frigate (pronounced /fngtt/) is a warship. The term has been used
for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries.
In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed
and manoeuvrability, the description often used being "frigate-built".
These could be warships carrying their principal battery of
carriage-mounted guns on a single deck or on two decks (with further
smaller carriage-mounted guns usually carried on the forecastle and
quarterdeck of the vessel). The term was generally used for ships too
small to stand in the line of battle, although early line-of-battle ships
were frequently referred to as frigates when they were built for speed.
In the 18th century, the term referred to ships which were usually as long as a ship-of-the-line and were
square-rigged on all three masts (full rigged), but were faster and with lighter armament, used for patrolling and
escort. In the definition adopted by the British Admiralty, they were Rated ships of at least 28 guns, carrying their
principal armament upon a single continuous deck - the upper deck, while ships-of-the-line possessed two or more
continuous decks bearing batteries of guns. Frigates did not carry any guns (or have any gunports) on their lower
decks; confusingly, the lower deck was often referred to as the "gun deck" in the British Navy (in the American
Navy, it was usually called the "berth deck"), even for frigates, where it did not carry any guns or have gunports.
Both types could (and usually did) additionly carry smaller carriage-mounted guns on their quarter decks and
forecastles (the superstructures above the upper deck). Technically, rated ships with fewer than 28 guns could not be
classed as frigates but as "post ships"; however, in common parlance most post ships were often described as
'frigates', the same casual misuse of the term being extended to smaller two-decked ships that were too small to stand
in the line of battle.
In the late 19th century (beginning about 1858 with the construction of prototypes by the British and French navies),
the armoured frigate was a type of ironclad warship and for a time was the most powerful type of vessel afloat. The
term 'frigate' was used because such ships still mounted their principal armament on a single continuous upper deck.
The later 19th century battleship thus developed from the frigate rather than from the ship of the line.
In modern navies, frigates are used to protect other warships and merchant-marine ships, especially as
anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups,
and merchant convoys. But ship classes dubbed "frigates" have also more closely resembled corvettes, destroyers,
cruisers and even battleships.
The rank Frigate Captain derives from the name of this type of ship.
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Age of sail
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Origins
The term "frigate" (Italian: fregata;
Spanish/Catalan/Portuguese/Sicilian: fragata; Dutch: "fregat")
originated in the Mediterranean in the late 15th century, referring to a
lighter galleass type ship with oars, sails and a light armament, built for
speed and maneuverability.
In 1583, during the Eighty Years' War, Habsburg Spain recovered the
Southern Netherlands from the rebellious Dutch. This soon led to the
occupied ports being used as bases for privateers, the Dunkirkers, to
attack the shipping of the Dutch and their allies. To achieve this they
developed small, maneuverable, sail-only vessels that came to be
referred to as frigates. Because most regular navies required ships of greater endurance than the Dunkirker frigates
could provide, the useful term 'frigate' was soon applied less exclusively to any relatively fast and elegant sail-only
ship, such that much later even the mighty English Sovereign of the Seas was described as 'a delicate frigate' after
modifications in 1651.
The navy of the Dutch Republic was the first regular navy to build the larger ocean-going frigates. The Dutch navy
had three principal tasks in the struggle against Spain: to protect Dutch merchant ships at sea, to blockade the ports
of Spanish-held Flanders to damage trade and halt enemy privateering, and to fight the Spanish fleet and prevent
troop landings. The first two tasks required speed, shallowness of draft for the shallow waters around the
Netherlands, and the ability to carry sufficient supplies to maintain a blockade. The third task required heavy
armament, sufficient to fight against the Spanish fleet. The first of these larger battle-capable frigates were built
around 1600 at Hoorn in Holland. By the later stages of the Eighty Years War the Dutch had switched entirely
from the heavier ships still used by the English and Spanish to the lighter frigates, carrying around 40 guns and
weighing around 300 tons.
The effectiveness of the Dutch frigates became most visible in the Battle of the Downs in 1639, triggering most other
navies, especially the English, to adopt similar innovations.
The fleets built by the Commonwealth of England in the 1650s generally consisted of ships described as 'frigates',
the largest of which were two-decker 'great frigates' of the third rate. Carrying 60 guns, these vessels were as big and
capable as 'great ships' of the time; however, most other frigates at the time were used as 'cruisers': independent fast
ships. The term 'frigate' implied a long hull design, which relates directly to speed (see hull speed) and also, in turn,
helped the development of the broadside tactic in naval warfare.
At this time a further design evolved, reintroducing oars to create the galley frigate such as the Charles Galley of
1676 which was rated as a 32 gun fifth rate but also had a bank of 40 oars set below the upper deck which could be
used to propel the ship in the absence of a favourable wind.
In French, the term 'frigate' became a verb, meaning 'to build long and low', and an adjective, adding further
confusion.
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Under the rating system of the Royal Navy, by the middle of the 18th century, the term 'frigate' was technically
restricted to single-decked ships of the fifth rate, though small 28-gun frigates were classed as sixth rate.
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Classic design
The classic sailing frigate, well-known today for its role in the
Napoleonic wars, can be traced back to French developments in the
second quarter of the 18th century. The French-built Medee of 1740 is
often regarded as the first example of this type. These ships were
square-rigged and carried all their main guns on a single continuous
upper deck. The lower deck, known as the "gun deck", now carried no
armament, and functioned as a "berth deck" where the crew lived, and
was in fact placed below the waterline of the new frigates. The new
sailing frigates were able to fight with all their guns when the seas
were so rough that comparable two-deckers had to close the gun-ports
on their lower decks (see the Action of 13 January 1797, for an
example when this was decisive). Like the larger 74 which was developed at the same time, the new frigates sailed
very well and were good fighting vessels due to a combination of long hulls and low upperworks compared to
vessels of comparable size and firepower.
The Royal Navy captured a handful of the new French frigates during the War of the Austrian Succession
(1740—1748) and were impressed by them, particularly for their inshore handling capabilities. They soon built copies
and started to adapt the type to their own needs, setting the standard for other frigates as a superpower. The first
British frigates carried 28 guns including an upper deck battery of twenty-four 9-pounder guns (the remaining four
smaller guns were carried on the quarter deck) but soon developed into Fifth Rates ships of 32 or 36 guns including
an upper deck battery of twenty-six 12-pounder guns (with the remaining six or ten smaller guns carried on the
quarter deck and forecastle). From around 1778, a larger "heavy" frigate was developed with a main battery of
twenty-six or twenty-eight 18-pounder guns (again with the remaining ten smaller guns carried on the quarter deck
and forecastle).
Royal Navy frigates of the late 18th century included the 1780- vintage Perseverance class, which measured around
900 tons burthen and carried 36 guns; this successful class was followed by numerous other classes that measured
over 1,000 tons burthen and carried 38 guns.
In 1797, the US Navy's first six major ships were 44-gun frigates (or "super-frigates"), which actually carried
fifty-six to sixty 24-pounder long guns and 36-pounder or 48-pounder carronades on two decks, and were
exceptionally powerful and tough. These ships were so well-armed that they were often seen as equal to smaller
ships of the line and, after a series of losses at the outbreak of the War of 1812, Royal Navy fighting instructions
ordered British frigates (usually of 38 guns or less) to never engage American frigates at any less than a 2:1
advantage. USS Constitution, preserved as a museum ship by the US Navy, is the oldest commissioned frigate afloat,
and is a surviving example of a frigate from the Age of Sail. Constitution and her sister ships were created in a
response to deal with the Barbary Coast pirates and in conjunction with the Naval Act of 1794. The six ships when
built had a distinctive building pattern which minimized "hogging" (in which the centre of the keel rises while both
ends drop) and improves hydrodynamic efficiency. The hull was designed so that all the weight from the guns was
upon the keel itself. Joshua Humphreys proposed that only live oak, a tree that grew only in America, should be used
to build these ships. The method was to use diagonal riders, eight on each side that sat a 45 degree angle. These
beams of live oak were about two feet wide and around a foot thick and helped to maintain the shape of the hull,
serving also to reduce flexibility and to minimize impacts. These ideas were considered revolutionary in the late
18th and early 19th century. A three-layer method was used in which the planks along the sides of the hull were laid
horizontally across the ribs, making a crossing or checker board pattern. The sides of the ship could be as thick as 25
inches, and were able to absorb substantial damage. The strength of this braced construction earned USS
Constitution the nickname "Old Ironsides".
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Role
Frigates were perhaps the hardest-worked of warship types during the Age of Sail. While smaller than a
ship-of-the-line, they were formidable opponents for the large numbers of sloops and gunboats, not to mention
privateers or merchantmen. Able to carry six months' stores, they had very long range; and vessels larger than
frigates were considered too valuable to operate independently.
Frigates scouted for the fleet, went on commerce-raiding missions and patrols, conveyed messages and dignitaries.
Usually frigates would fight in small numbers or singly against other frigates. They would avoid contact with
ships-of-the-line; even in the midst of a fleet engagement it was bad etiquette for a ship of the line to fire on an
enemy frigate which had not fired first.
For officers in the Royal Navy a frigate was a desirable posting. Frigates often saw action, which meant a greater
chance of glory, promotion, and prize money.
Unlike larger ships that were placed in ordinary, frigates were kept in service in peacetime as a cost-saving measure
and to provide experience to frigate captains and officers which would be useful in wartime. Frigates could also
carry marines for boarding enemy ships or for operations on shore.
Frigate armament ranged from 22 guns on one deck to 60 guns on two decks. Common armament was 32 to 44 long
guns, from 8- to 24-pounders (3.6 to 11 kg), plus a few carronades (large bore short-range guns).
Frigates remained a crucial element of navies until the mid- 19th
century. The first ironclads were classified as 'frigates' because of the
number of guns they carried. However, terminology changed as iron
and steam became the norm, and the role of the frigate was assumed
first by the protected cruiser and then by the light cruiser.
Frigates are often the vessel of choice in historical naval novels due to
their relative freedom compared to ships of the line (kept for fleet
actions) and smaller vessels (generally assigned to a home port and less
widely ranging). For example the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey— Maturin
series, C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series and Alexander Kent's
Richard Bolitho series. The motion picture Master and Commander
features a reconstructed historic frigate, HMS Rose, to depict Aubrey's
frigate HMS Surprise.
The fictitious, but representative, ironclad frigate
USS Abraham Lincoln, from Jules Verne's the
novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Age of steam
Vessels classed as frigates continued to play a great role in navies with
the adoption of steam power in the 19th century. In the 1830s navies
experimented with large paddle steamers equipped with large guns
mounted on one deck, which were termed 'paddle frigates'. From the
mid- 1840s frigates which more closely resembled the traditional
sailing frigate were built with steam engines and screw propellers.
These 'screw frigates', built first of wood and later of iron, continued to
perform the traditional role of the frigate until late in the 19th century.
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ship of the line designs. The additional weight of the armour on these
first ironclad warships meant that they could have only one gun deck, and they were technically frigates, even
though they were more powerful than existing ships-of-the-line and occupied the same strategic role. The phrase
'armoured frigate' remained in use for some time to denote a sail-equipped, broadside-firing type of ironclad.
Towards the end of the 19th century, the term 'frigate' fell out of use. Armoured vessels were designated as either
'battleships' or 'armoured cruisers', while unarmoured vessels including frigates and sloops were classified as
'unprotected cruisers'.
Modern Age
Second World War
Modern frigates are related to earlier frigates only by name. The term "frigate" was readopted during World War II
by the Royal Navy to describe a new type of anti-submarine escort vessel that was larger than a corvette, but smaller
than a destroyer. The frigate was introduced to remedy some of the shortcomings inherent in the corvette design:
limited armament, a hull form not suited to open-ocean work, a single shaft which limited speed and
maneuverability, and a lack of range. The frigate was designed and built to the same mercantile construction
standards (scantlings) as the corvette, allowing manufacture by yards unused to warship construction. The first
frigates of the River class (1941) were essentially two sets of corvette machinery in one larger hull, armed with the
latest Hedgehog anti-submarine weapon. The frigate possessed less offensive firepower and speed than a destroyer,
but such qualities were not required for anti-submarine warfare. Submarines were slow, and ASDIC sets did not
operate effectively at speeds of over 20 knots. Rather, the frigate was an austere and weatherly vessel suitable for
mass-construction and fitted with the latest innovations in anti-submarine warfare. As the frigate was intended purely
for convoy duties, and not to deploy with the fleet, it had limited range and speed.
The contemporaneous German Flottenbegleiter ("fleet escorts"), also known as "F-Boats" were essentially
frigates. They were based on a pre-war Oberkommando der Marine concept of vessels which could fill roles such
as fast minesweeper, minelayer, merchant escort and anti-submarine vessel. Because of the Treaty of Versailles their
displacement was officially limited to 600 tons, although in reality they exceeded this by about 100 tons. F-boats had
two stacks and two 105 mm gun turrets. The design was flawed because of its narrow beam, sharp bow and
unreliable high pressure steam turbines. F-boats suffered relatively heavy losses and were succeeded in operational
duties later in the war by Type 35 and Elbing class torpedo boats. Flottenbegleiter remained in service as advanced
training vessels.
It was not until the Royal Navy's Bay class of 1944 that a British design bearing the name of frigate was produced
for fleet use, although it still suffered from limited speed. These frigates were similar to the United States Navy's
(USN) destroyer escorts (DE), although the latter had greater speed and offensive armament to better suit them to
fleet deployments. American DEs serving in the British Royal Navy were rated as frigates, and British-influenced
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Tacoma class frigates serving in the USN were classed as patrol frigates (PF). One of the most successful post-1945
designs was the British Leander class frigate, which was used by several navies.
Guided missile role
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY Cla?^ tUSA)
NEUS7RASHIMT Class (RUiS'-fa)
The introduction of the surface-to-air missile after the Second World
War made relatively small ships effective for anti-aircraft warfare
(AAW): the "guided missile frigate." In the USN, these vessels were
called "Ocean Escorts" and designated "DE" or "DEG" until 1975 - a
holdover from the World War 11 Destroyer Escort or DE. British Navy
maintained the use of the term "frigate." Soviet Navy used the term
"guard-ship" (cxopojKeBOH Kopa6jii.).
From the 1950s to the 1970s, the USN commissioned ships classed as
guided missile frigates which were actually AAW cruisers built on
^^4^ destroyer-style hulls. Some of these ships — the Bainbridge-, Truxtun-,
' ^^^■^■f -*"-^C» California- and Virginia- classes — were nuclear-powered. These were
larger than any previous frigates and the use of the term frigate here is
much more analogous to its original use. All such ships were
reclassified as guided missile cruisers (CG / CGN) or, in the case of the
smaller FarragMf-class, as guided missile destroyers (DDG) in 1975. The last of these particular frigates were struck
from the Naval Vessel Register in the 1990s.
Nearly all modern frigates are equipped with some form of offensive or defensive missiles, and as such are rated as
guided-missile frigates (FFG). Improvements in surface-to-air missiles (e.g., the Eurosam Aster 15) allow modern
guided-missile frigates to form the core of many modern navies and to be used as a fleet defence platform, without
the need for specialised AAW frigates.
U FAyETTL Class (francftj
HALJFAJf; CUss (Canada)
Modern frigates
Anti-submarine role
At the opposite end of the spectrum, some frigates are specialised for
anti-submarine warfare (ASW). Increasing submarine speeds towards
the end of the Second World War (see German Type XXI submarine)
greatly reduced the margin of speed superiority of frigate over
submarine. The frigate could no longer be slow and powered by
mercantile machinery and consequently postwar fiigates, such as the
Whitby class, were faster. Such ships carry improved sonar equipment,
such as the variable depth sonar or towed array, and specialised
weapons such as torpedoes, forward-throwing weapons such as Limbo
and missile-carried anti-submarine torpedoes such as ASROC or Ikara.
Surface-to-air missiles such as Sea Sparrow and surface-to-surface
missiles such as Exocet give them defensive and offensive capabilities.
The Royal Navy's original Type 22 frigate is an example of a specialised ASW frigate.
Especially for ASW, most modern frigates have a landing deck and hangar aft to operate helicopters, eliminating the
need for the frigate to close with unknown sub-surface threats, and using fast helicopters to attack nuclear
submarines which may be faster than surface warships. For this task the helicopter is equipped with sensors such as
sonobuoys, wire-mounted dipping sonar and magnetic anomaly detectors to identify possible threats, and torpedoes
or depth-charges to attack them. With their onboard radar helicopters can also be used to reconnoitre
over-the-horizon targets and, if equipped with anti-ship missiles such as Penguin or Sea Skua, to attack them. The
HMS Somerset ot the Royal Navy. Type 23
frigates are leading anti-submarine warfare
frigates.
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helicopter is also invaluable for search and rescue operation and has largely replaced the use of small boats or the
jackstay rig for such duties as transferring personnel, mail and cargo between ships or to shore. With helicopters
these tasks can be accomplished faster and less dangerously, and without the need for the frigate to slow down or
change course.
Further developments
Stealth technology has been introduced in modern frigate design.
Frigate shapes are designed to offer a minimal radar cross section,
which also lends them good air penetration; the maneuverability of
these frigates has been compared to that of sailing ships. Examples are
the French La Fayette-cla&s, with the Aster 15 missile for anti-missile
capabilities, the German F125 class and Sachsen class frigates and also
the Turkish Milgem type corvettes and TF-2000 type Frigates with the
MK-41 VLS.
The modern French Navy applies the term frigate to both frigates and
destroyers in service. Pennant numbers remain divided between
F-series numbers for those ships internationally recognized as frigates
and D-series pennant numbers for those more traditionally recognized
as destroyers. This can result in some confusion as certain classes are referred to as frigates in French service while
similar ships in other navies are referred to as destroyers. This also results in some recent classes of French ships
being among the largest in the world to carry the rating of frigate.
Also in the German Navy frigates were used to replace aging destroyers; however in size and role the new German
frigates exceed the former class of destroyers. The future German F125 class frigate will be the largest class of
frigates worldwide with a displacement of 7,200 tons. The same was done in the Spanish Navy, which went ahead
with the deployment of the first Aegis frigates, the F-lOO class frigates.
Some new classes of frigates are optimized for high-speed deployment and combat with small craft rather than
combat between equal opponents; an example is the U.S. Littoral Combat Ship.
Gallery
De Zeven Provincien class frigate.
ggg^
HMSSwa/eofthe
River-class, the original
modern frigates
HMS Monmouth, a
British Type 23-class
frigate
USS Vandegrift, an
American — » Oliver
Hazard Perrv-class
frigate
HMAS Darwin, an
Australian Addaide-clasi,
frigate
HMCS Regina, a
Canadian Halifax-clsiss
frigate
Frigate
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ARC Almirante Padilla, a
Colombian Padilla-class
light missile frigate
J^Pi
INS Shivalik, an Indian
under-construction
5/irva/i^-class frigate
Surcouf, a French La
Fayette-c\a.ss frigate
F22 1 Hessen, a German
Sac/iie«-class frigate
HNLMS Van Speijk, a
Dutch Karel
Doorman-class frigate
BAP Maridtegui, a
Peruvian Lupo-class light
frigate
Yugoslav Navy frigate
VPBR-34 "Pula"
Neustrashimy class
frigate from the Russian
Navy
Spanish Alvaro de Bazan
class frigate
See also
• List of frigate classes
• List of frigate classes by country
• Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
• United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification
Lists
Note that Algerian, Tripolitan and Tunisian sail frigates are listed under Turkey. All Italian city-state frigates are
listed under Italy.
Sail frigates
(1640-1860)
Steam
frigates
(1830-1880)
Modern frigates
(1940-present)
Current
frigates
Australia
Australia
Austria
Austria
Canada
Canada
China
China
Croatia
Croatia
Denmark
Denmark
Egypt
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Greece
Greece
Greece
India
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Iran
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Malaysia
Malaysia
Montenegro
Netherlands
Netherlands
New Zealand
New Zealand
Norway
Norway
Pakistan
Pakistan
Peru
Peru
Peru
Portugal
Portugal
Portugal
Portugal
Romania
Romania
Romania
Romania
Russia
Russia
Singapore
Spain
Spain
Spain
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
United Kingdom
United
States
United States
United States
United States
Republic of China
(Taiwan)
Taiwan
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
References
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Perry Class Frigates
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) underway during a Great Lakes cruise.
Career (US)
Ordered:
10 March 1973
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Bath Iron Works
12 June 1975
Launched:
Commissioned:
25 September 1976
17 December 1977
Decommissioned:
Struck:
20 February, 1997
3 May 1999
Homeport:
Motto:
NS Mayport, Florida (former)
Don't Give Up the Ship
Nickname:
Fate:
Gallant Leader
Scrapped
Displacement:
General characteristics
4,100 tons (4,170 t) fuUload
Length:
Beam:
445 ft (136 m) overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — ► azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-2 detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) 24
Sensors and -^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
processing systems: — > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-contxol radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan -^ Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. Note: Unlike other
Perry-class frigates, USS Oliver Hazard Perry was not equipped with a Vulcan Phalanx CIWS when
built.
Aircraft carried: 1; — > SH-2 Seasprite helicopter (ship was to have capability for two helicopters, but never carried more than
one due to flight deck and hanger size limitations)
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), lead ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for — > Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval hero, who was victorious at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie.
Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works on 30 October 1973 as part of the FY73 program, Oliver Hazard Perry was laid
down on 12 June 1975, launched on 25 September 1976, and commissioned on 17 December 1977. She was ordered
as PFG-109 but was redesignated as FFG-7 in the 1975 fleet designation realignment on 1 June 1975, before she
was laid down. Decommissioned on 20 February 1997, in Mayport, FL under the last Commanding Officer, CDR
Robert F. Holman, USNR. Stricken on 3 May 1999, Oliver Hazard Perry and scrapped in December 2005 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy.
For other ships named for Perry see: USS Perry.
External links
• Photos of USS OUver Hazard Perry (FFG 7) ^^^
• MaritimeQuest USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 pages
• NVR FFG-7 ^^^^
• FFG-7 Internet Links
References
[1] http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg7.shtml
[2] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/oliver_hazard_perry_page_l.htm
[3] http://www.usnavylinks.com/FFG-7
USS Mclnerney (FFG-8)
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USS Mclnerney (FFG-8)
Career (US)
Ordered:
27 February 1976
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Bath Iron Works
16 January 1978
Launched:
Commissioned:
4 November 1978
15 December 1979
Homeport:
Motto:
Mayport, Florida
"Fast, Fearless, and Gallant"
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
—t variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-> AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
AN/SLQ-32
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Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Mclnerney (FFG-8), second ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, is the first
United States Navy ship named for Vice Admiral Francis X. Mclnerney (1899—1956). Ordered from — > Bath Iron
Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY75 program, Mclnerney was laid down on 16 January 1978, launched
on 4 November 1978, and commissioned on 15 December 1979.
1980s
Mclnerney s mission is to provide multi-threat protection for military and merchant shipping, amphibious task forces
and underway replenishment groups. During her first two years of service, Mclnerney was the US Navy test platform
for the LAMPS MK-III(SH-60B helicopter) anti-submarine warfare system and the Recovery Assist, Secure, and
Traverse (RAST) system. Her efforts during this period earned her a Meritorious Unit Commendation.
Mclnerney'^ first major deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean began in November 1982. During
this deployment she embarked a LAMPS Mk-I (SH-2 Seasprite) helicopter detachment. Mclnerney made brief port
visits to Tangiers, Morocco, and Catania, Sicily and supported the Multi-National Force in Beirut, Lebanon (earning
her the Navy Expeditionary Medal). After transiting the Suez Canal, Mclnerney operated in the Indian Ocean and
made port calls to Karachi, Pakistan, Columbo, Sri Lanka, and Mombasa, Kenya. She also crossed the equator
enroute to Diego Garcia. Following this deployment, Mclnerney operated in the Caribbean and visited Port Limon,
Costa Rica and Tela, Hondurus. She received the Coast Guard Operational Meritorious Unit Citation for her efforts
in law enforcement during this period.
In October 1984, Mclnerney deployed again to the Middle East in the midst of the Iran/Iraq Tanker War. She had
now been fitted with the Phalanx CIWS and also carried a LAMPS Mk-I (SH-2 Seasprite) helicopter detachment.
During this deployment she visited ports in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Pakistan, and Palma,
Spain. Mclnerney returned from this cruise in March 1985, and conducted law enforcement operations and other
fleet exercises. In May 1986, Mclnerney began a year-long overhaul (extended Selected Restricted Availability) in
Boston, MA. During this yard period she received the AN/SQQ-89(V)2 Anti-Submarine Warfare Suite, fin
stabilizers, and the Single Audio System. The RAST equipment was also reinstalled and made operational.
In August 1988, Mclnerney was underway for her third deployment — this one to the Mediterranean. This
deployment was highlighted by Mclnerney being awarded the COMSIXTHFLT "Hook 'Em" Award for excellence in
Anti-Submarine Warfare and a Meritorious Unit Commendation. Mclnerney returned from the Mediterranean in
February 1989, and departed for the Northern Atlantic in the spring of 1989. Anti-Submarine Warfare operations led
the Mclnerney above the Arctic Circle, and Mclnerney returned to Mayport in May 1989.
1990s
Mclnerney deployed to the Middle East in January 1991 and was awarded her second "Hook 'Em" Award after a
brief ASW operation in the Mediterranean Sea. Mclnerney then entered the Persian Gulf in support of coalition
forces against Iraq. Mclnerney performed in every warfare area during the conflict, including convoy escort, mine,
anti-air and anti-surface operations. Mclnerney earned the Navy Unit Commendation, the National Service Defense
Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal with Bronze Star, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) and the
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) for her wartime service.
USS Mclnerney (FFG-8) 27
The ship returned from the Middle East in July 1991 after escorting more than 50 merchant vessels through the
mine-swept waters to Kuwait ports. Her continued, proven prowess earned her the Battle "E" for efficiency, and the
COMNAVSURFLANT ASW Award, designating her as the top AN/SQQ-89-configured ASW platform on the East
Coast. Mclnerney & humanitarian efforts include assisting the tug Taurus in the Jacksonville Operating Area,
transferring a wounded merchant seaman during the Tanker War, rescuing Sailors from the sinking motor vessel
Jenneastar in the Mediterranean and escorting merchant ships carrying needed supplies to the ports of Kuwait
through mine-swept channels in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.
In 1999, the USS Mclnerney participated in the UNIT AS 40-99 deployment to South America.
2000s
Mclnerney completed a highly successful SOUTHCOM Counter-Drug Operations Deployment in November 2001.
The highlight of the deployment was a drug bust of an Ecuadorian fishing vessel in which nearly 10 tons of cocaine
were seized. For her efforts throughout the deployment, Mclnerney was awarded the Humanitarian Award and the
Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation.
On September 13, 2008, Mclnerney intercepted a 59-foot self-propelled semisubmersible carrying 7 tons of cocaine
off the coast of Guatemala. Four Colombian drug smugglers were captured aboard. The cargo had an estimated street
value of $187 million.
On October 5, 2009, Mclnerney left Mayport Naval Station on its final deployment.
Pakistan Transfer
In September 2008 the US Congress approved selling the frigate to Pakistan with a delivery date of August 2010.
Sighting the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act, Pakistan is considered a "major non-NATO
ally", able to receive older unneeded US military equipment. Additionally, the 32 year old frigate will be given a 65
million dollar refurbishment including anti-submarine capability paid for with foreign military aid provided by the
U.S to friendly countries. The ship will be inactivated by the US Navy on August 31, 2010 in preparation for
the transfer to Pakistan.
External links
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• USS Mclnerney official website
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• navsource.org: USS Mclnerney
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• navysite.de: USS Mclnerney
• MaritimeQuest USS Mclnerney FFG-8 pages ^^"^
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Navy Times. September 17, 2008. Retrieved on September 17, 2008.
[2] http://www.news4jax.com/news/21202523/detail.html
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19-Oct-2008/Bush-okays-antisubmarine-frigate-for-Pak)
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Pakistan_to_get_refurbished_warship_from_US/rssarticleshow/3615200.cms) Times of India, October 19, 2008
[6] Scutro, Andrew, " Subs, frigate on Ust of ships being retired (http://militarytimes.com/news/2009/07/navy_shipinactivation_072109w/)".
Military Times, July 21, 2009.
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[8] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0708.htm
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[10] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/mcinerney_ffg8_page_l.htm
USS Wadsworth (FFG-9)
USS Wadsworth (FFG-9) underway.
Career (US)
Ordered:
Builder:
27 February 1976
-^ Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
Laid down:
Launched:
13 July 1977
29 July 1978
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
2 April 1980
28 June 2002
Struck:
Homeport:
23 July 2002
San Diego, California (former)
Fate:
Badge:
Transferred to Poland and renamed ORP General Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
Displacement:
Length:
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
445 ft (136 m).
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
Speed:
2 X ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and -
variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods for
maneuvering and docking.
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
USS Wadsworth (FFG-9)
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Complement:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -^ SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing
systems:
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for —> Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four —> .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard anti-ship/air
missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Wadsworth (FFG-9), third ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for
Commodore Alexander S. Wadsworth (1790-1851).
Ordered from — > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY75 program,
Wadsworth was laid down on 13 July 1977, launched on 29 July 1978, and commissioned on 2 April 1980.
Decommissioned on 28 June 2002, Wadsworth was handed over to Poland the same day and commissioned as ORP
General Tadeusz Kosciuszko , after Tadeusz Kosciuszko an American Revolutionary War hero in the United States
and an independence hero in Poland. She was formally decommissioned from the US Navy on 23 July 2002.
Wadsworth portrayed the USS Reuben James in the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October.
External links
[1]
navysite.de: USS Wadsworth
MaritimeQuest USS Wadsworth FFG-9 pages
NVR FFG-9 '^^^^
[2]
References
[1] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG9.HTM
[2] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/wadsworth_ffg9_page_l.htm
USS Duncan (FFG-10)
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USS Duncan (FFG-10)
USS Duncan (FFG-10) comes about near San Diego, California.
Career (US)
Ordered:
Builder:
27 February 1976
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
Laid down:
Launched:
29 April 1977
1 March 1978
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
15 May 1980
17 December 1994
Struck:
Homeport:
5 January 1998
Long Beach, California (former)
Fate:
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
General characteristics
Class and type: — ► Oliver Hazard Pe/ry-class — ► frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -» azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enUsted, plus -» SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enUsted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Duncan (FFG-10) 31
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Duncan (FFG-10), fourth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for
Vice Admiral Donald B. Duncan (1896—1975). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 27 February 1976 as part
of the FY75 program, Duncan was laid down on 29 April 1977, launched on 1 March 1978, and commissioned on 15
May 1980. Decommissioned on 17 December 1994 and stricken on 5 January 1998, Duncan was sold to Turkey on 5
April 1999 for use as a parts hulk.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Duncan FFG-10 pages '^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/duncan_ffg_10_page_l.htm
USS Clark (FFG-11)
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USS Clark (FFG-11)
A starboard bow view of the guided missile frigate USS Clark (FFG-11) underway.
Career (US)
Ordered:
Builder:
27 February 1976
— > Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
Launched:
17 July 1978
24 March 1979
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
9 May 1980
15 March 2000
Struck:
Homeport:
15 March 2000
Norfolk, Virginia (former)
Fate:
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
General characteristics
Class and type: — > Oliver Hazard Pe/ry-class — ► frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draft: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Clark (FFG- 11) 33
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Clark (FFG-11), fifth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for
Admiral Joseph James "Jocko" Clark (1893-1971). Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of
the FY76 program, Clark was laid down on 17 July 1978, launched on 24 March 1979, and commissioned on 9 May
1980. Decommissioned and stricken on 15 March 2000, she was handed over to Poland that same day to become the
Polish Navy's Gen. K. Pulaski, after Kazimierz Pulaski, a Polish soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary
War.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Clark FFG-11 pages ^^^
• Ussclark Blogspot
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/clark_ffg_ll_page_l.htm
[2] http://www.ussclark.blogspot.com
USS George Philip (FFG-12)
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USS George Philip (FFG-12)
USS George Philip underway during sea trials in 1982
Career (US)
Ordered:
Builder:
27 February 1976
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
Laid down:
Launched:
14 December 1977
16 December 1978
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
10 October 1980
15 March 2003
Struck:
Homeport:
24 May 2004
San Diego, California (former)
Fate:
Stricken, to be disposed of
General characteristics
Class and type: — > Oliver Hazard Perrj-class -^ frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — ► azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-> AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS George Philip (FFG-12) 35
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS George Philip (FFG-12), sixth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named
for Commander George Philip, Jr. (1912-1945). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on 27 February 1976
as part of the FY76 program, George Philip was laid down on 14 December 1977, launched on 16 December 1978,
and commissioned on 10 October 1980. Decommissioned on 15 March 2003, as of June 2003 George Philip is in
reserve at Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility Bremerton, WA.
The George Philip was expected to join the Portuguese Navy in 2006, together with her sister ship — > Sides, but the
Portuguese Navy dropped the offer and chose two Dutch Karel Doorman-cla&& frigates instead.
The George Philip was expected to join the Turkish Navy in the summer of 2008, together with her sister ship — >
Sides, but the Turkish Navy dropped the offer.
References
77;/,? article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[171
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS George Philip FFG-12 pages ^^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/george_phiiip_ffg_12.htm
USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
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USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
Career (US)
Ordered:
Builder:
27 Febi-uary 1976
— > Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
Launched:
4 December 1978
14 July 1979
Acquired:
Commissioned:
I August 1980
II October 1980
Decommissioned:
Struck:
10 April 2002
23 July 2002
Homeport:
Motto:
San Diego, California (former)
The past is prologued
Fate:
sold to Turkey on 1 1 April 2002, renamed TCG Gokova (F 496)
General characteristics
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — ► azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -^ SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
37
Electronic wai-fare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan -^ Phalanx CIWS; four —> .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for -^ Harpoon anti-ship missiles and —> SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
capable of landing SH-2, SH-3 and SH-60 but was never modified to carry LAMPS (ie "poop deck")Lack of
funding for NRF ships.
USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), the seventh — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was named for Rear
Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887—1976), one of America's most distinguished naval historians, who wrote more
than 40 books on naval history.
On 1 1 April 2002, Samuel Eliot Morison was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey, where she was renamed
TCG Gokova (F 496) and joined the other G class frigates (— > Perry class) that the Turkish Navy has acquired from
the United States.
Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) 38
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
MOT
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Samuel Eliot Morison FFG-13 pages
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/samuel_e_morison_page_l.htm
USS Sides (FFG-14)
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USS Sides (FFG-14)
Career (US)
Ordered:
USS Sides entering San Francisco harbor in 2002
27 February 1976
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
7 August 1978
Launched:
Commissioned:
19 May 1979
30 May 1981
Decommissioned:
Struck:
28 February 2003
24 May 2004
Homeport:
Fate:
NS San Diego, California (former)
Stricken, to be disposed of
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class -^ frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — ► azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -^ SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Sides (FFG-14) 40
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Sides (FFG-14) is a — > Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigate of the US Navy.
The eighth ship in the class, it was named for Admiral John H. Sides (died 1978). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San
Pedro, California, on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program. Sides was laid down on 7 August 1978,
launched on 19 May 1979, and commissioned on 30 May 1981. Sides escorted tankers through the Straits of Hormuz
during the Tanker War and participated in Operation Praying Mantis, the retaliation for Iranian mining operations.[l]
The Sides was also part of the Surface Action Group under USS Vincennes when Iran Air 655 was shot down.
Decommissioned on 28 February 2003, Sides is currently laid up in reserve at Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance
Facility Bremerton, Washington.
Sides was expected to join the Portuguese Navy in 2006, together with her sister ship — > George Philip, but the
Portuguese Navy dropped the offer and chose two Dutch Karel Doorman Frigates instead.
Sides was expected to join the Turkish Navy in the summer of 2008, together with her sister ship — > George Philip,
but the Turkish Navy dropped the offer.
Further reading
• Wise, Harold Lee (2007). Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88 . Annapolis:
Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-970-3.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[191
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Sides FFG-14 pages ^^^
References
[1] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-14.htm
[2] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/sides_ffgl4_page_l.htm
USSEstocin(FFG-15)
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USS Estocin (FFG-15)
USS Estocin underway in the Caribbean Sea
Career (US)
Ordered:
27 Febmary 1976
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Bath Iron Works
2 April 1979
Launched:
Commissioned:
3 November 1979
10 January 1981
Decommissioned:
Struck:
3 April 2003
3 April 2003
Homeport:
Fate:
Norfolk, Virginia (former)
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
Displacement:
General characteristics
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-> AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USSEstocin(FFG-15) 42
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Estocin (FFG-15), ninth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for
Captain Michael John Estocin (1931—1967). Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the
FY76 program, Estocin was laid down on 2 April 1979, launched on 3 November 1979, and commissioned on 10
January 1981. Decommissioned and stricken on 3 April 2003, Estocin was on the same day transferred to Turkey as
that nation's TCG Goksu (F 497).
Estocin (FFG-15) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Estocin FFG-15 pages ^^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/estocin_ffgl5_page_l.htm
USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16)
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USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16)
—*.*
USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16).
Career (US)
Ordered:
27 February 1976
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Bath Iron Works
30 July 1979
Launched:
Commissioned:
16 February 1980
21 March 1981
Decommissioned:
Struck:
2 June 1995
4 September 1997
Homeport:
Fate:
Mayport, Rorida (former)
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
General characteristics
Displacement:
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
Propulsion:
22 ft (6.7 m)
2 X ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -» azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — ► SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Clifton Sprague(FFG-16) 44
Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-2 LAMPS I helicopters
USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16), is an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-c\?i&& guided missile — > frigate of the United States
Navy, the tenth ship of that class. She was named for Vice Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague (1896—1955), hero of the
Samar action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where he received the Navy Cross. The unclassified citation was in the
wardroom until shortly before decommissioning. Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of
the FY76 program, Clifton Sprague was laid down 30 July 1979, launched 16 February 1980, and commissioned 21
March 1981. Decommissioned 2 June 1995 at NAVSTA Mayport, Florida, she was transferred to Turkey on 27
August 1997 as that nation's TCG Gazantiep (F 490) and then immediately modified into a G class frigate by the
Turkish Naval Yard. She was stricken from the US Navy register on 4 September 1997.
Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[211
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Clifton Sprague FFG-16 pages
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/clifton_sprague_ffg_16_page_l.htm
USS John A. Moore (FFG-19)
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USS John A.Moore (FFG-19)
USS John A Moore (FFG-19)
Career (US)
Ordered:
Builder:
28 Febmary 1977
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
Laid down:
Launched:
19 December 1978
20 October 1979
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
14 November 1981
1 September 2000
Struck:
Homeport:
1 September 2000
San Diego, California (former)
Fate:
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
General characteristics
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — > azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -» SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
AN/SLQ-32
USS John A. Moore (FFG-19)
46
Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two -> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — ► Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan —> Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for —> Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS John A. Moore (FFG-19), eleventh ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was
named for Commander John A. Moore (1910—1944). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on 28 February
1977 as part of the FY77 program, John A. Moore was laid down on 19 September 1978, launched on 20 October
1979, and commissioned on 14 November 1981. Decommissioned and stricken on 1 September 2000, she was
transferred to Turkey as that nation's TCG Gediz (F 495).
John A. Moore (FFG-19) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication.
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
[24]
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS John A. Moore FFG-19 pages
[1]
TCG Gediz (F495), former USS John A. Moore
References
[1] tittp://www. maritimequest.com/warstiip_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/john_a_moore_ffgl9. htm
USS Antrim (FFG-20)
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USS Antrim (FFG-20)
Career (US)
Ordered:
28 February 1977
Builder:
Laid down:
—> Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
21 June 1978
Launched:
Acquired:
27 March 1979
20 August 1981
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
26 September 1981
8 May 1996
Fate:
Struck:
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
4 September 1997
Career (Turkey)
Acquired:
Status:
27 August 1997
Active in service as of 2009
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate
Displacement:
Length:
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
453 ft (138.1m), overall
Beam:
Draft:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
Speed:
2 X -> General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-> variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — > azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
Complement:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus ^ SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radai"
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Antrim (FFG-20)
48
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two -> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for -^ Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan -> Phalanx CIWS; four ^ .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
2 X ^ SH-2 LAMPS helicopters
USS Antrim (FFG-20) was the twelfth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. She was
named for Rear Admiral Richard Nott Antrim (1907—1969). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February
1977 as part of the FY77 program, Antrim was laid down on 21 June 1978, launched on 27 March 1979, and
commissioned on 26 September 1981.
Decommissioned on 8 May 1996, she was transferred to Turkey on 27 August 1997. She was stricken from the U.S.
Naval Vessel Register on 4 September 1997.
TCG Giresun (F 491)
The ship serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG Giresun (F 491).
On 16 March 2009, TCG Giresun, along with HDMS Absalon successfully prevented a pirate attack on the
Vietnamese cargo ship MV Diamond Falcon from succeeding in capturing the target ship.
References
[1] " Dan Mach, Tho Nhi Ky cung giai ciJu tau hang Viet Nam (http://vietbao.vn/The-gioi/
Dan-Mach-Tho-Nhi-Ky-cung-giai-cuu-tau-hang-Viet-Nam/20836583/159/)" (in Vietnamese). Viet hao.com. 16 March 2009. . Retrieved 24
March 2009.
[2] " Vietnamese Cargo Ship Rescued From Pirates - Turkish Army (http://news. momingstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews. aspx?article=/DJ/
200903 160327DOWJONESDJONLINE000073_univ.xml)". Morningstar.com. 16 March 2009. . Retrieved 24 March 2009.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG20.htm).
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Antrim FFG-20 (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/
frigates/pages/an trim_ffg_20_page_l.htm)
List of the Turkish Navy Equipment
USS Flatley (FFG-21)
49
USS Flatley (FFG-21)
Career (US)
Ordered:
28 February 1977
Builder:
Laid down:
—> Bath Iron Works
11 November 1979
Launched:
Acquired:
15 May 1980
8 May 1981
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
20 June 1981
11 May 1996
Fate:
Struck:
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
10 October 2001
Career (Turkey)
Acquired:
Status:
27 August 1998
Active in service as of 2009
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate
Displacement:
Length:
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
453 ft (138.1m), overall
Beam:
Draft:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
Speed:
2 X -> General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-> variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — > azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
Complement:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus ^ SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radai"
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Flatley (FFG-21) 50
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four —> .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Flatley (FFG-21) was the thirteenth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates. She
was named for Vice Admiral James H. Flatley (1906—1958), a leading Naval Aviation tactician from World War II
who flew the F4F Wildcat in the Battle of Coral Sea and subsequently commanded the VF-10 Grim Reapers taking
them into combat for the first time.
Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Flatley' & keel was laid down on
13 November 1979. She was launched on 15 May 1980, and commissioned on 20 June 1981. Decommissioned on 11
May 1996, she was sold to Turkey on 27 August 1998.
TCG Gemlik (F 492)
The ship immediately underwent conversion into a Turkish G class frigate. She serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG
Gemlik (F 492).
Flatley (FFG-21) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Flatley FFG-21 pages ^^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/flatley_ffg21_page_l.htm
USS Fahrion (FFG-22)
51
USS Fahrion (FFG-22)
Career (US)
Ordered:
28 February 1977
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
1 December 1978
Launched:
Acquired:
24 August 1979
29 December 1981
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
16 January 1982
31 March 1998
Struck:
Homeport:
31Mai-chl998
Mayport, Florida (former)
Fate:
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement:
— > Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
4, 1 00 tons (4,1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
Propulsion:
22 ft (6.7 m)
2x —> General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -» azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — ► SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Fahrion (FFG-22) 52
Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Fahrion (FFG-22), fourteenth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for Admiral Frank George Fahrion (1894—1970). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February
1977 as part of the FY77 program, Fahrion was laid down on 1 December 1978, launched on 24 August 1979, and
commissioned on 16 January 1982. Transferred to Egypt on 15 March 1998 as that nation's Sharm El-Sheik (F 901),
she was formally decommissioned and stricken on 31 March 1998.
Fahrion (FFG-22) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[271
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Fahrion FFG-22 pages
• GlobalSecurity.org FFG-22 ^^^
See also
• List of United States Navy ships
• List of ship launches in 1979
• List of ship commissionings in 1982
• List of ship commissionings in 1998
• List of ship decommissionings in 1998
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/fahrion_ffg_22_page_l.htm
[2] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-22.htm
USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23)
53
USS Lewis B.PuUer (FFG-23)
USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23)
Career (US)
Ordered:
Builder:
28 February 1977
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down:
Launched:
23 May 1979
15 March 1980
Acquired:
Commissioned:
1 March 1982
17 April 1982
Decommissioned:
Struck:
18 September 1998
18 September 1998
Homeport:
Fate:
San Diego, California (former)
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Pe/ry-class — ► frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— > variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -» azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -> SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) 54
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23), fifteenth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for Marine Lieutenant General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (1898—1971). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San
Pedro, CA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Lewis B. Puller was laid down on 23 May 1979,
launched on 15 March 1980, and commissioned on 17 April 1982. Decommissioned and stricken on 18 September
1998, she was transferred to Egypt the same day as that nation's Toushka (F 906).
Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
r2si
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Lewis B. Puller FFG-23 pages ^^^
• GlobalSecurity.org FFG-23 ^^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/lewis_b_puller_page_l.htm
[2] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-23.htm
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)
55
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)
Career (US)
Name:
Ordered:
USS Jack Williams
28 Febmai-y 1977
Builder:
Laid down:
^ Bath Iron Works
25 February 1980
Launched:
Commissioned:
30 August 1980
19 September 1981
Decommissioned:
Struck:
13 September 1996
13 September 1996
Homeport:
Motto:
Mayport, Florida
Guardez Bien
Nickname:
Fate:
The Arky
transferred to Bahrain, 1996
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Pe/ry-class — ► frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— > variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) 56
Sensors and -^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
processing systems: — > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-contxol radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24), sixteenth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for Pharmacist's Mate Second Class Jack Williams, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for
his heroism in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program. Jack Williams was laid down
on 25 February 1980; launched on 30 August 1980; and commissioned on 19 September 1981.
Decommissioned and stricken on 13 September 1996, she was transferred to Bahrain the same day and
recommissioned as the BANS Sabha (90).
Jack Williams (FFG-24) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[291
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS Jack WilUams FFG-24 ^^^ page at NavyVets.com ^^^
[31
• navsource.org: USS Jack Williams
[41
• navysite.de: USS Jack Williams
• MaritimeQuest USS Jack Williams FFG-24 pages ^^^
References
[1] http://www.navyvets.com/group/ussjackwilliamsffg24
[2] http://www.navyvets.com
[3] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0724.htm
[4] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG24.HTM
[5] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/jack_williams_page_l.htm
USS Copeland (FFG-25)
57
USS Copeland (FFG-25)
Career (US)
Ordered:
USS Copeland (FFG-25)
28 February 1977
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
24 October 1979
Launched:
Commissioned:
26 July 1980
7 August 1982
Decommissioned:
Renamed:
18 September 1996
Mubarak (F 911)
Struck:
Homeport:
18 September 1996
San Diego, California
Fate:
transferred to Egypt
General characteristics
Class and type: — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class ^ frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — ► azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29-1- knots (54-1- km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -^ SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Copeland (FFG-25) 58
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Copeland (FFG-25) was the seventeenth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile — > frigates
in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Robert W. Copeland (1910—1973).
Ordered from — > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program,
Copeland was laid down on 24 October 1979, launched on 26 July 1980, and commissioned on 7 August 1982.
Decommissioned and stricken on 18 September 1996, she was transferred to Egypt the same day as that nation's
Mubarak {¥911).
Copeland (FFG-25) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
77;/,? article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Copeland FFG-25 pages '^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/copeland_ffg_25.htm
USS Gallery (FFG-26)
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USS Gallery (FFG-26)
> -
USS Gallery (FFG-26)
Career (US)
Ordered:
28 February 1977
Builder:
-^ Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
17 May 1980
Launched:
20 December 1980
Acquired:
10 November 1981
Commissioned:
5 December 1981
Decommissioned:
14 June 1996
Struck:
14 June 1996
Homeport:
Mayport, Florida (former)
Fate:
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
General characteristics
Class and type:
-> Oliver Hazard Perry-class -^ frigate
Displacement:
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
Beam:
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
2 X ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x AuxiUary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -» azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — ► SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Gallery (FFG-26) 60
Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Gallery (FFG-26), eighteenth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for three brothers: Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery (1901—1977), Rear Admiral William O. Gallery
(1904-1981), and Rear Admiral Philip D. Gallery (1907-1973). Ordered from -^ Bath Iron Works on 28 February
1977 as part of the FY77 program. Gallery was laid down on 17 May 1980, launched on 20 December 1980, and
commissioned on 5 December 1981. Decommissioned and stricken on 14 June 1996, she was transferred to Egypt on
25 September 1996 as that nation's Taba (F 916).
Gallery (FFG-26) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[311
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Gallery FFG-26 pages ^^^
• GIobaISecurity.org FFG-26 ^^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/gallery_ffg26_page_l.htm
[2] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-26.htm
USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27)
61
USS Mahlon S.Tisdale (FFG-27)
USS Mahlon S Tisdale (FFG-27)
Career ((US))
Ordered:
23 January 1978
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards Los Angeles Division,
San Pedro, California
19 March 1980
Launched:
Acquired:
7 February 1981
22 October 1982
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
27 November 1982
27 September 1996
Struck:
Homeport:
20Febmary 1998
San Diego, California (former)
Fate:
Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
General characteristics
Class and type: — ► Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— > variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -» azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -» SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27) 62
Sensors and -^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
processing systems: — > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-contxol radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 cahber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27), nineteenth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates,
was named for Vice Admiral Mahlon Street Tisdale (1890-1972). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on
23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Mahlon S. Tisdale was laid down on 19 March 1980, launched on 7
February 1981, and commissioned on 27 November 1982. Decommissioned on 27 September 1996 and stricken on
20 February 1998, she was transferred to Turkey on 5 April 1999 as that nation's TCG Gokgeada (F 494).
Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[321
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Mahlon S. Tisdale FFG-27 pages ^^^
• GlobalSecurity.org FFG-27 ^^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/mahlon_s_tisdale_page_l.htm
[2] http://www.globalsecurity.org/miIitary/agency/navy/ffg-27.htm
USS Boone (FFG-28)
63
USS Boone (FFG-28)
USS Boone (FFG-28) passing the Statue of Liberty, Fleet Week, New York 2002
Career (US)
Name:
USS Boone
Namesake:
Ordered:
Vice Admiral Joel Thompson Boone, M.D.
23 January 1978
Builder:
Laid down:
-> Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
27 March 1979
Launched:
Commissioned:
16 January 1980
15 May 1982
Homeport:
Motto:
Mayport, Florida
Brave Man, Brave Ship
Fate:
Badge:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement:
— > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
USS Boone (FFG-28)
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Beam:
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
2 X — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and — >
variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — > azipods for
maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing
systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic
warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard anti-ship/air
missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Boone (FFG-28) is the twentieth ship in the United States Navy's — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided
missile — > frigates.
The frigate was named for Vice Admiral Joel Thompson Boone, M.D. (1889—1974). FFG-28, the first U.S. ship to
bear the Admiral's name, was ordered January 23, 1978, launched 16 January 1980 by — > Todd Pacific Shipyards,
and commissioned 15 May 1982. She has since racked up numerous awards and commendations.
USS Boone is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 and was the recipient of the 2005 DESRON 14 Battle "E". On 16
February 2007, Bunker Hill was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [1]
Boone is homeported in Mayport, Florida, and is a member of the Navy Reserve.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication.
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
[33]
External links
• USS Boone Official site ^^^
• navsource.org: USS Boone
[4]
[3]
navysite.de: USS Boone
MaritimeQuest USS Boone FFG-28
[5]
USS Boone (FFG-28) 65
Further reading
• Milton F. Heller III (2000). The Presidents' Doctor : An Insider's View of Three First Families. Vantage Pr; 1st ed
edition (August 2000). ISBN 0-533-13159-6.
References
[1] http://www.navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=27895
[2] http://www.boone.navy.mi1//
[3] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0728.htm
[4] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG28.HTM
[5] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/boone_ffg_28_page_l.htm
USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29)
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USS Stephen W.Groves (FFG-29)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS Stephen W.Groves (FFG-29)
Ensign Stephen W. Groves (1917-1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
Ordered:
Builder:
23 Januai-y 1978
— > Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
Launched:
16 September 1980
4 April 1981
Commissioned:
Homeport:
17 April 1982
Mayport, Florida
Motto:
Nickname:
Dirigo (I Direct)
Stevie G
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — ► Oliver Hazard Perry-c\s&s —> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29-1- knots (54-1- km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus —> SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29)
67
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan -^ Phalanx CIWS; four —> .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for -^ Harpoon anti-ship missiles and —> SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS IH helicopters
USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29), twenty-first ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — >
frigates, was named for Ensign Stephen W. Groves (1917—1942), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded
the Navy Cross for his heroism at the Battle of Midway during World War II.
Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Stephen W. Groves was laid
down on 16 September 1980, launched on 4 April 1981, and commissioned on 17 April 1982, Commander Philip A.
Bozzelli commanding.
On 28 August 2005, she sailed from her then-home port of Pascagoula, Mississippi, along with sister ship — > John L.
Hall (FFG-32) under threat from Hurricane Katrina; Naval Station Pascagoula is now closed as a result of Hurricane
Katrina.
As of 2006, she remained active, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 and home-ported at Naval Station Mayport,
Florida.
Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) is the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy. A previous ship named for Ensign
Groves, destroyer escort USS Groves (DE-543) was cancelled in 1944 prior to completion.
The Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) as seen at sunset in Key West on
22 July 2007.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[341
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS Stephen W. Groves official website
• navsource.org: USS Stephen W. Groves
[3]
[1]
[2]
navysite.de: USS Stephen W. Groves
MaritimeQuest USS Stephen W. Groves FFG-29 pages
[4]
USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) 68
References
[1] http://www.groves.navy.mil/
[2] http://www.navsoiirce.org/archives/07/0729.htm
[3] http://navysite.de/ffg/FFG29.HTM
[4] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/stephen_w_groves_ffg29_page_l.htm
USS Reid (FFG-30)
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USS Reid (FFG-30)
USS Reid (FFG-30)
Career (US)
Ordered:
Builder:
23 January 1978
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
Laid down:
Launched:
8 October 1980
27 June 1981
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
19 February 1983
25 September 1998
Nickname:
Fate:
Reidski
transferred to Turkey, 1999
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-c\e&% -^ frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-> AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
AN/SLQ-32
USS Reid (FFG-30) 70
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Reid (FFG-30), twenty-second ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for Sailing Master Samuel Chester Reid (1783—1861).
Ordered from — > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program,
Reid was laid down on 8 October 1980, launched on 27 June 1981, and commissioned on 19 February 1983.
On on 18 August 1990, Reid fired the first shots of Operation Desert Shield when she fired across the bow of an Iraqi
tanker who had refused to change course when ordered.
Decommissioned and stricken on 25 September 1998, she was transferred to Turkey on 5 January 1999 as that
nation's TCG Gelibolu (F 493).
The Reid's unofficial nickname Reidski, used during the 1980s, came into use as the Reid found herself, more often
than not, playing on the side of the "orange" team during fleet exercises.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Reid FFG-30 pages ^^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/reid_ffg_30_page_l.htm
USS Stark (FFG-31)
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USS stark (FFG-31)
USS Stark (FFG-31)
Career (US)
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
24 August 1979
Launched:
Commissioned:
30 May 1980
23 October 1982
Decommissioned:
Struck:
7 May 1999
7 May 1999
Homeport:
Motto:
Mayport, Florida (former)
Strength for Freedom
Fate:
Disposed of by scrapping - dismantled June 21, 2006
General characteristics
Class and type: — > Oliver Hazard Perrj-class -> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-> variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — ► azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Stark (FFG-31)
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Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two -> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — ► Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan —> Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for —> Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Stark (FFG-31), twenty-third ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for Admiral Harold Rainsford Stark (1880—1972). In 1987, Iraqi jet fighters attacked the USS Stark under
disputed circumstances. 37 Americans sailors died as a result. It is the only successful anti-ship missile attack on a
U.S. Navy warship.
Ordered from — > Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program.
Stark was laid down on 24 August 1979, launched on 30 May 1980, and commissioned on 23 October 1982, CDR
Terence W. Costello commanding. Decommissioned on 7 May 1999, Stark was scrapped in 2006.
Missile attack
The USS Stark was deployed to the Middle East Force in 1984 and 1987. Captain Glenn R. Brindel was the
commanding officer during the 1987 deployment. The ship was struck on May 17, 1987, by two Exocet antiship
missiles fired from an Iraqi F-1 Mirage plane during the Iran— Iraq War. The plane had taken off from Shaibah
at 20:00 and had flown south into the Persian Gulf. The fighter fired the first Exocet missile from a range of 22.5
nautical miles, and the second from 15.5 nautical miles, at about the time the fighter was given a routine radio
warning by the Stark. The frigate did not detect the missiles with radar and warning was given by the lookout only
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moments before the missiles struck. The first penetrated the port-side hull; it failed to detonate, but spewed
flaming rocket fuel in its path. The second entered at almost the same point, and left a 3-by-4-meter gash — then
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exploded in crew quarters. Thirty-seven sailors were killed and twenty-one were injured.
No weapons were fired in defense of Stark. The — » Phalanx CIWS
remained in standby mode, — > Mark 36 SRBOC countermeasures were
not armed, and the attacking Exocet missiles and Mirage aircraft were
in a blindspot of the defensive STIR (Separate Target Illumination
Radar) fire control system, preventing use of the ship's — > Standard
missile defenses. The ship failed to maneuver to bring its weapons
batteries to bear prior to the first missile impact
[4]
Stark listing following two hits by Exocet
missiles
On fire and listing, the frigate was brought under control by its crew
during the night. The ship made its way to Bahrain where, after
temporary repairs by the tender USS Acadia (AD-42) to make her
seaworthy, she returned to her home port of Mayport, Florida, under her own power. The ship was eventually
repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi for $142 million.
USS Stark (FFG-31)
73
The question of whether or not Iraqi leadership authorized the attack is
still unanswered. Initial claims by the Iraqi government (that Stark was
inside the Iran— Iraq War zone) were shown to be false, so the motives
and orders of the pilot remain unanswered. Though American officials
claimed he had been executed, an ex-Iraqi Air Force commander since
stated that the pilot who attacked Stark was not punished, and was still
alive at the time.
Citing lapses in training requirements and lax procedures, the board of
inquiry relieved Captain Brindel of command and recommended him
for court-martial, along with Tactical Action Officer Lieutenant Basil
E. Moncrief. Instead, Brindel and Mondrief received non-judicial punishment from Admiral Frank B. Kelso II and
letters of reprimand. Both opted for early retirement, while Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Raymond
Gajan Jr. was detached for cause and received a letter of admonition.
A view of external damage to the port side
1990s
Stark was part of the Standing Naval Forces Atlantic Fleet in 1990 before returning to the Middle East Force in
1991. She was attached to UNITAS in 1993 and took part in Operation Support Democracy and Operation Able
Vigil in 1994. In 1995, she returned to the Middle East Force before serving in the Atlantic in 1997 and in 1998.
Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999. A scrapping contract was awarded to Metro Machine Corp. of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 7 October, 2005. The ship was reported scrapped on June 21, 2006
[7]
Casualties
toij mill -sraKsi^ ipumivr'isa
^1
USS Stark memorial in
Mayport, Florida
USS Stark (FFG-31)
74
USS Stark casualties
SN Doran H. Bolduc,
Lacey, WA
RMSA Dexter D. Grissett,
Macon, GA
FCCS Robert L. Shippee,
Adams Center, NY
BMl Braddi O. Brown,
Calera, AL
FC3 William R. Hansen,
Reading, MA
SMSA Jeffrey C. Sibley,
Metairie, LA
FC3 Jeffrey L. Calkins,
Richfield Springs, NY
GMG3 Daniel Homicki,
Elizabeth, NJ
OS3 Lee Stephens,
Pemberton, OH
SN Mark R. Caouette,
Fitchburg, MA
OSSN Kenneth D. Janusik,
Jr.,
Clearwater, FL
BM2 James R. Stevens,
Visalia, CA
SN John A. Ciletta, Jr., f
Brigantine, NJ
OS3 Steven E. Kendall,
Honolulu, HI
ET3 Martin J. Supple,
Jacksonville, FL
SR Brian M. Clinefelter,
San Bernadino, CA
EMCS Stephen Kiser,
Elkhart, IN
EC 1 Gregory L. Tweady,
Champaign, IL
0S3 Antonio A. Daniels,
GreeleyviUe, SC
SMI Ronnie G. Lockett,
Bessemer, AL
ET3 Kelly R. Quick,
Linden, MI
ET3 Christopher DeAngelis,
t
Dumont, NJ
GMMl Thomas J.
MacMuUen,
Darby, PA
SN Vincent L. Ulmer,
Bay Minette, AL
IC3 James S. Dunlap,
Osceola Mills, PA
EW3 Charles T. MoUer,
Columbus, GA
EW3 Joseph P. Watson,
Ferndale, MI
STGSN Steven T. Erwin, t
Troy, MI
DSl Randy E. Pierce,
Choctaw, OK
ET3 Wayne R. Weaver,
II,
New Bethlehem, PA
RM2 Jerri B.Farr,
Charleston, SC
SA Jeffrei L. Phelps,
Locust Grove, VA
OSSN Terrance Weldon,
Coram, NY
QMCS Vernon T. Foster,
Jacksonville, FL
GM3 James Plonsky,
Van Nuys, CA
IC2 Lloyd A. Wilson,
Summerville, SC
SMSN Earl P. Ryals, f
Boca Raton, FL
t Buri
ed in Arlington National CemetE
;ry
See also
• KAL 007: The Search in International Waters for the role of the USS Stark
Further reading
Levinson, Jeffrey L. and Randy L. Edwards (1997). Missile Inbound. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN
1-55750-517-9.
Wise, Harold Lee (2007). Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88 . Annapolis:
Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-970-3.
USS Stark (FFG-31) 75
References
[1] http://www.jag.navy.mil/library/investigations/USS%20STARK%20BASIC.pdf
[2] Desert Storm at sea: what the Navy really did by Marvin Pokrant (http://books. google. fr/books?id=erVzmflT2MIC&
printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false), P43.
[3] Stephen Andrew Kelley (June 2007) (PDF), Better Lucky Than Good: Operation Earnest Will as Gunboat Diplomacy (http://www.ccc.nps.
navy.mil/research/theses/kelley07.pdf), Naval Postgraduate School, , retrieved 2007-11-09
[4] Formal Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Attack of the USS Stark in 1987 (http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/
reading_room/65 . pdf)
[5] Fisk, Robert (2005). The Great War For Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. Knopf Publishing.
[6] " Navy Forgoes Courts-Martial for Officers of Stark (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.
html?res=9B0DE6DD1439F93BA15754C0A961948260)". The New York Times. 1987-07-28. .
[7] Naval Vessel Register. STARK (FFG 31) (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG31.htm). Accessed April 4, 2007.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG31.htm).
External links
• Photos of the damaged Stark (http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-stark.shtml)
• Host page for PDF version of report: Formal Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Attack of the
USS Stark in 1987 (http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/reading_room/65.pdf)
• US Navy's Damage Control Museum (http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/mc/museum/STARK/Stark3.htm) page on
the USS Stark
• navsource.org: USS Stark (FFG-31) (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0731.htm)
• Information on Operation Earnest Will (http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id344.htm)
• MaritimeQuest USS Stark FFG-31 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/
frigates/pages/uss_stark_ffg_3 l_page_l .htm)
• Memorial Site for USS Stark casualties (http://www.americanmemorialsite.com/stark.html)
• NPR The Story Radio Interview with OS2 Gable May 15 2008 (http://thestory.org/archive/
search_media ?review_state=published&start. query :record:list:date=2008-05- 15 23:59:59&start.
range:record=max&end.query:record:list:date=2008-05-15 00:00:00&end.range:record=min&month:int=5&
year:int=2008)
• NPR The Story Radio Interview with Michael Tooker June 9 2008 (http://thestory.org/archive/
search_media?review_state=published&start. query :record:list:date=2008-06-09 23:59:59&start.
range:record=max&end.query:record:list:date=2008-06-09 00:00:00&end.range:record=min&month:int=6&
year:int=2008)
USS John L. Hall (FFG-32)
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USS John L.Hall (FFG-32)
Career (US)
Owner:
USS John L. Hal! (FFG-32)
Admiral John L. Hall, Jr.
Ordered:
Builder:
23 January 1978
-^ Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
Launched:
5 January 1981
24 July 1981
Commissioned:
Homeport:
26 June 1982
Mayport, Florida
Motto:
Nickname:
Semper Victores (Always Victorious)
"The Johnny"
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement:
— > Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
4, 1 00 tons (4,1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
Propulsion:
22 ft (6.7 m)
2x —> General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -» azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — ► SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS John L. Hall (FFG-32) 77
Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS John L. Hall (FFG-32), twenty-fourth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates,
was named for Admiral John L. Hall, Jr. (1891-1978).
Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, John L. Hall was laid
down on 5 January 1981, launched on 24 July 1981, and commissioned on 26 June 1982.
On 28 August 2005, she sailed from her home port, NS Pascagoula, Mississippi, along with sister ship — > Stephen W.
Groves under threat from Hurricane Katrina.
As of 2007, she remains active, commanded by Commander Augustus P. Bennet, assigned to Destroyer Squadron
14, and homeported at NAVSTA Mayport, Florida. In August 2008, while underway to avoid Tropical Storm Fay,
the scheduled change of command occurred with Commander Derek La van assuming command of the vessel.
John L. Hall (FFG-32) is the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[371
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS John L. Hall official website
[21
• navsource.org: USS John L. Hall
[31
• navysite.de: USS John L. Hall
• MaritimeQuest USS John L. Hall FFG-32 pages ^"^^
References
[1] http://www.hall.navy.mil/
[2] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0732.htm
[3] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG32.HTM
[4] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/john_l_hall_page_l.htm
USS Jarrett (FFG-33)
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USS Jarrett (FFG-33)
USS Jarrett (FFG-33)
Career (US)
Namesake:
Vice Admiral Harry B. Jarrett
Ordered:
Builder:
23 January 1978
-^ Todd Pacific Shipyards Los Angeles Division,
San Pedro, California
Laid down:
Launched:
llFebruai-y 1981
17 October 1981
Acquired:
Commissioned:
27 May 1983
2 July 1983
Homeport:
Motto:
Naval Base San Diego
Valens Et Egregius
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement:
—> Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1 m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
Propulsion:
22 ft (6.7 m)
2 X -» General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and -
variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods for
maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing
systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — ► SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Jarrett (FFG-33) 79
Electronic
warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four —> .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard anti-ship/air
missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
— > USS Jarrett (FFG-33), twenty-fifth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for Vice Admiral Harry B. Jarrett (1898-1974).
Ordered from — > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program,
Jarrett was laid down on 11 February 1981, launched on 17 October 1981, and commissioned on 2 July 1983.
Operation Desert Storm
During Desert Storm in 1991, Jarrett was involved in a friendly fire incident with the /owa-class battleship Missouri.
Allegedly, Jarrett' & Phalanx engaged the chaff fired by Missouri as a countermeasure against two incoming Iraqi
Silkworm missiles (also known as a Seersucker). Some stray Phalanx rounds struck Missouri, one of which
penetrated a bulkhead and embedded in an interior passageway of the ship. Another round struck the ship on the
forward funnel passing completely through it. One sailor aboard Missouri was struck in the neck by some flying
shrapnel and suffered minor injuries. Some are skeptical of this account, however, as Jarrett was reportedly over two
miles away at the time and the characteristics of chaff are such that a Phalanx normally would not regard it as a
threat and engage it. There is no dispute that the rounds that struck Missouri were fired by the Jarrett and that it was
an accident. It is possible that a Phalanx operator on Jarrett may have accidentally fired some rounds manually.
However, no evidence to support this theory has ever been discovered.
One of the Iraqi Silkworm missiles crashed into the sea without being intercepted. The other - heading towards USS
Missouri - was successfully intercepted by a British Sea Dart missile fired by HMS Gloucester.
Current Status
As of early 2007 the Jarrett remains active, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 1 and is homeported at San Diego,
California.
Jarrett (FFG-33) is the first ship of that name in the US Navy. She was also the first US Navy warship to be
cor
[4]
[21 [31
commanded by a woman. Commander Kathleen A. McGrath, from 18 December 1998 until 4 September 2000.
References
[1] USS Missouri Frequently Asked Questions (http://www.factplace.com/mightymo.htm#Guli^
[2] http://www.news. navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=8392
[3] http://www.jarrett.navy.mil/coc/cos.shtml
[4] http://arlingtoncemetery.net/kmcgrath.htm
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG33.htm).
USS Jarrett (FFG-33) 80
External links
• USS Jarrett FFG-33 official webpage (http://www.jarrett.navy.mil/)
• MaritimeQuest USS Jarrett FFG-33 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/
frigates/pages/jarrett_ffg33_page_l.htm)
• GlobalSecurity.org FFG-33 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-33.htm)
USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34)
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USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34)
USS Aubrey Fitch { FFG-34}
Career (US)
Namesake:
Admiral Aubrey Fitch
Ordered:
Builder:
23 January 1978
— > Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
Launched:
10 April 1981
17 October 1981
Acquired:
Commissioned:
1 October 1982
9 October 1982
Decommissioned:
Struck:
12 December 1997
3 May 1999
Homeport:
Fate:
Mayport, Florida (former)
Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric —> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
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Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for —> Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34), twenty-sixth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates,
was named for Admiral Aubrey Fitch (1883—1978).
Ordered on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Aubrey Fitch was laid down on 10 April 1981 at Bath,
Maine, by the — > Bath Iron Works; launched on 17 October 1981 sponsored by Mrs. Francesca Fitch Ferguson, the
granddaughter of the late Admiral Fitch, and was commissioned at Bath, Maine, on 9 October 1982, Commander
Floyd A. Weeks in command.
The ship was decommissioned on 12 December 1997 and stricken on 3 May 1999.
1982
After commissioning, Aubrey Fitch remained at Bath for another five weeks completing her outfitting, propulsion
plant examination, and crew inspections. In mid-November, she made the passage from Bath to her home port,
Mayport in Florida, where she spent the remainder of 1982.
1983
Early in January of 1983, the guided-missile frigate embarked upon her shakedown cruise to the vicinity of
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The warship returned to Mayport during the middle of February and then launched into a
series of trials, qualifications, and certifications preparatory to her final acceptance by the Navy. She completed final
acceptance trials late in May and entered the yard at Bath Iron Works for a three-month, post-shakedown
availability. Aubrey Fitch completed repairs and returned to Mayport in September. In October, she commenced
refresher training out of Guantanamo Bay.
The guided-missile frigate was so engaged when United States military forces invaded the small Caribbean island
nation of Grenada on 25 October in response to a power struggle between leftist factions that endangered the
stability of the region as well as the lives of United States citizens attending the medical college there. Aubrey Fitch
interrupted refresher training to conduct patrols in defense of the base at Guantanamo Bay against possible hostile
action by Cuba as a result of the conflict in Grenada where Americans found themselves fighting Cuban "advisors"
and "construction workers."
Early in November, however the warship completed refresher training and assumed tactical control of Aquila and
Taurus for the purpose of testing the feasibility of operating guided-missile frigates and guided-missile hydrofoil
gunboats together in the same task organization. Demands attendant to the continuing American presence in
Grenada, however, overtook the experiment and sent Aubrey Fitch and her two consorts south to the tiny republic.
Duty in the waters adjacent to Grenada lasted until mid-December when the warship returned to Mayport.
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1984
Aubrey Fitch began 1984 in her home port. Later in January, she embarked upon a normal schedule of training
operations in the West Indies. That employment occupied her through the month of May and into June. On 22 June,
the guided missile frigate put to sea to become a unit of NATO's Standing Naval Force, Atlantic, based at Plymouth,
England. That deployment included visits to a number of ports in northern Europe as well as training evolutions in
the Baltic Sea. Early in the fall of 1984, the NATO force visited American waters and made calls at Charleston,
Savannah, and New Orleans. Late in November, the warships visited Aubrey Fitch's home port in Florida. Early in
December, the NATO force headed back to Europe, leaving Aubrey Fitch at Mayport.
1985
The warship opened 1985 much the same way as she did 1984. After concluding holiday leave and upkeep at
Mayport during the first half of January, she returned to sea for the usual training exercises, equipment operation
certifications, and ASW helicopter landing qualifications. These and similar evolutions alternated with periods in
port for routine upkeep and availability occupied her time during the first five months of the year. In June, Aubrey
Fitch began providing escort and plane guard services for America and Saratoga when the carriers put to sea to
conduct landing qualifications.
Near the end of June, she put to sea for special operations off the west coast of the Isthmus of Panama. She transited
the Panama Canal and then operated from the base at Rodman, Panama during July, August, and part of September.
After passing back through the canal in mid-September, Aubrey Fitch arrived back at Mayport on the 21st. Repairs
took up the remainder of September as well as October and November. She concluded her restricted availability with
sea trials on 5 and 6 December and, after a brief round trip to Charleston and back, settled into the usual year-end
holiday routine.
1986
The relative inactivity of holiday standdown carried over into the first three weeks of 1986. On 21 January, Aubrey
Fitch put to sea for a week of ASW training in the Bahama Islands. On 28 January, she interrupted her return voyage
when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded soon after launch. From her position just 50 miles southeast of Cape
Canaveral Aubrey Fitch rushed to the scene of the tragedy and began recovering debris. She collected several tons of
material which she later delivered to Cape Canaveral to be inspected as a part of the investigation into the cause of
the disaster. From Cape Canaveral the guided-missile frigate returned to Mayport and remained there until the
second week in February. On 10 February, Aubrey Fitch resumed training operations out of Mayport, and she
continued so employed until the beginning of April at which time the warship began preparations to deploy to the
Persian Gulf.
On 4 June, Aubrey Fitch stood out of Mayport in company with Talbot to rendezvous with Nicholson and Semmes.
She and her traveling companions then laid in a course that took them across the Atlantic Ocean and the
Mediterranean Sea, through the Suez Canal, and around the Arabian Peninsula to the Strait of Hormuz. Aubrey Fitch
and her consorts arrived at Bahrain in the Persian Gulf on 8 July. The guided-missile frigate spent the next four
months conducting patrols and escorting merchant ships in the strategic— and troubled— waters of the Persian Gulf, the
Gulf of Oman, and the northern portion of the Arabian Sea. No untoward events marred her sojourn in the region,
and she concluded her assignment on 30 October by turning her responsibilities over to USS Sampson. Retracing her
outward-bound voyage via the Red Sea, the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean, Aubrey
Fitch steamed into Mayport on 4 December. Post-deployment standdown took up the remainder of 1986.
[1987-1997]
Aubrey Fitch spent March through July of 1995 touring Western Europe, including Bermuda; Brest, France; Rota,
Barcelona and Ibiza, Spain; Casablanca, Morocco; Gibraltar, Portsmouth & Liverpool, UK; Lisbon, Portugal;
USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34) 84
Amsterdam, Netherlands; Derry & Portrush, Ireland and Rosyth, Scotland. Aubrey Fitch was decommissioned on 12
December 1997 and towed to the former Philadelphia Naval yard as part of the inactive reserve fleet. She was
stricken on 3 May 1999, Aubrey Fitch was transferred to Metro Machine Corp. for scrapping, on 26 March 2004.
Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[321
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• hazegray.org/danfs/: USS Aubrey Fitch
• MaritimeQuest USS Aubrey Fitch FFG-34 ^^^
• GlobalSecurity.org FFG-27 ^^^
References
[1] http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/ffg34.htm
[2] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/aubrey_fitch_ffg_34_page_l.htm
USS Underwood (FFG-36)
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USS Underwood (FFG-36)
USS Underwood underway in the Caribbean Sea in 2006
Career (US)
m=
Namesake:
Captain Gordon Waite Underwood
Ordered:
27 April 1979
Builder:
-» Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
30 July 1981
Launched:
6 February 1982
Acquired:
14 January 1983
Commissioned:
29 January 1983
Homeport:
Mayport, Florida
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
-^ Oliver Hazard Perry-class -> frigate
Displacement:
4, 1 00 tons (4,1 70 t) full load
Length:
453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
2 X — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and -^
variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods for
maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -^ SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing
systems:
-> AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Underwood (FFG-36)
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Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two -> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for -^ Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan -» Phalanx CIWS; four -> .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for -> Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -> SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Underwood (FFG-36), twenty-seventh ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates,
was named for Captain Gordon Waite Underwood (1910—1978).
Ordered from — > Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME on 27 April 1979 as part of the FY79 program. Underwood was laid
down on 30 July 1981, launched on 6 February 1982, and commissioned on 29 January 1983. As of December 2006
she remains active, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 and homeported at Mayport, FL.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
Official website
[1]
• MaritimeQuest USS Underwood FFG-36 pages
[2]
GIobaISecurity.org FFG-36
[3]
Undeni'ood passing under the Cape Cod Canal
railroad bridge, June 2006
References
[1] http://www.underwood.navy.mil/
[2] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/underwood_ffg36_page_l.htm
[3] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-36.htm
USS Crommelin (FFG-37)
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USS Crommelin (FFG-37)
Sailors aboard Crommelin man the rails as the ship passes Ihe Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, 12 May 2004.
Career
Namesake: Lieutenant Commander Richard Crommelin
Builder: -» Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
Laid down:
Launched:
30 May 1980
2 July 1981
Commissioned:
Homeport:
18 June 1983
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Motto:
Fate:
"Munus Bene Factum"
(Job Well Done)
Active in service as of 2009
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class -> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and -
variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric —> azipods for
maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and — ► AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
processing — ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
systems: CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Crommelin (FFG-37)
Electronic
warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two -^ Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for -^ Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan -^ Phalanx CIWS; four -^ .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for ^ Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard anti-ship/air
missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Crommelin (FFG-37), twenty-eighth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile — > frigates,
was named for five brothers: Vice Admiral Henry Crommelin (1904—1971), Rear Admiral John G. Crommelin (died
1997), Captain Quentin Crommelin (died 1997), Commander Charles Crommelin (died 1945), and Lieutenant
Commander Richard Crommelin (1917—1945). Crommelin (FFG-37) is the first ship of that name in the United
States Navy.
Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyard, Seattle, Washington on 27 April 1979 as part of the Fiscal year 1979 program,
Crommelin was laid down on 30 May 1980, launched on 2 July 1981, and commissioned on 18 June 1983.
Operational history
Crommelin was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9 and reached its homeport of Long Beach, California in August
1983.
In 1985, Crommelin was assigned to the USS Constellation carrier battle group and deployed to the western Pacific
and Indian Oceans. During this deployment, Crommelin became the first FFG to successfully engage a high-speed,
maneuvering target with missiles. It was also the first ship to complete an operational deployment with the LAMPS
MK 111 weapon system. In June 1986, Crommelin received the first Chief of Naval Operations LAMPS MK 111
Safety Award.
In the summer of 1986, Crommelin was awarded every departmental and divisional excellence award and won its
first Navy "E" award. In 1987, Crommelin was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 13 and began an accelerated
deployment with the Constellation battle group. Crommelin was the first FFG to deploy with two LAMPS MK 111
helicopters embarked. Crommelin was assigned to Commander, Middle East Force from 1 July to 25 August 1987,
earning a Meritorious Unit Commendation and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for the convoy escort of the first
five reflagged Kuwaiti tankers in Operation Earnest Will.
On 1 January 1988, Crommelin was reassigned to Destroyer Squadron 9, and on 6 March 1988, the ship received a
second consecutive Navy "E" award. Upon completion of its second availability period at Todd Pacific Shipyard,
Crommelin was deployed in March 1989 again to the Persian Gulf. In October 1990 Crommelin was deployed in
support of joint service, counternarcotics operations in the Central, South American, and Caribbean theater.
USS Crommelin (FFG-37)
Crommelin was awarded the Joint Services Meritorious Unit Award for its performance during this deployment. In
1991, Crommelin received the Navy "E" as well as its fifth consecutive warfare excellence awards for anti-air and
anti-surface warfare, navigation and seamanship, damage control, engineering, and communications. On 1
September 1991, Crommelin shifted homeports to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and joined Destroyer Squadron 31.
Crommelin completed a second four-month counternarcotics deployment in the Central, South American and
Caribbean theater from November 1992 to March 1993. Upon return to its homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
Crommelin was assigned to Commander Naval Surface Group, Middle Pacific.
From 6 July to 14 December 1994, Crommelin was assigned to the USS Kitty Hawk battle group in the Western
Pacific for Korean contingency operations. There, Crommelin received the Meritorious Unit Commendation Award
for the prosecution of a Chinese Han class submarine. Upon completion of this deployment she underwent
dry-docking SRA-5 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, following which she began the cycle for her 1996 Western
Pacific deployment with the USS Carl Vinson battle group.
After a three month work up cycle, Crommelin deployed with the Carl Vinson battle group on 20 May 1996. This
deployment took Crommelin and her crew back to the Persian Gulf for a variety of missions, including escorting
ships through the Straits of Hormuz, patrolling the Northern Persian Gulf, and conducting maritime interception
operations. Crommelin returned from that deployment on 20 November 1996.
Following WESTPAC 96, Crommelin entered SRA-6 from January to March 1997. Crommelin received upgrades to
all major weapons systems as well as the engineering plant. Following this availability, Crommelin and her crew
began yet another work up cycle to prepare for her fifth deployment to the Persian Gulf as part of the U.S. 5th Fleet.
Crommelin departed Pearl Harbor on 21 February 1998. During this deployment Crommelin distinguished herself by
setting a Fifth Fleet record for number of vessels boarded and tonnage of illegal Iraqi petroleum seized and diverted.
Crommelin completed a demanding nine week private sector SRA in early 1999, where she made major repairs and
upgrades throughout the ship. Immediately following the SRA, Crommelin aggressively entered the
inter-deployment training cycle and proceeded to set numerous records throughout her training. Chief among these
was condensing what is normally a twelve week training cycle into nine weeks. Other achievements were completing
cruise missile test qualification on the first day of training and completing engineering qualification with 100% of
drills and 28 of 29 evolutions graded as "satisfactory".
With her training cycle complete, Crommelin departed Pearl Harbor on 24 August 1999 for a three month
deployment to the Eastern Pacific in support of counter narcotics operations. During this deployment, Crommelin
steamed 77 of 92 days, flew more than 350 mishap-free SH-60B flight hours, and was a key player in four major
cocaine seizures. Upon her return to Pearl Harbor on 24 November 1999, Crommelin immediately began the work up
cycle for her next deployment with USS Abraham Lincoln battle group in August 2000.
In February 2000, Crommelin was awarded the Battle "E" for Destroyer Squadron 31 as well as each of the four
command excellence awards. Other accomplishments included the 1999 Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
Retention Excellence Award, 1999, Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC) Surface Ship
Safety Award, COMNAVSURFPAC Self-Sufficient Ship of the Quarter Award (Q4 FY99 and Q2 FYOO), and the
distinction of being the first Pearl Harbor ship to hoist the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist Pennant.
During WESTPAC 2000, eighteen non-compliant vessels were boarded by Crommelin's Visit Board Search and
Seizure Team, twelve were found to be smuggling petroleum products from Iraq and diverted to friendly ports for
disposal of the ships and their illegal cargo. On the eve of the homecoming from deployment, Crommelin received
her second consecutive Battle Efficiency Award.
From 18 April 2001 to June 2001, Crommelin was dry-docked at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for Dry-dock
Selected Restricted Availability. In January 2002 Crommelin received the 2001 COMNAVSURFPAC Surface Ship
Safety Award.
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From 12 May 2004 to 12 November 2004, Crommelin was deployed to the SOUTHPAC AOR in support of the war
on drugs, conducting counter-narcotics operations in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. In that time, she became
the most second most successful counter-narcotics ship with the seizure of 44806 lb (20324 kg) of cocaine, including
26,369 pounds from the Belize-flagged vessel San Jose on 23 September 2004. She held that record until the bust of
the Panamanian flagged motor vessel Gatun off the coast of Panama in March 2007, carrying approximately
428451b (19434 kg) of cocaine. During this deployment, America's Battle Frigate also participated in exercises
UNITAS-04 and PANAMAX-04, training the Navies and Coast Guards of various Central- and South-American
countries in counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism tactics at sea.
From 5 May 2006 to 15 September 2006, she participated in CARAT-06, along with Salvor, Tortuga, Hopper and
USCGC Sherman. In that time. Task Group 73.1 trained the Navies of several Southeast Asian countries in Maritime
boarding and counter-terrorism tactics. Upon returning to home port, she entered an intensive dry dock period and as
of May 2007, is preparing herself for continued operations in the wars on terror and drugs.
In November 2007 Crommelin Deployed to the Southcom AOR insupport of CounterNarco-Terroism Ops
(CNT-OPS). On Christmas Eve 2007 Crommelin Stopped a 'go-fast' drug runner near the coast of Columbia carrying
5,200 lbs of cocaine. The Crommelin boarded close to 20 vessels involved in drug running operations during her 7
month deployment. Nearing the end of the deployment the Crommelin was awaiting the arrival of the USS George
Washington into the Eastern Pacific AOR for a refueling operation. As the 2 ships came alongside each other the
GW had a major fire break out onboard damaging 92 spaces onboard as well as shuting down part of their nuclear
reactor. She quickly made for San Diego to conduct repairs while the Crommelin was left short on food and even
lower on fuel. The Crommelin had to make an emergency stop in Mexico to refuel both food and fuel to make it
back to Hawaii in June 2008. After a successful deployment Crommelin entered dry dock in October 2008 for repairs
to keep her operational throughout the next decade.
Ship's crest
The colors blue and gold are traditionally associated with the U.S. Navy. The three interlaced chevronels represent
the Crommelin brothers after whom the ship is named. The two winged chevronels refer to the air exploits of
Lieutenant Commander Richard and Commander Charles Crommelin who served and died as Naval aviators. The
central chevronel over which an anchor is placed alludes to the surface ship career of Vice Admiral Henry
Crommelin, the oldest and first to serve of the brothers.
The linked chevronels suggest the strength and determination of U.S. naval forces in their efforts to regain enemy
held territories of the Pacific Ocean throughout World War II. It was in this effort that the Crommelin brothers so
distinguished themselves.
The rampant sea lion is a symbolic creature associated with valor at sea; its head and mane are scarlet for courage
and its body is gold for zeal and achievement. The scarlet sword recalls the fierce conflict of the Pacific war. The
wings and silver collar with blue cross signify some of the decorations the brothers received, such as the Navy Cross,
the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel
Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public
domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/
nvrships/details/FFG37 .htm).
External links
• Official website (http://www.crommelin.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Crommelin (http://www.navsource.org/
archives/07/0737.htm)
Crommelin outward bound past Diamond Head,
May 2004
united-states-navy.com: USS Crommelin (http://www.united-states-navy.com/ffg/FFG37.HTM)
USS Crommelin Alumni Association (http://www.ffg37.org)
MaritimeQuest USS Crommelin FFG-37 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/
us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/crommelin_ffg_37_page_l.htm)
USS Curts (FFG-38)
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USS Curts (FFG-38)
Career (US)
Namesake:
- — >. T>w«- -
i
USS Curts (FFG-38)
Admiral Maurice Curts
Ordered:
Builder:
27 April 1979
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California
Laid down:
Launched:
1 July 1981
6 March 1982
Acquired:
Commissioned:
2 September 1983
8 October 1983
Homeport:
Fate:
Naval Base San Diego
Naval Reserve Force, Active
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class -^ frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — ► azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -» SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Curts (FFG-38) 93
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Curts (FFG-38), twenty-ninth ship of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile — > frigates, was
named for Admiral Maurice Curts (1898-1976).
Ordered from — > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California on 27 April 1979 as part of the FY79 program, Curts
was laid down on 1 July 1981, launched on 6 March 1982, and commissioned on 8 October 1983. As of 2007 she is
on active service, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 1 and homeported at San Diego, CA.
1980's
Her first years in commission were focused on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations and Curts was the first
pacific fleet unit with the complete SQQ-89 ASW suite. The ship received the meritorious unit commendation for
tactical proficiency in the tracking of Soviet submarines in 1987.
In 1988, Curts received the armed forces expeditionary medal for serving with the USS Missouri battle group during
Operation Earnest Will in the north Arabian Sea and the gulf of Oman. Additionally, Curts changed homeport to
Yokosuka, Japan, becoming one of the first two FFG's to join the Forward Deployed Naval Force (FDNF). Curts
was first to bring the lamps MK III helicopters to Naval Air Facility, Atsugi.
Operation Desert Storm
On 24 January 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, the ship and her embarked navy and army helicopters captured
an Iraqi garrison on Qaruh Island in the northern Persian Gulf, taking the island and custody of 51 Iraqi prisoners.
Curts destroyed two mines, sank an Iraqi minelayer and provided support to combat helicopter operations during the
battle of Bubiyan Island. The ship received the navy unit commendation for her exceptional operational
performance.
1990's
Upon return from combat operations in June 1991, the ship became an important part of Operation Fiery Vigil
rescuing numerous refugees to safety when mount Pinatubo erupted near Subic Bay, Republic of The Philippines,
In 1993, Curts was upgraded with the 4100-ton class modification, extending her stern another eight feet and
enhancing her combat capabilities. CMrf.v joined independence battle group to participate with the Japanese Maritime
Self-Defense Force in joint anti-submarine warfare exercise MAREX and later that year the ship deployed to the
Persian Gulf conducting 89 boardings of merchant vessels in the Red Sea as part of United Nations sanctions
enforcement against Iraq. Curts material and operational readiness was rewarded with the battle efficiency award for
1994.
In 1995, Curts participated in major joint exercises with units of the U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense
Force (JMSDF), and later with the navies of Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand for 1996 cooperation afloat for
readiness and training (CARAT 96).
USS Curts (FFG-38) 94
In 1997, after nine years of forward presence as part of seventh fleet, Curts departed Yokosuka, Japan for a homeport
change to San Diego, California and in October 1998 Ct/rfj joined the Naval Reserve Force (NRF).
2000's
In 1999 the ship would deploy on a six-month counter-narcotics deployment to the eastern pacific and Caribbean Sea
in the southern command area of operations. Curts' aggressive pursuit of drug traffickers led to the interception of
over 5 tons of cocaine. During carat cruises in 2001 and 2003, Curts conducted multi-lateral exercises with the
navies of Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and the Philippines to continue promoting international training and
cooperation.
In 2004 Curts again deployed to southern command on a six-month counter-narcotics deployment and received
national notoriety for the largest maritime seizure of cocaine (12 tons) in history. The ship received the U.S. Coast
Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation for her outstanding performance during deployment.
On 16 February 2007, Curts was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [1]
Curts (FFG-38) is the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[431
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• MaritimeQuest USS Curts FFG-38 pages ^^^
• GlobalSecurity.org FFG-38 ^^^
References
[1] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/curts_ffg_38_page_l.htm
[2] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-38.htm
USS Doyle (FFG-39)
95
USS Doyle (FFG-39)
USS Doyle (FFG-39)
Career (US)
Builder:
Laid down:
-^ Bath Iron Works
23 October 1981
Launched:
Commissioned:
22 May 1982
21 May 1983
Homeport:
Nickname:
Mayport, Florida
Valiant Mariner
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class -> frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric ^ azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus —> SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-> AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Doyle (FFG-39)
Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two -> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — ► Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan —> Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for —> Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Doyle (FFG-39) was the 30th ship to be constructed in the — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided missile — >
frigates of the United States Navy. The Doyle was named after Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle (1897-1982) Vice
Admiral Doyle was most known for his contributions during the Korean War as Commander Amphibious Group
One.
Her keel was laid down by — > Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, on 23 October 1981. She was launched
on 22 May 1982 and commissioned on 21 May 1983.
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References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/detaiIs/FFG39.htm).
External links
• www.doyIe.navy.mil (http://www.doyIe.navy.mil/), official USS Doyle website
• MaritimeQuest USS Doyle FFG-39 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/
frigates/pages/doyIe_ffg_39_page_l.htm)
USS Halyburton (FFG-40)
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USS Halyburton (FFG-40)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS Halyburton (FFG-40)
Pharmacist's Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton, Jr.
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
26 September 1980
Launched:
Commissioned:
13 October 1981
7 January 1984
Homeport:
Motto:
Mayport, Florida
Non sibi, sed Patriae (Not for self, but for Country)
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — ► Oliver Hazard Perry-c\d&s —> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-> variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SJJ-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Halyburton (FFG-40)
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Halyburton (FFG-40), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named
for Pharmacist's Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton, Jr. (1924—1945). Halyburton was posthumously
awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism while serving with the 5th Marines, during the Battle of Okinawa.
Construction
Halyburton was laid down on 26 September 1980 by the — > Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Seattle Division, Seattle,
Wash.; launched on 13 October 1981; and commissioned on 7 January 1984.
Operations
Over its commissioned service, Halyburton earned numerous Battle 'E' awards for combat readiness. Halyburton was
also one of the escorts for the USS Constitution on July 21, 1997 as "Old Ironsides" celebrated her 200th birthday
and her first unassisted sail in 1 16 years.
As of 2008, Halyburton is homeported at NS Mayport, Florida, and is part of Destroyer Squadron 14.
In April, 2009 the Halyburton was part of a U.S. Navy rescue mission off the Horn of Africa where the captain of the
U.S. -flagged merchant vessel Maersk Alabama was held captive by pirates in a lifeboat. U.S. Navy SEALs brought
the standoff to an end by shooting and killing three of the four pirates. The fourth was on board the USS Bainbridge
at the time of the shooting, negotiating the hostage's release, and was taken into custody.
Constable's Dues ritual
On July 16, 2009, Halyburton visited the Port of London, mooring in South Dock, West India Quay for three nights.
On Saturday 18th, she became the first non-British ship to take part in the Tower of London's Constable's Dues
ritual. Dating back to the 14th century, it involved the crew being challenged for entry into the British capital,
mirroring an ancient custom in which a ship had to unload some of its cargo for the sovereign to enter the city.
Commander Michael P Huck and Ship's Officer LCDR Tony Mortimer led the crew to the Tower's West Gate,
where after being challenged for entry by the Yeoman Gaoler armed with his axe, they were marched to Tower
Green accompanied by Beefeaters, where they delivered a keg of Castillo Silver Rum, representing the dues, to the
Tower's Constable, Sir Roger Wheeler.
Commander Huck said: "Halyburton and her crew are honoured to be invited to take part in a tradition with such rich
history. It is an excellent opportunity for my crew to not only enjoy London culture, but to be an active part of it."
He admitted neither the cask nor the rum was actually cargo from the ship.
"The wine cask has been provided to us by the Tower authorities," he said. "It will actually be filled with Castillo
Silver Rum. Unfortunately, since we do not typically carry alcohol on-board, that was also provided to us."
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References
[1] " American captain rescued, pirates killed, U.S. official says (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/12/somalia.pirates/index.
html)". CNN. . Retrieved 2009-04-12.
[2] " US ship in ancient Tower ceremony (http://news.bbc.co.Uk/l/hi/england/london/8157286.stm)". BBC News. 2009-07-18. . Retrieved
2009-07-18.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG40.htm).
External links
• USS Halyburton official website (http://www.haIyburton.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Halyburton (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0740.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Halyburton (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG40.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Halyburton FFG-40 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/
us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/halyburton_ffg40_page_l.htm)
USS McClusky (FFG-41)
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USS McClusky (FFG-41)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS Mca«.s/t)' (FFG-41)
Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
18 October 1981
Launched:
Commissioned:
18 September 1982
10 December 1983
Homeport:
Motto:
Naval Base San Diego
Persistent, Courageous, Victorious
Nickname:
Fate:
Mighty Mac
Active in service as of 2009
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-c\as,^ — ► frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS McClusky (FFG-41) 101
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS McClusky (FFG-41), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky (1902-1976). In the Battle of Midway, then-Lieutenant Commander McClusky
led USS Enterprise's air group, which sank the Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi.
McClusky was laid down on 18 October 1981 by the — > Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, San
Pedro, Ca.; launched on 18 September 1982; and commissioned on 10 December 1983 in Long Beach, California,
Commander Lynch in command.
Important Events
1986 — Involved in the patrolling of Taiwan International Waters during Chinese large scale exercises in region.
1991 — Changed homeports to Yokosuka, Japan; assisted in Operation Fiery Vigil, the evacuation of civilians
from the Philippines during eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
1992 — The ship visited Vladivostok, Russia, the first ship to do so after the break up of the Soviet Union.
1996 — After three Persian Gulf Deployments, 15 Bilateral exercises and over 40 port visits, McClusky departs
Yokosuka for homeport shift back to San Diego.
2000 — First Counter Narcotics Ops — numerous busts and drug seizures
2002 — Counter Drug Ops, and Rescue of Richard Van Pham, Shift ISIC from Destroyer Squadron 7 (DesRon 7)
to DesRon 1 .
• 2003 — INSURV and Battle "E" Winner — Counter Drug OPS
As of 2009, McClusky is commanded by CDR Mark Lakamp.
References
77;/,? article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS McClusky official website ^^^
• navsource.org: USS McClusky
• united-states-navy.com: USS McClusky
[3]
MaritimeQuest USS McClusky FFG-41 pages ^^^
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USS McCto^ty (FFG-41)
References
[1] http://www.mcclusky.navy.mil/mam.html
[2] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0741.htm
[3] http://www.united-states-navy.com/ffg/FFG41.HTM
[4] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/mcclusky_ffg41_page_l.htm
USS Klakring (FFG-42)
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USS Klakring (FFG-42)
Career
Namesake:
Rear Admiral Thomas B. Klakring
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Bath Iron Works
19 February 1982
Launched:
Commissioned:
18 September 1982
20 August 1983
Homeport:
Motto:
Mayport, Florida
Freedom Through Vigilance
Nickname:
Status:
Special K
Naval Reserve Force, active in service
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draft:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric —> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
AN/SLQ-32
USS Klakring (FFG-42) 104
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two -> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — ► Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan —> Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for —> Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Klakring (FFG-42), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Rear Admiral Thomas B. Klakring (1904—1975), who was awarded three Navy Crosses as commander of the
submarine USS Guardfish (SS-217) during World War II.
Klakring was laid down on 19 February 1982 by the — > Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, Maine; launched on
18 September 1982; sponsored by Beverly Bohen, a niece of R.Adm. Klakring; and commissioned on 20 August
1983 at Bath, Commander Leonard O. Wahlig in command.
As of 2006, Klakring is homeported at NAVSTA Mayport, Florida, and is part of Destroyer Squadron 14. In March
of 2008 and 2009, the ship was the subject of protests in Sevastapol, Ukraine when it visited the port for five-day
"friendly" visits.^^^
Klakring participated in Operation Earnest Will in the Persian Gulf in 1987 as the first air-capable, air-embarked
ship. Klakring participated in Operation Prime Chance in the Persian Gulf during the "Tanker War". Klakring is one
of the surface combatants in Larry Bond's 1993 technothriller Cauldron.
References
[1] The Times, "US Frigate's 'Friendly Visit' Gets A Furious Reception", March 26, 2009.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG42.htm).
External links
• USS Klakring official website (http://www.klakring.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Klakring (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0742.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Klakring (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG42.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Klakring FFG-42 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/
us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/kl akring_ffg42_page_l.htm)
Klakring in the Pacific, 2002
USS Thach (FFG-43)
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USS Thach (FFG-43)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS Thach in the Persian Gulf, 2003
Admiral John Thach
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
6 March 1981
Launched:
Commissioned:
18 December 1982
17 March 1983
Homeport:
Motto:
Naval Base San Diego
Ready and Able
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — ► Oliver Hazard Pe/ry-class — ► frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-> variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -» SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
-> AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
AN/SQR-19 Towed Array Sonar System
^^^ AN/SQQ-89 ASW Integration System
USS Thach (FFG-43) 106
Electronic warfare aN/SLQ-32 Mk36 SRBOC Decoy System ^^^
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Thach (FFG-43), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Admiral John Thach (1905—1981), a naval aviator during World War II, who invented the Thach Weave dogfighting
tactic.
Thach was laid down on 6 March 1981 by the — > Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, Ca.;
launched on 18 December 1982; and commissioned on 17 March 1983.
Thach mission is to provide anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine protection for carrier battle groups, naval
expeditionary forces, replenishment groups, convoys, and other military and merchant shipping. The new direction
for the naval service remains focused on the ability to project power from the sea in the critical littoral regions for the
world.
Success in the warfare environment of the 1990s and beyond will require thorough evaluation, rapid
decision-making and almost instantaneous response to any postulated threat. The systems aboard Thach have been
designed to meet these demanding and dynamic prerequisites, and to do so with minimum human interface. The
LAMPS MK III video data link system brings state-of-the-art computer technology to the warfare arena, as well as
integrating sensors and weapons to provide a total offensive and defensive weapons system.
In addition, computers control and monitor the gas turbine engines (the same engines installed on DC- 10 aircraft)
and electrical generators. Digital electronic logic circuits and remotely-operated valves are monitored in Central
Control Station which initiate engine start and result in a "ready to go" status in less than ten minutes.
The heart of the ship, though, is the crew. High technology systems demand skilled technicians and professional
leadership to be effective. The concept of "minimum manning" means, simply, that with professional sailors, Thach
can meet the challenges of modem naval warfare with approximately half the crew found on other ships comparable
size and capability.
In late 2006 while deployed to the Southern Pacific, Thach caught fire as she attempted to put out a fire on a drug
smuggling ship.
As of 2008, Thach is captained by Commander David W. Haas, homeported at San Diego, California; and is part of
Destroyer Squadron 7.
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References
[1] (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ffg-7.htm), FAS .
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG43.htm).
External links
• USS Thach official website (http://www.thach.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Thach (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0743.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Thach (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG43.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Thach FFG-43 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/
frigates/pages/thach_ffg_43_page_l.htm)
• Navy Times Article 4 Mar 2008 re: incident during drug interdiction (http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/
02/navy_thach_sack_022908/?source=nletter-?_AdditionalEmailAttributel?0D/)
• Navy. mil March 2006 article on Bahamas goodwill mission (http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.
asp?story_id=25878/)
USS De Wert (FFG-45)
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USS De Wert (FFG-45)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS De Wert (FFG-45)
Hospitalman Richard De Wert
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Bath Iron Works
14 June 1982
Launched:
Commissioned:
18 December 1982
19 November 1983
Homeport:
Motto:
Mayport, Florida
Daring, Dauntless, Defiant
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — ► Oliver Hazard Perry-c\a&s —> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— > variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS De Wert (FFG-45) 109
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS De Wert (FFG-45), an — > Oliver Hazard Ferry-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Hospitalman Richard De Wert (1931—1951). De Wert was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his
heroism while serving with the 7th Marines during the Korean War.
De Wert was laid down on 14 June 1982 by the — > Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine; launched on 18 December
1982; and commissioned on 19 November 1983.
As of May 2009, De Wert is captained by Commander Sean G. McLaren; she is part of the Atlantic Fleet's Destroyer
Squadron 14 and homeported at NS Mayport, Florida.
On 16 February 2007, De Wert was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [1]
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[491
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS De Wert official website ^^^
• navsource.org: USS De Wert
• navysite.de: USS De Wert ^^^
• MaritimeQuest USS DeWert FFG-45 pages ^"^^
References
[1] http://www.dewert.navy.mil/
[2] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0745.htm
[3] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG45.HTM
[4] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/dewert_ffg_45_page_l.htm
USS Rentz (FFG-46)
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USS Rentz (FFG-46)
USS Rentz (FFG-46)
Career (US)
Namesake: Chaplain George S. Rentz
Builder: -» Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro
Laid down:
Launched:
18 September 1982
16 July 1983
Commissioned: 30 June 1984
Homeport: Naval Base San Diego
Motto:
Fate:
Dread Nought
Active in service as of 2009
Badge:
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class -^ frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and -
variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods for
maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29-1- knots (54-1- km/h)
USS Rentz (FFG-46) 111
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and -^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
processing — > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
systems: CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic AN/SLQ-32
warfare
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard anti-ship/air
missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Rentz (FFG-46) is an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided missile — > frigate, of the United States Navy, the
40th ship to be constructed of its class. The Rentz was named after World War II Navy Chaplain George S. Rentz
(1882—1942). Chaplain Rentz was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for selfless bravery following the loss of
USS Houston in the Battle of Sunda Strait. He was the only Navy chaplain to be so honored during World War II.
History
The keel of the Rentz was laid on 18 September 1982 at — > Todd Pacific Shipyards in San Pedro, California. She was
launched 16 July 1983, and commissioned at Naval Station Long Beach on 30 June 1984 under the command of
CDR Martin Jules Mayer (b. 1944). In attendance were survivors of the Houston, as well as Chaplain Rentz's
surviving daughter.
In December, 1985, The USS Rentz moved from Long Beach, California to its current (2007) location in San Diego,
California. Following initial shakedown cruises and operations, Rentz was assigned to the USS Ranger aircraft
carrier group. As part of that group, the ship regularly cruised the Southern California Operations Area off the coast
of San Clemente Island with a pair of fuzzy dice dangling above the ship's computerized helm. During "breakaways"
after underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea, Rentz blasted the Beach Boys song "Little Deuce Coupe" as its
inaugural "UNREP breakaway song."
On 5 November 1986, Rentz was part of an historic visit to Qingdao (Tsing Tao; W'B;) China — the first US Naval
visit to China since 1949. Rentz was accompanied by two other ships, the Reeves and Oldendorf. The visit was
officially hosted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ("After 37-year absence, U.S. vessels visit
China," New York Times Nov. 6, 1986, Sec. A, p. 3). Previously, the USS Dixie was the last ship to moor in China,
departing in 1949 when the communists forced the Americans to leave the Chinese mainland.
In July 1987, Rentz was sent to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will. Her primary duties consisted of
escorting commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Rentz has been deployed to the Gulf numerous times
since 1987.
USS Rentz (FFG-46) 112
Commanding Officers
June 30, 1984 - 1987(?) Commander Martin Jules Mayer, USS Ranger aircraft carrier group.
May 1994 - July 1995: CAPT Robert E. Johnston Destroyer Squadron 21 (San Diego)
2005 - April 2006: Commander Dominic DeScisciolo, Destroyer Squadron 21 (San Diego).
April 2006 - April 2008 : Commander Mark Johnson (Destroyer Squadron 21 and Destroyer Squadron 1).
April 2008 - November 2009 : Commander Dave Glenister, Destroyer Squadron 1 (San Diego).
November 2009 - forward : Commander Jeffrey Miller, Destroyer Squadron 1 (San Diego).
Awards
[21
• "outstanding food service" in the Pacific Fleet, 1997 Ney Award winner "Small Afloat."
[31
• "outstanding food service" in the Pacific Fleet, 2000 Ney runner-up "Small Afloat."
[41
• 2003 Mobility Energy Efficiency award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
About the Ship's Crest
The colors blue and gold are traditionally associated with the U.S. Navy. The vertical trident represents the sea god
Neptune. The crossed missiles indicate the type of ship "Frigate with Guided Missiles." The cross on the shield
symbolizes the ship's namesake. Chaplain Rentz. The motto "Dread Nought" tells all to have no fear for the ship is
watched over by higher powers.
References
[1] Nguyen, Lisa. " Martin Mayer Collection (AFC/2001/001/49389), Veterans History Project (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/
49389)". Library of Congress. . Retrieved 2008-09-18.
[2] http://www.seabeecook.com/today/news/archive.01/cook0027.htm
[3] http://www.seabeecook.com/today/news/cook0083.htm
[4] http://wwwl.eere.energy.gOv/femp/services/awards_fewm2004.html#mobilorg
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG46.htm).
External links
• USS Rentz official website (http://www.rentz.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Rentz (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0746.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Rentz (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG46.HTM)
• USS Rentz at Destroyer History (http://www.destroyerhistory.org/desron21/ussrentz.html)
• Rentz Everything2 Writeup (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1338000&lastnode_id=124)
• U.S. NAVY HELO CREW RESCUED BY USS RENTZ, COMNAVAIRPAC Press Release 1997: PR97-015
(http://www.airpac.navy.mil/news/prl997/pr97-015.asp)
• MaritimeQuest USS Rentz FFG-46 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/
frigates/pages/rentz_ffg46_page_l.htm)
• Defense Visual Information Center (search for "Rentz") (http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/)
USS Rentz (FFG-46)
Gallery
113
USS "Rentz" (FFG-46)
CV-61 )
Putting out fire set by cocaine
smugglers
Ecuadorian refugees rescued by
Rentz
Returning to San Diego
USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
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USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
Major Samuel Nicholas
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Bath Iron Works
27 September 1982
Launched:
Commissioned:
23 April 1983
10 March 1984
Homeport:
Motto:
Norfolk, Virginia
"Carrying On A Proud Tradition"
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement:
— > Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
4, 1 00 tons (4,1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
Propulsion:
22 ft (6.7 m)
2 X — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— > variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -» azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — ► SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
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Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for —> Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan —> Phalanx CIWS; four -> .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — ► Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — ► SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Nicholas (FFG-47), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate, was the third ship of the United States Navy to
be named for Major Samuel Nicholas, the first commanding officer of the United States Marines. A third-generation
guided missile frigate of the Oliver Hazard Perry class, she was laid down as — > Bath Iron Works hull number 388
on 27 September 1982 and launched 23 April 1983. Sponsor at her commissioning there on 10 March 1984 was the
same Mrs. Edward B. Tryon who sponsored DD 449 in 1942.
Nicholas was designed to provide in-depth protection for military and merchant shipping, amphibious task forces,
and underway replenishment groups. Her 453-foot (loa) hull displaces 4,100 tons and her gas turbine power develops
41000 shp (31000 kW) for a single screw, giving a top speed of 29 plus knots.
Since her commissioning, Nicholas has deployed to the
Persian Gulf, Mediterranean and North Sea, as well as
participating in maritime interdiction operations and
various fleet exercises. During her first four years as a
commissioned vessel, she earned three Battle
Efficiency "E" awards, and the Battenberg Cup as the
best ship in the Atlantic Fleet. She earned the Top Ship
award from Commander Battle Force Sixth Fleet
during her first deployment to the Mediterranean.
USS Nicholas during her Acceptance Trials in 1984.
Standard Missile Shot against supersonic target in Puerto Rico
OPAREAS 1984
earned her first Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
During her first years, Nicholas was part of Destroyer
Squadron Six in Charleston, South Carolina. Her sister
ships in DESRON SIX included -^ USS Taylor and
O'Bannon, which barkened back to the World War II
Fletcher-class destroyers Nicholas, Taylor, and
O'Bannon. These ships had such distinguished records
in World War II, especially in the Solomons Island
campaign, that Admiral Halsey ordered all three ships
present with USS Missouri at the Japanese surrender in
Tokyo Bay.
In July 1987, Nicholas, together with DESRON SIX
sister ship Deyo, deployed with the Iowa Battleship
Battlegroup to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf She
USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
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When hostilities with Iraq broke out during the Gulf War on 17 January 1991, Nicholas was serving in the extreme
Northern Persian Gulf as an advance Combat Search and Rescue platform, more than 70 miles (110 km) forward of
the nearest allied warship. During the first few weeks of the war she distinguished herself in action by attacking Iraqi
positions off the coast of Kuwait, capturing the first of 23 Iraqi prisoners of war, sinking or damaging seven Iraqi
patrol boats, destroying eight drifting mines and successfully rescuing a downed USAF F-16 pilot from the waters
off the Kuwaiti coast. Nicholas also escorted the battleships Missouri and Wisconsin during naval gunfire support
operations near Khafji off the coast of the Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
In her 1993 six-month deployment, Nicholas conducted
operations in the Red Sea, Mediterranean, Ionian Sea
and Adriatic Sea. This deployment was in support of
the United Nations sanctions against the governments
of Iraq and the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. During
these operations, she safely conducted over 170
boardings of merchant vessels to inspect for illegal
cargo shipments.
ATACO area of Combat Information Center(CIC)
USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
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In 1995, Nicholas deployed to the Adriatic and was
assigned to the Standing NATO Force Atlantic, again
operating in support of United Nations resolutions in
Operation Sharp Guard. She intercepted over 120
vessels in enforcing sanctions against the Former
Republic of Yugoslavia. Additionally Nicholas located
and rescued 16 Albanian citizens from a capsized
fishing boat.
The 2001 deployment took Nicholas to the
Mediterranean and Persian Gulf. While in the
Mediterranean, she conducted numerous boardings in
support of United Nations sanctions. On 1 1 September,
Nicholas sortied on an emergency basis from Valletta,
Malta and conducted sustained underway operations
until returning to her home port of Norfolk, Virginia six
months later.
WCOareaofCIC
Libya's nuclear weapons program.
The year 2003 saw another deployment for Nicholas.
During this historic deployment she hosted
COMNAVEURCENT, Ambassadors and many high
ranking dignitaries in St. Petersburg, Russia. Later she
became the first warship to enter Neum, Bosnia since
1917, and the first U.S. warship ever. While there,
Nicholas hosted the Bosnian Tri-Presidency and
numerous government and military officials.
Nicholas operated as the sole US warship in the
Mediterranean for her six month deployment and acted
as a surrogate for the Argentina ship Sarandi,
enhancing international relations and building new
alliances. She participated in multiple exercises and
operations and achieved historic distinction when she
tracked and assisted in the interception of a merchant
ship loaded with nuclear centrifuges bound for Libya.
US Government officials directly linked the
interception of this vessel to the abandonment of
Nicholas has earned the Combat Action Ribbon, Southwest Asia Service Medal (with three bronze stars). Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal, the NATO Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Sea
Service Ribbon (with seven bronze stars). Meritorious Unit Commendation, a Coast Guard Meritorious Unit
Commendation (with O for Law Enforcement), and six Battle Efficiency "E" awards as top ship in her squadron.
She continues today to be ready for the next call her government makes on her, allowing another chance to live up to
her motto of "Carrying On A Proud Tradition."
USS Nicholas (FFG-47) 1 1 8
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS Nicholas official website
[21
• navsource.org: USS Nicholas
[31
• navysite.de: USS Nicholas
• MaritimeQuest USS Nicholas FFG-47 pages ^^^
References
[1] http://www.nicholas.navy.mil/
[2] http://www.navsoiirce.org/archives/07/0747.htm
[3] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG47.HTM
[4] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/nicholas_ffg_47_page_l.htm
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48)
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USS Vandegrift (FFG-48)
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) launching a missile, circa 15 March 1996.
Career (US)
ii
Namesake:
General Alexander A. Vandegrift
Builder:
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down:
13 October 1981
Launched:
15 October 1982
Commissioned:
24 November 1984
Homeport:
Naval Base San Diego
Motto:
Exercitatus, Conservatiis, Paratus
Nickname:
Dandy Vandy
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
— > Oliver Hazard Perrj-class — > frigate
Displacement:
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
2 X -> General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x AuxiUary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -> SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radai"
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) 120
Armament:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) is an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate of the United States Navy. The ship was
named for General Alexander A. Vandegrift (1887—1973), 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Vandegrift was built at — > Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, launched on 15 October 1982, and
commissioned on 24 November 1984.
The ship's inaugural cruise began on 5 January 1987. During the course of this around-the-world cruise, she sailed
three oceans, seven seas and visited four continents. The plank owners also crossed the International Date Line,
Equator, Greenwich Meridian, and sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Suez and Panama Canals.
Vandegrift conducted operations with USS Kitty Hawk in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. These operations were
highlighted by an air and sea power demonstration for President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan. Port visits
included Pearl Harbor; Subic Bay in the Republic of the Philippines; Karachi, Pakistan; Mombasa, Kenya; Maxime,
France; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; and St. Croix and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Vandegrift returned home
to Long Beach in June, 1987.
The ship's second deployment began in June, 1988, returning her to operations in the Persian Gulf shortly after the
cease-fire between Iran and Iraq. Vandegrift's mission while on patrol in the northern Persian Gulf focused on
providing protection and logistic support for joint forces in the area. Vandegrift also participated in numerous
Earnest Will missions, escorting U.S. and reflagged Kuwaiti tankers. Port visits included Pearl Harbor; Subic Bay,
Republic of the Philippines; Bahrain; Pattaya Beach, Thailand and Hong Kong. Vandegrift returned home in
December, 1988.
The ship's third deployment to the Persian Gulf began in March, 1990. Vandegrift patrolled the Northern Persian
Gulf and conducted Earnest Will escort missions. As the senior ship on station in the Persian Gulf during the
invasion of Kuwait, Vandegrift served as the Anti-Air Warfare Commander and Electronic Warfare Coordinator.
Vandegrift participated in Operation Desert Shield's Maritime Interception Operations with units from United
Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and France. Ports of call included Pearl Harbor; Subic Bay;
Phuket, Thailand; Singapore and Hong Kong.
Vandegrift returned home after an extended deployment in October, 1990. On 22 April 1992, Vandegrift began her
fourth deployment to the Persian Gulf. Vandegrift participated in exercises with India, Qatar and Pakistan, helping to
strengthen U.S. relations in that area. Ports of call included Doha, Qatar; Dubai, Jebel Ali and Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates; Karachi, Pakistan; Phuket, Thailand; Goa, India; Bahrain; Hong Kong; Singapore and Guam, and
earned the Chief of Naval Operations LAMPS Helicopter Safety Award. Vandegrift returned home on 22 October
1992.
Vandegrift changed homeport to San Diego in February, 1993, and earned the COMNAVSURFPAC Food Service
Award in March, 1994. The fifth deployment to the Persian Gulf began on 25 October 1994. Vandegrift's mission
was the enforcement of U.N. sanctions against Iraq in the Northern Persian Gulf. The most memorable event was
conducting a non-permissive boarding of a sanctions violator on 25 December. During the return transit, Vandegrift
played host to a major diplomatic reception in Muscat, Oman, to better diplomatic relations. Ports of call included
Sasebo, Japan; Manila, Republic of the Philippines; Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates; Bahrain; Singapore and Hong
Kong. Vandegrift returned home on 25 April 1995.
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) 121
On 19 November 2003, the frigate became the first US warship to enter Vietnamese waters in 30 years, when she
made a four-day port call at Ho Chi Minh City.
The ship's decorations include the Meritorious Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal; Southwest Asia Service Medal, and five Sea Service Ribbons.
As of 2006, Vandegrift is based in San Diego, California.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG48.htm).
External links
• USS Vaniiegn/f homepage (http://www.vandegrift.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Vandegrift (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0748.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Vandegrift (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG48.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Vandegrift FFG-48 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/
us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/vandegri ft_ffg48_page_l.htm)
• In pictures: US frigate's historic Vietnam visit (BBC News) (http://news.bbc.co.Uk/2/hi/in_depth/
photo_gallery/3283263 . stm)
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49)
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USS Robert G.Bradley (FFG-49)
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49)
Career (US)
Namesake:
Builder:
Lt. Robert G. Bradley
— > Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
Launched:
28 December 1982
13 August 1983
Commissioned:
Homeport:
30 June 1984
Mayport, Florida
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — ► Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -» SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49) 123
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49), an — > Oliver Hazard Perrj'-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy
named for Lieutenant Robert G. Bradley (1921—1944), who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his
heroism on USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Robert G. Bradley's keel was laid down by — > Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, on 28 December 1982. She was
launched 13 August 1983; commissioned 30 June 1984. Ship is homeported in Mayport, Florida.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[531
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
USS Robert G. Bradley official website '^^^
External links
• us
• [2]
• navsource.org: USS Robert G. Bradley
• navysite.de: USS Robert G. Bradley
• MaritimeQuest USS Robert G. Bradley FFG-49 pages ^^^
References
[1] http://www.bradley.navy.mil/
[2] http://www.bradley.navy.mil/Site%20Images/Ship_Pic.jpg
[3] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0749.htm
[4] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG49.HTM
[5] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/robert_g_bradley_ffg49_page_l.htm
USS Taylor (FFG-50)
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USS Taylor (FFG-50)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS Taylor (FFG-50) refuels from USS John F. Kennedy {CW-bl)
Commander Jesse J. Taylor
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Bath Iron Works
5 May 1983
Launched:
Commissioned:
5 November 1983
1 December 1984
Homeport:
Motto:
Mayport, Florida
Proud Defender
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — ► Oliver Hazard Perry-c\s&s — ► frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— > variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — > azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
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Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Taylor (FFG-50), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Commander Jesse J. Taylor (1925—1965), a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his
heroism in the Vietnam War.
Taylor's keel was laid down by — > Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, on 5 May 1983. She was launched 5
November 1983, and commissioned 1 December 1984.
Participated in Operation Earnest Will in the Persian Gulf in 1988.
As of 2005, Taylor is homeported at NS Mayport, Florida, and is part of Destroyer Squadron 24.
In August 2008 Taylor entered the Black Sea "conducting a pre-planned routine visit to the Black Sea region to
interact and exercise with our Nato partners Romania and Bulgaria". It joined ships from Poland, Germany and
Spain, f"
References
[1] " Russia suspends military cooperation with Nato (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/21/russia.nato)". Guardian. 2008-08-21.
.Retrieved 2008-08-21.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG50.htm).
External links
• USS Taytor official website (http://www.taylor.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Taylor (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0750.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Taylor (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG50.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Taylor FFG-50 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/
us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/taylor_ffg50_page_l.htm)
USSGary(FFG-51)
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USS Gary (FFG-51)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS Gary (FFG-51)
Commander Donald A. Gary
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California
18 December 1982
Launched:
Commissioned:
19 November 1983
17 November 1984
Homeport:
Motto:
Naval Base San Diego
"Freedom's Foremost Guardian"
Nickname:
Fate:
"Two Guns"
Active in service as of 2009
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric — ► azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— ► AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonai-.
USSGary(FFG-51)
127
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for -> Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan —> Phalanx CIWS; four -^ .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for -^ Harpoon anti-ship missiles and —> SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. **However, the
Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher has been removed (as with all other US Navy frigates) due to the
weapons system becoming obsolete.
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Gary (FFG-51) is an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate in the United States Navy. She was named for
Commander Donald A. Gary (1903-1977).
Gary was laid down on 18 December 1982 at San Pedro, CA, by the — > Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles
Division; launched on 19 November 1983; and commissioned on 17 November 1984.
History
USS Gary (FFG-51).
Recent news
Gary is homeported at Naval Station San Diego, CA as of July 2007,
when the USS McCampbell replaced her at Yokosuka Naval Base in
Yokosuka, Japan and part of Destroyer Squadron 15 and the U.S.
Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Forces.
On 9 February 2007 Gary docked at the Cambodian port of
Sihanoukville. It is the first time since the Vietnam War that an
American warship has docked in Cambodia.
Gary has an active VBSS team onboard to facilitate its new homeport with Maritime Interdiction Operations,
anti-drug, and anti-smuggling missions.
External links
USS Gary official website
[2]
Yokosuka Naval Base Community Website
navsource.org: USS Gary
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
navysite.de: USS Gary
MaritimeQuest USS Gary FFG-51 pages
USS Gary leaves Cambodia after historic visit
ro]
U.S. ship makes historic return to Cambodia
mi
Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery
USS Gary News ^'"^
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. This article includes
information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public
domain. The entry can be found here
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References
[1] http:
[2] http:
[3] http:
[4] http:
[5] http:
[6] http:
[7] http:
[8] http:
[9] http:
//www. desronl5.navy.mil/
//www. gary.navy.mil/
//www. yokosukabase.com
//www. navsoiirce.org/archives/07/0751. htm
//www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG51.HTM
//www. maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/gary_ffg5 l_page_l.htm
//stripes. com/article. asp?section=104&article=42540&archive=true
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//www. navy. mil/ view_single.asp?id=42992
[10] http://www.yokosukabase.com/News/tabid/79/articleType/CategoryView/categoryld/33/USS-Gary.aspx
USS Carr (FFG-52)
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USS Carr (FFG-52)
Career (US)
Name:
USS Carr (FFG-52)
USS Can-
Namesake:
Builder:
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Paul H. Carr
— > Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle
Laid down:
Launched:
26 March 1982
26 February 1983
Commissioned:
Homeport:
27 July 1985
Norfolk, Virginia
Motto:
Nickname:
Courage, Will, Determination
Unofficially, The Carr-Toon or the Carr-tel
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — ► frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — > General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
-^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -^ SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-> AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Can- (FFG-52) 130
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32
and decoys:
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Carr (FFG-52), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-c\?i&& — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Paul H. Carr (1924—1944). Carr was awarded a posthumous Silver Star for his heroism on
the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts during the Battle off Samar.
Carr was laid down on 26 March 1982 by the — > Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Seattle Division, Seattle, Wash.;
launched on 26 February 1983; sponsored by Mrs. Goldie Carr Bensilhe, GM3 Carr's widow; and commissioned on
27 July 1985, Commander Robert J. Home in command.
Service history
Operation Earnest Will
Carr's original homeport was Charleston, S.C. Her first operational deployment was to the Persian Gulf, where Carr
was involved in Operation Earnest Will, escorting re-flagged oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. While
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 14, was the senior officer present. Commander Wade C. Johnson, the captain of
the Carr, was the next senior officer in the area and was routinely assigned the duties of Convoy Commander during
escort missions. During one of these, Iranian small boats approached the tankers and were chased off by bullets from
Carr's deck-mounted — > M2 .50-caliber machine guns and the Bushmaster 25mm chain gun on the starboard main
deck.
Bonefish disaster
Carr returned to Charleston in late March 1988, and 31 days later, was ordered underway to replace another ship that
had been unable to get underway. Sent to sea to conduct anti-submarine exercises with the aircraft carrier John F.
Kennedy and submarine Bonefish. On 24 April, 1988, Carr was first on the scene to help rescue the crew of the
attack submarine Bonefish, which had suffered a battery fire while submerged. Deploying her 26-foot whaleboat and
five inflatable life rafts, Carr helped rescue 89 of the Bonefish's crew, using the whaleboat, life rafts, its embarked — >
SH-60B Seahawk of Helicopter Squadron (Light) 44, and the SH-3H Sea King helicopters from the John F.
Kennedy. The ship communicated to the land-based Commander, Atlantic Fleet watch center using the Joint
Operational Tactical System's (JOTS) "opnote" capability. Crew muster lists were sent ashore as rescued crew
members where identified. For her professionalism in the rescue, the Carr was awarded a Meritorious Unit
Commendation.
USS Can- (FFG-52) 131
Exercises in the Caribbean
In October 1988, Carr made a port visit to Tampa, Florida, at the request of the local Navy League chapter, mooring
at Harbor Island pier. Public tours were held for several days in celebration of Navy Week, honoring the Navy's
birthday. The commissioning commanding officer. Captain Robert Home, was stationed at MacDill Air Force Base
in Tampa and was there to greet the ship.
In March 1989, Carr was sent to Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for Refresher Training (REFTRA).
While the ship conducted exercises in all departments, Mikhail Gorbachev was making a visit to Havana, Cuba.
News crews from NBC, headed by Henry Champ, and ABC, by Bob Zelnic, each spent a day aboard Carr to observe
the training.
In summer 1989, while the Carr was heading to the Puerto Rican Operation Area (PROA) for the Middle East Force
Exercise (MEFEX), both of the ship's laundry washers broke down. With the permission of the Squadron
Commodore running MEFEX, the Carr's Seahawk helicopter flew into Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, PR, and the
Supply Officer purchased a household washing machine from the Navy Exchange. The washer was unboxed on the
ramp at the airfield, loaded in the helicopter and flown to the ship, where it was plumbed in to the water system and
served as the crew laundry for the next several weeks.
Hurricane Hugo
On 1989-09-18, Carr sailed from Charleston to be on station off the Naval Station Mayport for the week to provide a
practice flight deck for the SH-60B Seahawk squadrons. That night, an officer of HSL-44 came aboard and informed
the captain that the helicopters would be flying to Georgia the following day in preparation for the impending arrival
of Hurricane Hugo. On the morning of Sept. 19, Carr entered Naval Station Mayport and moored, awaiting further
instructions. At midnight on the 19th/20th, Carr got underway and headed south to the Strait of Florida to avoid the
storm. Once the hurricane was safely past, the captain ordered the ship to sail towards Charleston.
Carr was the first Navy vessel to return to the port of Charleston the morning after Hurricane Hugo made landfall
there. Carr remained anchored for three days, unable to enter port, as essentially all navigation aids were moved or
destroyed by the hurricane. One of the Coast Guard ships at anchor sent a small boat to the USCG Station in
Charleston, taking along Carr's Sonar Technician Chief Petty Officer Steven Hatherly. STGC Hatherly made his
way to the Naval Station, where he phoned most of the crew's families and reported their status to the ship via
bridge-to-bridge VHF radio that evening. From their anchorage, the crew could easily see the bridge between the Isle
of Palms and the mainland in the air, as well as the demolished houses along the shore. Local television stations were
returning the transmitting and the crew had little to do besides consider the condition of their famiUes and
possessions ashore.
Carr was ordered to proceed to Naval Station Mayport. Arriving the next morning, the local community had staged
relief supplies to be taken to Charleston. The next day, Carr was directed to return to her homeport. Upon arrival,
there were no shore services, so the Engineering Department kept the engineering plant on line to provide power,
air-conditioning, fresh water and other support services. Crew members were dispatched, during the day, to assist in
the clean up of the Naval Station, the Naval Weapons Station and the local community. As time permitted, they also
helped each other's families secure their belongings and clean up their homes. For this response the natural disaster,
Carr was awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal.
USS Can- (FFG-52) 132
Change of command and return to the Persian Gulf
In early October, the first formal ceremony of any type at the Naval Station held was the change of command for
Carr, with Commander Edward "Ned" Bagley, III, USN relieving Commander Wade C. Johnson, USN. The Change
of Command was held in the morning and that afternoon. Commander, Destroyer Squadron 4 held their change of
command.
On 31 October, Carr sailed from Charleston for her second operation deployment, assigned to the Commander,
Middle East Force. En route the Persian Gulf, Carr made port visits to the Azores, Palma Majorca, Spain, then
transited the Suez Canal. During this deployment, Carr spend the first half assigned to tanker escort duties in the
Strait of Hormuz. The later part of the cruise was spent operating in the Northern Persian Gulf, conducting electronic
surveillance and early warning duties for the units operating to the south. Carr left the Persian Gulf the end of March
1990 and returned to Charleston a month later.
As of 2005, Carr is homeported at NS Norfolk, Virginia, and is part of Destroyer Squadron 2.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS Carr official website ^^^
[21
• navsource.org: USS Carr
[31
• navysite.de: USS Carr
• MaritimeQuest USS Carr FFG-52 pages ^"^^
References
[1] http://www.carr.navy.mil/
[2] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0752.htm
[3] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG52.HTM
[4] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/carr_ffg_52_page_l.htm
USS Hawes (FFG-53)
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USS Hawes (FFG-53)
USS Hawes (FFG-53)
Career ((US))
Namesake:
Rear Admiral Richard E. Hawes
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Bath Iron Works
26 August 1983
Launched:
Commissioned:
18 February 1984
9Februai-y 1985
Homeport:
Motto:
Norfolk, Virginia
"Ever Ready, Ever Fearless"
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class -^ frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 70 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— ► variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:
Range:
29-1- knots (54-1- km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
Sensors and
processing systems:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-> AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
AN/SLQ-32
USS Hawes (FFG-53) 134
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two —> Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and -^ SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.Mark 13 launcher
was removed from Hawes in 2004.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Hawes (FFG-53) is a later model — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile — > frigate. She is named for
Rear Admiral Richard E. Hawes (1894—1968) who was twice decorated with the Navy Cross for submarine salvage
operations.
The contract to build Hawes was awarded to — > Bath Iron Works 22 May 1981, and her keel was laid 26 August
1983. She was launched 18 February 1984, delivered 1 February 1985, and commissioned 9 February 1985.
On 12 October 2000, USS Hawes was involved, along with USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), in providing repair and
logistics support to the USS Cole (DDG-67), shortly after she was attacked in Aden, Yemen.
As of 2006, Hawes is homeported at NAVSTA Norfolk, Virginia; she is part of Destroyer Squadron 26.
On 28 April, 2008, Commander Kristen E. Jacobsen became the commanding officer of the USS Hawes.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[571
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS Hawes official website
[21
• navsource.org: USS Hawes
[31
• navysite.de: USS Hawes
• Boothbay Register story, 6/24/1999 ^"^^
• MaritimeQuest USS Hawes FFG-53 pages ^^^
References
[1] littp://www. hawes. navy. mil/
[2] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0753.htm
[3] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG53.HTM
[4] http://boothbayregister. maine. com/ 1 999-06-24/navy_ship. html
[5] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/hawes_ffg53_page_l.htm
USS Ford (FFG-54)
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USS Ford (FFG-54)
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Career
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Name:
USS Ford
Namesake:
Gunner's Mate Patrick 0. Ford
Builder:
-^ Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, CaUfomia
Laid down:
11 July 1983
Launched:
23 June 1984
Commissioned:
29 June 1985
Homeport:
Naval Station Everett, Washington
Motto:
Tenacious
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
-^ Oliver Hazard Perry-class -» frigate
Displacement:
4100 long tons (4166 1) full load
Length:
453ft(138m)o/a
Beam:
45 ft (14 m)
Draft:
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
2 X ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
variable-pitch propeller
Speed:
29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)+
Range:
5000 nmi (9300 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -> SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Armament:
• 1 X -> OTO Melara Mk.75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
• 2 X -> Mk.32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for -^ Mark 46 torpedoes
• 1 X Vulcan ^ Phalanx CIWS
• 4 X .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Ford (FFG-54) 136
USS Ford (FFG-54), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-c\?i&& — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Gunner's Mate Patrick O. Ford (1942—1968). Ford was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism as a
patrol river boatman in the Vietnam War.
Ford was laid down by — > Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., in San Pedro, California on 11 July 1983. She was
launched on 23 June 1984, and commissioned 29 June 1985, captained by Commander J. F. Eckler.
On 16 February 2007, Ford was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.
Ford completed a Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) deployment starting May 4, 2007 and
returning home on September 20, 2007. Ford made port visits to Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore,
Indonesia, Saipan, and Guam.
References
[1] Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E" (http://www.navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=27895)
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG54.htm).
External links
• USS Ford official website (http://www.ford.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Ford (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0754.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Ford (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG54.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Ford FFG-54 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/
frigates/pages/ford_ffg_54_page_l . htm)
USS Elrod (FFG-55)
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USS Elrod (FFG-55)
Career (US)
Name: USS Elrod (FFG-55)
Namesake: Major Henry T. Elrod
Ordered:
Builder:
22 May 1981
— > Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
Launched:
21 November 1983
12 May 1984
Commissioned:
Homeport:
21 September 1985
NS Norfolk, Virginia
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type: —> Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138 m)
45 ft (14 m)
Draft: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x -» General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 bhp (31 MW) through a single shaft and ■
controllable pitch propeller
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots
5,000 nm at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -» SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Armament: 1 x OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
2 X Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for -» Mark 46 torpedoes
1 X Mk 15 Vulcan ^ Phalanx CIWS
4 X .50-caliber ^ M2HB machine guns
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60B LAMPS III helicopters
Motto: War Ready to Preserve Peace
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Nickname: Hammerin ' Hank
USS Elrod (FFG-55), an — > Oliver Hazard Ferry-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905—1941), a Marine aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his
heroism in the defense of Wake Island in World War II.
Elrod was built at the — > Bath Iron Works in Maine, and was commissioned on 18 May 1985. The ship was
originally home ported in Charleston, SC and shifted to Norfolk, VA in March, 1995. Elrod has completed five
deployments to the Persian Gulf, three to the Mediterranean Sea, and one to the Adriatic Sea, and has participated in
numerous operations in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Caribbean Sea.
Elrods third Persian Gulf deployment followed Operation Desert Storm and supported aggressive air and surface
surveillance operations. Elrod conducted naval exercises with units of Gulf Cooperation Council nations to
strengthen and further develop the bonds that were forged during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The ship
participated in TEAMWORK '92, NATO's Arctic Ocean anti-submarine exercise, and Operation Sharp Guard, in
support of multi-national enforcement of United Nations sanctions and embargoing war materials to the Balkans.
Elrod demonstrated America's commitment to her NATO allies by providing a presence among the Standing Naval
Forces Mediterranean (SNFM) and Standing Naval Forces Atlantic (SNFL) during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Recently, Elrod completed another NATO deployment in 2004 in support of Operation Active Endeavor, and helped
protect the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, in Operation Distinguished Games.
Elrod crew members have served with pride and distinction as ambassadors of America and spokesmen for the US
Navy, hosting official and unofficial visits for foreign military, business and civilian dignitaries throughout the
world, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel,
Greece, Italy, France and Croatia. Elrod has sailed the major oceans of the world, transited the Panama and Suez
canals, crossed the equator and the Arctic Circle.
In addition to a reputation for operational readiness and fighting skills, Elrod has earned a reputation for community
support and participation in charitable projects. The ship has been recognized for the crew's contributions by
designation as a Presidential "Point of Light". Elrod has also earned numerous awards during her commissioned
service, including the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Coast Guard
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Armed Force Expeditionary Medal, several Battle Efficiency Excellence Awards,
Secretary of the Navy Energy Conservation Award, Armed Forces Recreation Society Award and various
departmental and mission-specific awards for excellence.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
[591
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
• USS Elrod official website
• navsource.org: USS Elrod
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• navysite.de: USS Elrod
• MaritimeQuest USS Elrod FFG-55 pages ^"^^
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Elrod underway, January 2004
References
[1] http://www.elrod.navy.mil/
[2] http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0755.htm
[3] http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG55.HTM
[4] http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/elrod_ffg_55_page_l.htm
USS Simpson (FFG-56)
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USS Simpson (FFG-56)
Career (US)
Namesake:
Ordered:
Rodger W. Simpson
22 Marcli 1982
Builder:
Laid down:
— > Bath Iron Works
27 February 1984
Launched:
Acquired:
31 August 1984
13 September 1985
Commissioned:
Homeport:
21 September 1985
NS Mayport, Florida
Motto:
Fate:
Attaquer en Vigueur
("Attack with Vigor")
Naval Reserve Force, Active in service as of 2009.
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-class — ► frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138 m)
Beam:
Draft:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
^ variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -j azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus air detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems:
^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
-^ AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
USS Simpson (FFG-56) 141
Electronic warfare AN/SLQ-32V5 with Sidekick
and decoys: ^ Mark 36 SRBOC
^ AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament: As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four —> .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. Currently: 1 x ^
OTO Melara Mk 75 mod 2 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
2 X ^ Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple-torpedo-tube launchers for Mark 46, -^ Mark 50, and Mark 54
torpedoes
1 X Block IB Mk 15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS
2 X Mk 38 25 mm cannons (only while deployed overseas)
8 X mounts for crew served weapons
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60B LAMPS III helicopter
USS Simpson (FFG-56) is an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile — > frigate of the United States Navy,
named for Rear Admiral Rodger W. Simpson.
History
Simpson was laid down at — > Bath Iron Works, Maine, on 27 February 1984, launched on 31 August 1984 sponsored
by Mrs. Gloria Fowles-Simpson widow of Rodger W. Simpson and commissioned on 21 September 1985 in
Newport, Rhode Island, Cmdr. H. Wyman Howard Jr. in command. The ship was delivered 13 September 1985.
BIW plans called for delivery to occur 9 August 1985, but that date slipped due to an extended strike at Bath Iron
Works that began 30 June 1985. Simpson was homeported at Naval Station Newport until switching to Naval
Station Norfolk on 31 March 1994. Simpson moved to Naval Station Mayport in July 2001.
In January 1986, Simpson participated in search and recovery operations following the Space Shuttle Challenger
disaster.
Beginning January 1988, Simpson's first overseas deployment was to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest
Will, to escort reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers during the Iran— Iraq War. On 17 April 1988, Simpson took part in
Operation Praying Mantis, the U.S. response to the mining of the — > frigate — > Samuel B. Roberts, which hit an
Iranian M-08 mine on 14 April 1988.
On 18 April, Simpson, along with Wainwright and Bagley, destroyed Iranian naval and intelligence facilities on the
oil platform Sirri in the Persian Gulf. Later that day, the ships encountered the Iranian Kaman Class (Combatte II
type) missile patrol boat Joshan, which launched a — > Harpoon missile. Simpson immediately returned missile fire,
striking Joshan in her superstructure. Joshan was then sunk by combined gunfire. Simpson was awarded the Joint
Meritorious Unit Award and the Combat Action Ribbon for this operation, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary
Medal for the deployment.
Simpson is one of two presently commissioned ships in the US Navy to have sunk an enemy vessel with her
shipboard weaponry (as opposed to aircraft). Another is the USS Constitution}
USS Simpson (FFG-56)
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1990s
20 February 1990, Simpson rescued 22 crew members from MV Surf City, a reflagged Kuwaiti tanker carrying $9
million in naphtha and gas oil. Surf City was transiting near the Iranian island of Abu Musa when it exploded killing
two and forcing the crew to abandon ship. According to Central Command, Simpson was not escorting the tanker,
but was monitoring its progress from 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) away and responded immediately to rescue the
crew. The fire was so intense that US ships could not approach it and Surf City would bum for two weeks. At the
time it was feared to be the result of an attack or a mine, but the NTSB later determined it to be an accident.
In March 1992, during Simpson's third deployment, Simpson and USS Normandy (CG-60) escorted
USS America (CV-66) and two supply ships into the Persian Gulf. At the time, Iraq was refusing to comply with UN
weapons inspection and the ships departed the Persian Gulf in early April after inspections resumed.
In August 1993 on Simpson's fourth deployment she was again assigned to America's battlegroup. During the
deployment Simpson participated in Operation Deny Flight and Operation Provide Promise in the Adriatic Sea and
U.N. Operation Continue Hope off Somalia. Simpson returned to homeport in February 1994
In May 1994, Simpson was one of the ships enforcing United Nations sanctions on Haiti.
Simpson deployed to the Caribbean Sea for counter drug operations in late 1994 and again in February 1995.
In November 1995, Simpson deployed to the Mediterranean joining the United States Sixth Fleet NATO's Standing
Naval Force Atlantic. Simpson operated in the Adriatic Sea enforcing UN arms embargo against Croatia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina and participating in Operation Sharp Guard. Simpson returned to Norfolk 8 May 1996.
[11] [12]
[11]
2000s
Capt. Gerald F. DeConto, Simpson's commanding officer from September 1998 to April 2000 was killed at the
Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 attacks
[14]
In July 2002, Simpson responded to Malpelo Island to medevac a wounded Colombian Marine who had received
three gunshot wounds.
Simpson arriving in New York Harbor, October
2004 prior to removal of Mk 13 launcher, but
after removal of the STIR missile guidance radar.
Simpson deployed with HSL-44, Det. 10 as part of NATO's Standing
Naval Forces Atlantic on 22 September 2004 returning 20 December
2004. Simpson visited New York City 12 October 2004 during this
deployment. Simpson's — > Mk 13 missile launcher was removed
sometime in 2005 prior to her next deployment.
USS Simpson (FFG-56)
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On 3 January 2006, Simpson deployed with HSL-42, Det. 9, joining
Standing NRF Maritime Group 1 and participated in a number of
international naval exercises in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and
ri7i
Eastern Mediterranean Sea returning to Mayport 24 June 2006.
On 5 October 2007, Simpson deployed with HSL-46, Det. 7, to the
western Pacific for counter narcotics operations returning April 2008.
During the deployment Simpson captured 16 metric tons of cocaine.
On 29 November 2007, Simpson interdicted a self-propelled
semi-submersible (SPSS) capable of carrying 5-8 metric tons of
cocaine. The sub was sunk by its crew, but the crew was captured and
turned over to Colombia,
[18]
Simpson and Algerian frigate El Kirch, June
2006, after removal of missile launcher.
As of 2008, Simpson was homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, and is part of Destroyer Squadron 14.
Simpson has been part of the Active Naval Reserve Force, Category A since 2002.
[19]
Notes
[I] Maritime Quest (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/simpson_ffg_56_data.htm).
[2] NVR (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG56.htm) lists commissioning as 20 September 1985 while Ships history page (http:/
/www. simpson.navy.mil/site pages/history. aspx) lists 21 September 1985. DoD image captions such as lmage:USS Simpson (FFG-56)
during commissioning.jpg list 9 November 1985 leading some websites to use that date for commissioning.
[3] BATH IRON STRIKERS TAKING A HARD LINE; John Milne, Globe Staff Boston Globe. Boston, Mass.: 27 August 1985. pg. 37
[4] Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic. Simpson (http://www.cnsl.surfor.navy.mil/Fact Flles/SlMPSON.pdf).
[5] " USS SIMPSON (FFG 56) (http://www.surflant.navy.mil/FactFiles/simpson.pdf)". Naval Surface Force Atlantic. . Retrieved
2009-05-07.
[6] USS Constitution Timeline. US Navy, http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/historyupdate.htm (accessed 1 June 2008).
[7] Captain and Massachusetts Man Die in Persian Gulf Blast; Mary Curtius, Globe Staff and Tina Cassidy, Contributing Reporter. Boston
Globe. Boston, Mass.: Feb 23, 1990. pg. 2
[8] NTSB. Safety Recommendation M-92-22 through -24 (http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/1992/M92_22_24.pdf). 29 April 1992.
[9] U.S. CARRIER STIRS TENSION IN GULF; MARK THOMPSON - Knight-Ridder News Service. The Oregonian. Pordand, Or.: Mar 14,
1992. pg. A. 10
[10] BUSH WITHDRAWS FORCES, CITING IRAQI COMPLIANCE; Stewart M. Powell Hearst News Service. Seattle Post - Intelligencer.
Seattle, Wash.: Apr 1, 1992. pg. a.2
[II] Navysite.de FFG-56 (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG56.HTM). History.
[12] NORFOLK-BASED CARRIER HEADING TO SOMALI COAST. Richmond Times - Dispatch. Richmond, Va.: Oct 28, 1993. pg. B-4
[13] U.S. Patrol Craft to Tighten Haiti Embargo; Shallow-Draft Vessels Will Try to Intercept Coastal Traffic; Risk to Navy Personnel Rises.
Thomas W. Lippman. The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext). Washington, D.C.: 27 May 1994. pg. a.31
[14] Mayport Mirror. Ensign Rebecca L. Rebarich. Honoring Fallen Sailor, Former Simpson CO (http://www.mayportmirror.com/stories/
102804/may_usssipmpson001.shtml). 28 October 2004.
[15] US Navy. Simpson Rescues Wounded Colombian Marine (http://www.news. navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=2867). 29 July
2002.
[16] US Navy. USS Simpson Returns From Deployment (http://www.navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=16349). 16 December 2004.
[17] Mayport Mirror. USS Simpson Is Back In Town (http://www.mayportmirror.com/stories/062906/may_usssimpson001.shtml). 29 June
2006.
[18] Mayport Mirror. USS Simpson, HSL-46 Detachment 7 Are Back (http://www.mayportmirror.com/stories/041008/may_USSsimpson.
shtml). 09 April 2008.
[19] " DesRon 14 (http://www.cdsl4.surfor.navy.mil/default.aspx)". U.S. Navy. . Retrieved 2008-03-06.
[20] United States Navy Naval Vessel Register. FFG-56 (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG56.htm).
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG56.htm).
USS Simpson (FFG-56) 144
See also
• List of ship launches in 1984
• List of ship commissionings in 1985
• List of United States Navy ships
External links
• USS Simpson official website (http://www.simpson.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Simpson (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0756.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Simpson (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG56.HTM) - History section appears to duplicate
old versions of the official Simpson web site Pre-1998 history (http://web.archive.org/web/20000530010318/
www.spear.navy.mil/ships/ffg56/ussbio.htm) 1998-1999 history (http://web.archive.org/web/
200007091 82423/www. spear.navy.mil/ships/ffg56/98history. htm) 2000 history (http://web.archive.org/
web/20010807193653/http://www.spear.navy.mil/ships/ffg56/)
• History of the Frigate (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ffg-7.htm)
• Maritime Quest - Simpson (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/
simpson_ffg_56_page_l .htm)
USS Reuben James (FFG-57)
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USS Reuben James (FFG-57)
Career
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Builder:
Laid down:
-^ Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California
19 November 1983
Launched:
Commissioned:
8 February 1985
22 March 1986
Homeport:
Status:
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Active in service as of 2009
Badge:
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-c\?&% —> frigate
Displacement:
Length:
4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
453 ft (138.1m), overall
Beam:
Draft:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
Speed:
2x —> General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
— > variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -^ azipods
for maneuvering and docking.
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
Complement:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -» SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
USS Reuben James (FFG-57) 146
Sensors and
processing systems:
-^ AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
— > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
CAS and STIR fire-contxol radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
Armament:
AN/SLQ-32
As built:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 cahber naval gun
two — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
one Vulcan — > Phalanx CIWS; four — > .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and —> SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mkl3 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:
Motto:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
"Back With A Vengeance"
USS Reuben James (FFG-57), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile — > frigate, is the third ship of the
U.S. Navy named for Reuben James, a boatswain's mate who distinguished himself fighting the Barbary pirates. Her
crew totals 201 enlisted, 18 chief petty officers and 26 officers.
Ship history
1980s
The contract to build Reuben James was awarded on 22 March 1982 to — > Todd Shipyard of San Pedro, California.
Her keel was laid on 19 November 1983, she was launched on 8 February 1985, she was delivered to the Navy on 3
March 1986 and commissioned a few days later on 22 March. She was faster than 30 knots (30 mph; 60 km/h) and
powered by two gas turbine engines. Armed with anti-air and anti-ship missiles, an automated three-inch (76 mm)
gun, an anti-missile defense system, and two — > SH-60 Seahawk anti-submarine helicopters, Reuben James was
tasked with hunting submarines as well as battle group escort and maritime interception. Reuben James joined the
Red Stallions of Destroyer Squadron Thirty-One in June 1987.
Assigned to Mideast Force on her maiden deployment, Reuben James participated in twenty-two Operation Earnest
Will convoy missions, serving as the convoy commander's flagship on ten of those missions. As a unit of the Pacific
Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Readiness Squadron, she was a key participant in the continuing research and
development of anti-submarine tactics and equipment, a fitting role in tribute to the men of the first Reuben James.
1990s
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On 10 September 1990 Reuben James was reported to be in Vladivostok, U.S.S.R.
In August 1991, Reuben James moved from Long Beach, California to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On 1 October 1998,
she joined the "Ke Koa O Ke Kai", Destroyer Squadron Thirty-One.
On a WestPac deployment in 1995-1996, the ship's rudder fell off. The ship docked in Bahrain for repairs.
2000s
Reuben James participated in the CARAT 2000 exercises, including phases in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia,
Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. The first phase of CARAT began in the Philippines on June 14 and the final phase,
conducted in Singapore, ended September 22. CARAT 2000 demonstrated U.S. commitment to security and stability
in Southeast Asia while increasing the operational readiness and capabilities of U.S. forces. The exercise also
promoted interoperability and cooperation with U.S. regional friends and allies by offering a broad spectrum of
USS Reuben James (FFG-57) 147
mutually beneficial training opportunities.
In Malaysia, CARAT 2000 encompassed two weeks of extensive training to promote interoperability between U.S.
naval forces and the Royal Malaysian Navy and Army. The Strait of Malacca was the setting for several exercises.
These included anti-submarine warfare, anti-air warfare and gunnery exercises. One of the exercises was a final
battle problem, or night encounter exercise. The two navies' task groups steamed together in formation for more than
25 hours. The Malaysian-U.S. naval task group was divided into two opposing forces. The Blue Forces consisted of
Reuben James, Germantown, Mount Vernon, and the Malaysian ships, KD Sri Indera Sakti and KD Lekir. The Blue
Forces were supported by U.S. helicopters from Helicopter Squadron Light 37, Detachment Four, from Hawaii. The
Orange Forces consisted of the frigate — > Sides, the Malaysian ships, KD Perkasa, KD Laksamana Tun Abdul Jamil,
and a U.S. Navy P-3C Orion aircraft. USS Columbus, homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and USS Helena,
homeported in San Diego, also joined the task group in individual phases.
For nine months from July 2002 to April 2003, Reuben James deployed to the Persian Gulf and participated in
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group. After
serving approximately six months in theater, Reuben James started to make its way back to Pearl Harbor. At a stop
in Brisbane, Australia the ship was turned around to go back to the Persian Gulf and the deployment was extended
indefinitely. Finally, after an extended deployment of almost nine months, the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group was
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relieved by USS Nimitz- This deployment was extremely long, breaking a number of records, including the
longest deployment ever for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
In July 2003, Reuben James hosted the Japanese destroyer JDS Shimakaze (DDG 172) for exercises in Pearl
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Harbor. On 23 October 2003 the crew of the Reuben James dressed ship and manned the rails to render honors to
President George W. Bush as he toured Pearl Harbor and visited the USS Arizona Memorial.
From February to April 2004, she deployed to the Eastern Pacific in support of counter-drug operations.
Between July and December 2004, Reuben James went through an extensive modernization and maintenance
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program, ensuring that she will always be ready to respond when the mission bell tolls. In October 2004, Reuben
James participated in PASSEX exercises with the French frigate FS Prairial (F 371).
As part of Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG 3), Reuben James deployed on 15 February 2006 on a WESTPAC
[141
mission to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom . The strike
group also consisted of Amphibious Squadron (COMPHIBRON) 3, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special
Operations Capable), USS Peleliu, the guided-missile cruiser Port Royal, the guided-missile destroyer Gonzalez, the
amphibious transport dock Ogden, the dock landing ship Germantown, Tactical Air Control Squadron(TACRON)
1 1, and the "Black Jacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21.^^^^
En route to the Persian Gulf, Reuben James stopped in New Caledonia. The strike group relieved USS Tarawa on
station in early April 2006 and began its mission of conducting maritime security operations. During operations,
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Reuben James performed services such as providing medical assistance to Sri Lankan fishermen and rescuing
[1 SI
Kenyan sailors. Expeditionary Strike Group 3 was relieved on 9 July 2006 and Reuben James returned to Pearl
Harbor in August, 2006.
USS Reuben James (FFG-57) 148
Cultural references
Reuben James appeared in the 1990 movie, The Hunt for Red October (although her appearance in the film was
anachronistic given that she was commissioned about a year after the events in the film), and played a significant
role in the book Red Storm Rising, both by Tom Clancy. The Reuben James is one of the few US Navy ships in film
history to actually portray herself.
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Woody Guthrie wrote the song "The Sinking of the Reuben James" about USS Reuben James (DD-245), the first
U.S. warship lost to enemy action during World War 11 which was torpedoed by the German submarine U-552 while
on convoy escort operations. He performed the song with Pete Seeger and the other Almanac Singers. The
Guthrie song has an original tune for its chorus, but its verses are set to the tune of the song "Wildwood Flower".
See also
• List of frigates of the United States Navy
• Abraham Lincoln Battle Group
• Current United States Navy ships
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asp?story_id=7291)". news.navy.mil. .
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February 21 2007.
[10] " Bush greets vets, pupils in whirlwind O'ahu visit (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Oct/23/br/br02p.html)".
honoluluadvertiser.com. . Retrieved February 21 2007.
[II] " Reuben James Heads to Central America (http://www.news. navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=11840)". news.navy.mil. . Retrieved
February 21 2007.
[12] " Reuben James Returns to Pearl Harbor (http://www. news. navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=13 104)". news.navy.mil. . Retrieved
February 21 2007.
[13] " Reuben James Sails with Pride After Successful INSURV (http://www.news. navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=18524)".
news.navy.mil. . Retrieved February 21 2007.
[14] " Peleliu ESG WESTPAC 06 Deployment (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lha-5-westpac06.htm)".
www.globalsecurity.org. . Retrieved February 25 2007.
[15] " ESG 3 Deploys in Support of Global War on Terrorism (http://www.navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=22247)". news.navy.mil. .
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[16] " USS Reuben James Visits New Caledonia (http://www.navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=22778)". news.navy.mil. . Retrieved
February 25 2007.
[17] " USS Reuben James Assists Fisherman in Arabian Sea (http://www.news. navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=23288)".
news.navy.mil. . Retrieved February 25 2007.
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG57.htm).
External links
• USS Reuben James official website (http://www.reuben-james.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Reuben James (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0757.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Reuben James (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG57.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Reuben James (FFG-57) pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/
us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/reuben_j ames_ffg57_page_l.htm)
• CARAT at GlobalSecurity.org (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/carat.htm)
• USS Reuben James at WikiMapia (http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=21350409&x=-157943706&z=19&l=0&
m=a&v=2)
• Crew List at navysite.de (http://navysite.de/crew. php?action=ship&squad=false&starty=1985&endy=2001&
ship=FFG 57)
• WWE Divas Tour Pearl Harbor (http://www.news. navy. mil/search/display. asp?story_id=16868)
• Helicopter Squadron Light 37 official website (http://www.mcbh.usmc.mil/HSL37-New/main.html)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)
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USS Samuel B.Roberts (FFG-58)
Career (US)
Namesake:
Builder:
Samuel B. Roberts
-> Bath Iron Works
Laid down:
Launched:
21 May 1984
8 December 1984
Commissioned: 12 April 1986
Homeport: Mayport, Florida
Motto:
Fate:
No Higher Honor
Active in service as of 2009
Badge:
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry-c\s&s — ► frigate
Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length: 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:
Draught:
45 ft (13.7 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and -
variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric -> azipods for
maneuvering and docking.
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
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Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — > SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Sensors and — > AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
processing — > AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
systems: CAS and STIR fire-control radar
AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic AN/SLQ-32; -^ Mark 36 SRBOC
warfare
and decoys:
Armament: IxOTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
delivered with IxMk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for — > Harpoon anti-ship missiles and — > SM-IMR Standard
anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) currently removed
Ix
2xMk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
IxVulcan ^ Phalanx CIWS
4x.50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
Aircraft carried: 2 x ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) is one of the final ships in the United States Navy's — > Oliver Hazard Perry class
of guided missile — > frigates (FFG). The ship was severely damaged by an Iranian mine in 1988, leading U.S. forces
to respond with Operation Praying Mantis.
Commissioning and namesake
The frigate was named for Samuel B. Roberts, a Navy coxswain who was killed evacuating US Marines during the
battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. FFG-58, the third U.S. ship to bear the coxswain's name, was launched in December
1984 by — > Bath Iron Works (BIW) and sponsored by the wife of Jack Yusen, a sailor who served in World War II
and in the battle of Leyte Gulf on the former Samuel B Roberts (DE-413). Put in commission in April 1986 under
the command of Commander Paul X. Rinn, the ship racked up numerous awards and commendations even before its
first deployment.
1988 deployment and mine strike
The frigate deployed from its home port in Newport, Rhode Island in January 1988, heading for the Persian Gulf to
participate in Operation Earnest Will, the escort of reflagged Kuwaiti tankers during the Iran— Iraq War. The Roberts
had arrived in the Persian Gulf and was heading for a refueling rendezvous on April 14 when the ship struck an
M-08 naval mine in the central Persian Gulf, an area it had safely transited a few days previously. The mine blew a
15-foot (5 m) hole in the hull, flooded the engine room, and knocked the two gas turbines from their mounts. The
blast also broke the keel of the ship; such structural damage is almost always fatal to most vessels. The crew fought
fire and flooding for five hours and saved the ship. Ten sailors were medevaced for injuries sustained in the blast, six
returned to the Roberts in a day or so. Four burn victims were sent for treatment to a military hospital in
Germany ,and eventually to medical facilities in the United States.
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When U.S. divers recovered several
unexploded mines, they found that their
serial numbers matched the sequence on
mines seized the previous September aboard
an Iranian mine-layer named Iran Ajr. Four
days later, U.S. forces retaliated against Iran
in Operation Praying Mantis, a one-day
campaign that was the largest American
surface engagement since World War II.
U.S. ships, aircraft, and troops destroyed
two Iranian oil platforms used to control
Iranian naval forces in the Persian Gulf,
sank one Iranian — > frigate, damaged
another, and sent at least three armed,
high-speed boats to the bottom. The U.S.
lost one Marine helicopter and its crew of
two airmen in what appeared to be a night
maneuver accident rather than a result of
hostile operations.
In 1988, an Iranian M-08 mine made a 25-foot (8 m) hole in the hull of the — *
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), forcing the ship to seek temporary repairs in a
dry dock in Dubai, UAE.
•
r
r
Closeup of the — > Roberts' damaged hull.
Repairs
MV Mighty Servant 2 carrying inine-damaged
Roberts on3l My 1988
On 27 June 1988, Roberts was loaded onto the Mighty Servant 2, a
semi-submersible heavy-lift ship owned by Dutch shipping firm
r3i
Wijsmuller Transport and carried back to Newport for $1.3 million.
The frigate arrived at BIW's Portland, Maine, yard on 6 October 1988
for repairs. The repair job was unique: the entire engine room was cut
out of the hull, and a 315-ton replacement module was jacked up and
welded into place. She undocked 1 April 1989 for sea trials. Roberts
returned to service after a ceremony on 16 October 1989 after 13
months of repairs. She was completed three weeks ahead of schedule at
a cost of $89.5 million, $3.5 million less than expected. By
comparison, USS Princeton set off a bottom moored mine diu^ing the
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1991 Gulf War and its repair cost $24 million. However, she was not directly struck by the mine and the cruiser's
displacement is nearly twice that of Roberts. The mine that nearly sank Roberts had an estimated cost of $1500.
After repair
Roberts would make her second deployment in 1990 for Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. On 28
March 1991, she returned to Newport after conducting operations with the Red Sea Maritime Interception Force
working cooperatively with an international force of ships to enforce U.N. sanctions against Iraq. The frigate alone
conducted over 100 boardings of merchant ships to prevent cargo shipments to or from Iraq.
On 30 August 1991, Joseph A. Sestak took command of Roberts, which was named the Atlantic Fleet's best surface
combatant in the 1993 Battenberg Cup competition.
"Sammy B", as the ship is sometimes called, is homeported in Mayport, Florida.
Sources
• Annati, Massimo Al diavolo le mine RID magazine. Coop. Riviera Ligure, Italy, n. 6/2005
• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government
publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
Peniston, Bradley (2006). No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf .
Wise, Harold Lee (2007). Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88 . Annapolis:
Further reading
• Peniston, Bradley (2C
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-661-5
• Wise, Harold Lee (2007). Inside the Danger
Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-970-3.
External links
rsi
USS Samuel B. Roberts official site
navsource.org: USS Samuel B. Roberts
navysite.de: USS Samuel B. Roberts
Samuel B. Roberts narrative and timeline
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Photos of Samuel B. Roberts during February 1986 sea trials
[131
Photos of Samuel B. Roberts being commissioned in April 1986
Photos of Samuel B. Roberts being hauled from the Persian Gulf to Newport, R.I. aboard Mighty Servant 2 in
1988 ^^'^^
MaritimeQuest USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 pages ^^^^
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[I] Liewer, Steve, "Teamwork Saved Stricken Warship", San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 April 2008.
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nohigherhonor). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-661-5.
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USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
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USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
Career (US)
Namesake:
USS Kauffman
Vice Admiral James L. Kauffman and Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman
Builder:
Laid down:
-> Bath Iron Works
8 April 1985
Launched:
Cormnissioned:
29 March 1986
28 February 1987
Homeport: NS Norfolk, Virginia
Status: Active in service as of 2009
Class and type:
General characteristics
• Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
Displacement: 4, 1 00 tons (4, 1 65 t) full load
Length: 45 3 ft ( 1 3 8 m) overall
Beam:
Draft:
45 ft (14 m)
22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x — ► General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
controllable-pitch propeller
Speed: 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range: 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus -* SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon
anti-ship missiles and — ► SM-IMR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); two Mk 32 triple-tube
(324 mm) launchers for —> Mark 46 torpedoes; one Vulcan -> Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm)
machine guns.
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
Motto: Toujous en Vedette ("Always in the Lead")
Nickname: Special K
USS Kauffman (FFG-59), an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for
Vice Admiral James L. Kauffman (1887—1963) and his son, Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman (1911—1979), both
experts in sub-surface naval missions.
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Kaujfman was laid down on 8 April 1985 by the — > Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched on 29 March 1986;
sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Kauffman Bush the daughter of Vice Admiral James L. Kauffman; and commissioned
on 28 February 1987 at Bath, Maine, Commander John C. Dranchak, USN in command.
As of 2009, Kaujfman is captained by Commander Dale. W. Maxey, USN, homeported at NS Norfolk, Virginia, and
assigned to Destroyer Squadron 26.
Milestones
Note: the milestones are extracted from the official command histories [1] and no other sources. The set of command
histories available is not complete, resulting in the partial record following.
1988 [2]
• 6 January — 28 May: 4100 ton modifications by — > Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine
• 12 August: BM3 Kerekgyarto died instantly when the Slewing Arm Davit broke from its mount and fell on him.
1989 [3]
• 7 April: Commander Ronald C. Bogle, USN relieves Commander John C. Dranchak, USN
• 31 May — 10 November: Maiden deployment, Med 3-89
• 4 — 7 August: Sevastapol, USSR port visit
• 13 September — 3 October: NATO exercise Display Determination-89
1990 [4]
• 9 January: presented with Battle 'E'
• 15 January — 15 March: ships restricted availability, #1A gas turbine generator and the Mk. 75 76mm gun mount
are replaced
• 8—15 June: BALTOPS-90
1991 [5]
• 5 April: Commander James H. Chapman Jr., USN relieves Commander Ronald C. Bogle, USN
• 26 April — 26 October: deployment, MEF 2-91
• 4 June — 16 September: Middle East Force (MEF) operations in the Persian Gulf
1992 [6]
• 6 January — 21 February: counter narcotic operations, Caribbean Sea
• towed a vessel that had lost propulsion 250 NM to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
• rescued the crew from the striken 237 feet (72 m) coastal freighter Ramsli just before she sank
• 2 August — 23 October: Ships Restricted Availability (Drydock), by — > Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine
• 15 September: presented with Battle 'E'
• 18 December: Commander James F. Deppe, USN relieves Commander James H. Chapman Jr., USN
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1993 [7]
• 1 1 March — 8 September: deployed, Med 2-93
• 29 April — 18 June: Operation Deny Flight in the Adriatic Sea, Operation Maritime Guard
• 22 June — 17 August: Maritime Interdiction Operations enforcing United Nations sanctions agains Iraq, North
Red Sea
• 7 November: provided assistance to the Argentine frigate ARA Granville (P-33) while in port at Roosevelt Roads
Naval Station, Puerto Rico
• 9 November — 6 December: counter drug operations, Caribbean Sea
1994 [8]
13 May — 3 June: Maritime Interception Operations enforcing United Nations sanctions against Haiti
6 June: Homeport shift from Newport, Rhode Island to Norfolk, Virginia
1 July — 1 August: Operation Support Democracy, Haiti with 3 US Army OH-58 Kiowa helicopters
5 — 6 July: rescued 787 migrants from Haitian waters, transported to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
20 — 21 July: towed the Motor Vessel Valerie I from the south coast of Haiti to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
9 September: Commander David F. Britt, USN relives Commander James F. Deppe, USN
1996 [9]
• 24 April: completion of an extended ships restricted availability period beginning September 1995, including
installation of Mod 6 to the Mk 92 Guided Missile Fire Control System
• 8 July — 24 August: counter drug operations, Caribbean Sea
• 20 September: Commander John A. Kunert, USN relives Commander David F. Britt, USN
• 10 — 31 December: Operation Carib Shield - counter drug operations, Caribbean Sea
1997 [10]
• 1 — 17 January: Operation Carib Shield - counter drug operations, Caribbean Sea
• 4 March — 24 June: ships restricted availability (drydock) by Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
1998 [11]
• 6 March: Commander George J. Karol II, USN relieves Commander John A. Kunert, USN
• 13 March — 11 September: deployed, Med (originally tasked to Middle East Force)
• 12 October — 11 December: planned restricted availability
1999 [12]
• 27 August: Commander Rigoberto Saez-Ortiz, USN relieves Commander John A. Kunert, USN
• 15 — 18 September: sortied for Hurricane Dennis
2004 [13]
• 15 July — 22 September: ships restricted availability, installed Mk 53 "Nulka" Decoy Launching System (DLS)
• 31 August: Commander Kenneth A. Krogman, USN relieves Commander John P. Gelinne, USN
Commanders
Note: unless otherwise referenced, information has been sourced from the official command histories [1].
• 28 February 1987 [14] — 7 April 1989: Commander John C. Dranchak, USN
• 7 April 1989 — 5 April 1991: Commander Ronald C. Bogle, USN
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• 5 April 1991 — 18 December 1992: Commander James H. Chapman Jr., USN
• 18 December 1992 — 9 September 1994: Commander James F. Deppe, USN
• 9 September 1994 — 20 September 1996: Commander David F. Britt, USN
• 20 September 1996 — 6 March 1998: Commander John A. Kunert, USN
• 6 March 1998 — 27 August 1999: Commander George J. Karol III, USN
• 27 August 1999 — (unknown): Commander Rigoberto Saez-Ortiz, USN
• May 2001 (est) — 28 February 2003: Commander Mark Reagan Hagerott [15]
• 28 February 2003 [15] — 31 August 2004: Commander John P. GeUnne, USN
• 31 August 2004 — (unknown), at 30 September 2005 [16]: Commander Kenneth A. Krogman, USN
• at 27 November 2006 [17] and at 12 March 2007: Commander Chris Rhoden, USN [18]
• at 7 April 2008 [17] and at 16 November 2008 [19]: Commander Robert Cepek
• present: Commander Dale. W. Maxey, USN [20]
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here
External links
[211
• USS Kauffman official website
[221
• navsource.org: USS Kauffman
[231
• navysite.de: USS Kauffman
• MaritimeQuest USS Kauffman FFG-59 pages ^^"^^
Kauffman in Souda Bay, Crete, 2002
References
[I] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg59.htm
[2] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1988.pdf
[3] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1989.pdf
[4] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1990.pdf
[5] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1991.pdf
[6] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1992.pdf
[7] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1993.pdf
[8] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1994.pdf
[9] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1996.pdf
[10] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/1997.pdf
[II] http://www.history.navy.miVshiphist/k/ffg-59/1998.pdf
[12] http://www.history.navy.miVshiphist/k/ffg-59/1999.pdf
[13] http://www.history.navy.mi1/shiphist/k/ffg-59/2004.pdf
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[15] http://www.spongobongo.com/em/em9683.htm
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USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60)
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USS Rodney M.Davis (FFG-60)
Career
Name:
USS Rodney M. Davis
Namesake:
Builder:
Sergeant Rodney M. Davis
-^ Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California
Laid down:
Launched:
28 October 1982
11 January 1986
Commissioned:
Homeport:
9 May 1987
Naval Station Everett, Washington
Motto:
Nickname:
By Valor and Arms
The RMD. "Ruin My Day", Repair Me Daily, Rodney M. Different, Rodney M. Difficult
Fate:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement:
— > Oliver Hazard Perry-class —> frigate
4100 long tons (4166 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453ft(138m)o/a
45 ft (14 m)
Draft:
Propulsion:
22 ft (6.7 m)
2 X ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
variable-pitch propeller
Speed:
Range:
29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)+
5000 nmi (9300 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:
Armament:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — ► SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted
maintainers
• 1 X ^ OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caUber naval gun
• 2 X — > Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for -^ Mark 46 torpedoes
• 1 X Vulcan ^ Phalanx CIWS
• 4 X .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
Aircraft carried:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60) is an — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate of the United States Navy named for
Marine Sergeant Rodney M. Davis (1942—1967), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his
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heroism in the Vietnam War.
Rodney M. Davis was laid down on 28 October 1982 by the — > Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division,
San Pedro, Ca.; launched on 1 1 January 1986; and commissioned on 9 May 1987.
The ship was homeported at Yokosuka, Japan for several years while assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15. As of
2005, Rodney M. Davis is homeported at NS Everett, Washington, and assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9.
History
On 28 April 2001 a Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) assigned to the Rodney M. Davis, with later assistance
from the US Coast Guard Cutter Active (based in Port Angeles, WA) made the largest cocaine seizure in maritime
history when they boarded and seized the Belizean F/V Svesda Maru 1,500 miles south of San Diego. The fishing
vessel was carrying 26,931 pounds of cocaine.
In the summer of 2005, Davis participated in the 1 1th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)
exercise. CARAT is an annual series of bilateral military training exercises designed to enhance cooperative working
partnerships with several Southeast Asian nations. Ensuring freedom of the seas by increasing maritime security
efforts in the region is a primary focus of the CARAT series.
In the summer of 2006, with the help of the crew from the Rodney M. Davis, 1 1 tons of creosote logs were removed
from the beaches of NAVMAG Indian Island. The project was completed with no labor cost, due to the support of
the Davis crew on this shoreline enhancement project. Removal of creosote contaminant source from the beaches
enhances shoreline habitat and marine water quality.
2006-2007 Deployment
Davis departed Naval Station (NAVSTA) Everett for a deployment to the Southern Pacific, November 28, 2006.
On March 3, 2007, Sailors from Davis participated in two community relations (COMREL) projects during the
ship's visit to Panama in February. The Davis Sailors' COMREL efforts included visits to local orphanages and
maintenance/improvements at a library in the Cinco de Mayo district of the city. Sailors spent their day cleaning,
repairing, and painting chairs and cabinets at the Eusebio Morales Library. Five more Davis sailors visited a local
orphanage, Hogar Divino Nino, to spend time with infants and toddler orphans to give them some much needed
human contact. The Davis sailors took diapers, formula, baby wipes and other child care supplies to aid the staff at
the orphanage. The two groups reassembled at another orphanage, Nutre Hogar, to hand out Spanish-language
Disney movies to the children, which were part of a generous donation made through the Jacksonville, Fla., area
office of the United Service Organizations (USO).
Davis completed her transit of the Panama Canal on March 25, 2007 from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
The Sailors of Davis completed their third community relations (GOMEL) project in Panama City, Panama on April
3, 2007. During the ship's three-day port visit, 21 members of the crew spent a day helping to improve Hogar Nuevo
Pacto, a home for abused children in Panama City. The crew raised $1,100 in donations to pay for supplies and
improvements for the home. Davis sailors bought equipment to repaint the inside of the house, as well as groceries,
new shower curtains, bed sheets, and light fixtures for the children's living areas. The home, previously U.S. military
housing, was greatly in need of some modernization and assistance from able hands. Despite rainy weather outside,
the crew spent the day productively inside, painting hallways and bedrooms, installing conveniences like toilet paper
dispensers and toothbrush holders in the bathrooms, and replacing lights and correcting electrical safety problems.
On the evening of April 19, 2007, Davis intercepted the fishing vessel Mariana de Jesus in international waters. The
33-foot vessel was overcrowded with 31 migrants. Davis gave the migrants food and water and they were all
examined by the ship's medical personnel. Some were treated for mild dehydration and headaches, but overall they
were found to be in good physical condition. The migrants were then transferred to the El Salvadoran Navy.
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On April 23, 2007, the Costa Rican Coast Guard vessel Juan Rafael Mora (JRM) and Davis intercepted the fishing
vessel Kuerubin with 61 Chinese migrants, all of whom were transferred to the JRM. Davis was tasked to ensure
their health and safety was maintained by providing food, water, and medical supplies. All were malnourished and
dehydrated for they had been without food or water for four days.
The frigate returned to Everett naval base on June 12, 2007 after a six-month deployment in the war on drugs.
The first maritime seizure of liquid cocaine occurred April 25 when the Davis located the fishing vessel Emperador
from Ecuador in the Eastern Pacific. A Coast Guard law enforcement team boarded the Emperador and located
3,850 gallons of liquid cocaine. Each gallon of the liquid is the equivalent of 1.3 kilograms of processed cocaine.
The Coast Guard boarding team detained the 17 crewmembers of the vessel. Sixteen of the crewmembers were from
Ecuador, and one of the crewmembers was Colombian. The Coast Guard boarding team and crew of the Davis
transported the vessel to Guayaquil, Ecuador, for further examination by officials from the Drug Enforcement
Administration and Ecuadorian authorities. The majority of the liquid cocaine, 3,600 gallons, was turned over to
Ecuadorian authorities for destruction.
Rodney M. Davis was again underway in late spring, 2008. In the
course of conducting workups for a fall deployment, the Davis was
ordered to participate in RIMPAC 2008 off Hawaii. While docked in
Pearl Harbor prior to the exercise, an unusual helicopter detachment ^
embarked the Davis. For the first time in 10 years, USS Kitty
Hawk (CV-63) was in Hawaii. She had been the Navy's only forward
deployed aircraft carrier until that spring, and she was on her way to
San Diego to crossdeck Carrier Air Wing Five to USS George
Washington (CVN-73) prior to her decommissioning. Onboard Kitty
Hawk was a detachment from HS-14 out of NAF Atsugi, Japan. The I I
detachment went underway with RMD for the entire exercise,
providing a force multiplying ASW capability to a ship that was soon surrounded by "enemy" submarines during the
exercise. The RMD/HS-14 Team performed flawlessly, easily allowing her to claim the title of "most deadly" ASW
ship in the exercise task group.
2008-2009 Deployment
While on patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, units assigned to the U.S. Navy's 4th Fleet and the U.S. Coast Guard
intercepted a fishing vessel carrying more than 4 metric tons of cocaine, December 5. The combined team of USS
Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60), with embarked Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL-43) Det. 2, and U.S.
Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 106 intercepted the fishing vessel in an early morning
interdiction, capturing nine suspected narcotics smugglers and the large cargo of cocaine with an estimated import
value of $90 million. A search of the vessel revealed the large amount of cocaine. The narcotics were seized under
the authority of the US Navy and the Coast Guard LEDET. The coordinated actions of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast
Guard and Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S) were instrumental to the successful interdiction of
narcotics.
Rodney M. Davis, homeported in Everett, Wash., returned from its 6 month CNT deployment on April 21st 2009
during which it was operating in Latin America under the operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Southern
Command (NAVSO) and U.S. 4th Fleet, conducting counter illicit trafficking operations in support of JIATF-South,
U.S. law enforcement and U.S. and participating nations' drug control policy.
Rodney M. Davis is also supporting the U.S. Maritime Strategy by conducting theater security cooperation (TSC)
events in the Caribbean and Latin America. TSC encompasses a robust strategy that includes military-to-military
exchanges, multi-national exercises and training, diplomatic port visits, community relations activities and Project
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Handclasp distributions.
References
[1] COAST GUARD, NAVY TO OFFLOAD 9,000 POUNDS OF COCAINE; 250 GALLONS OF LIQUID COCAINE (http://www.
piersystem.com/go/doc/586/ 177337/&printerfriendly=l)
[2] USS Rodney M. Davis Intercepts 4.5 Metric Tons of Cocaine (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/12/
mil-08 1209-nnsOl .htm=2)
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG60.htm).
External links
• USS Rodney M. Davis official website (http://www.davis.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Rodney M. Davis (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0760.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Rodney M. Davis (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG60.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Rodney M. Davis FFG-60 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/
us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/rodney_m_davis_ffg60_page_l.htm)
USSIngraham(FFG-61)
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USS Ingraham (FFG-61)
The USS Ingraham in 2008
Career (US)
Namesake:
Captain Duncan Ingraham
Builder:
Laid down:
— ► Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California
30 March 1987
Launched:
Commissioned:
25 June 1988
5 August 1989
Homeport:
Motto:
NS Everett, Washington
Heritage of Gallantry
Status:
Badge:
Active in service as of 2009
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement:
— ► Oliver Hazard Perry-class -^ frigate
4,100 tons (4,165 t) full load
Length:
Beam:
453 ft (138.1 m), overall
45 ft (13.7 m)
Draft:
Propulsion:
22 ft (6.7 m)
2 X ^ General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and
controllable-pitch propeller
Speed:
Range:
29+ knots (54+ km/h)
5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:
15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus — ► SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted men
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Armament:
1 xOTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
2 X Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for — > Mark 46 torpedoes
1 X Vulcan ^ Phalanx CIWS
4 X .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
Aircraft carried:
Nickname:
2 X ^ SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
"The Ham" or The Mighty "I"
The USS Ingraham (FFG-61), the last American — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigate to be built, was the fourth
ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain Duncan Ingraham (1802—1891).
The USS Ingraham was laid down on 30 March 1987 at the — > Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division,
San Pedro, California. She was launched on 25 June 1988.
As of September 2009, Ingraham is commanded by CDR Matthew Ovios, USN, is homeported at NS Everett,
Washington, and is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9.
On 6 January 2008, the destroyer USS Hopper, the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal, and the frigate USS
Ingraham were entering the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz when five Iranian motor boats approached
them at high speed and in a reportedly threatening manner. The American ships had been in the Arabian Sea
searching for a sailor who had been missing from the USS Hopper for one day. The U.S. Navy reported that the
Iranian boats made "threatening" moves toward the U.S. vessels, coming as close as 200 yards (180 m). The U.S.
Navy ships received a radio transmission saying, "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes."
While the American ships prepared to open fire, the Iranians abruptly turned away, the U.S. Navy officials said.
Before leaving, the Iranians dropped white boxes into the water in front of the American ships. The American ships
did not investigate the boxes. Officials from the two countries differed on their assessments of the severity of the
incident. The Iranians claimed that they were conducting normal maneuvers, whereas American officials claimed
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that an imminent danger to American naval vessels existed.
On 29 September 2009, the Ingraham was sent to American Samoa to assist in the recovery efforts following the
2009 Samoa earthquake.
See also
• United States-Iran relations
References
[1] " CO's Bio (http://www.ingraham.navy.mil/site pages/CO.aspx)". United States Navy. . Retrieved 2009-18-09.
[2] " Iranian boats 'harass' U.S. Navy, officials say (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/07/iran.us.navy/index.html)". CAW.
2008-01-07. . Retrieved 2008-01-07.
[3] " Hawaii Guard, Navy bound for American Samoa (http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/09/guard_samoa_093009w/)". Navy Times.
2009-10-01. . Retrieved 2009-10-01.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication,
is in the public domain. The entry can be found here (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG61.htm).
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External links
• USS Ingraham official website (http://www.ingraham.navy.mil/)
• navsource.org: USS Ingraham (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0761.htm)
• navysite.de: USS Ingraham (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG61.HTM)
• MaritimeQuest USS Ingraham FFG-61 pages (http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/
us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/ingraham_ffg6 l_page_l .htm)
• Video of January 2008 incident in the Straight of Hormuz (http://www.defenselink.mil/dodcmsshare/
briefmgsUde/320/080 107-D-6570C-00 1 . wmv)
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Construction Sites
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major
American shipyard located on the Kennebec
River in Bath, Maine. Since its founding in
1884 (as Bath Iron Works, Limited), BIW
has built private, commercial and military
vessels, most of which have been ordered by
the United States Navy. The shipyard has
built and sometimes designed battleships, — >
frigates, cruisers and destroyers, including
the Arleigh Burke class, which are among
the world's most advanced surface warships.
Since 1995, Bath Iron Works has been a
subsidiary of General Dynamics, the
fifth-largest defense contractor in the world
(as of 2008). During World War II, ships built at BIW were considered to be of superior toughness, giving rise to the
phrase "Bath-built is best-built. "
History
Bath Iron Works was incorporated in 1884 by General Thomas W. Hyde, a native of Bath who served in the
American Civil War. After the war, Hyde bought a local shop that helped make windlasses and other iron hardware
for the wooden ships built in Bath's many shipyards. He expanded the business by improving its practices, entering
new markets, and acquiring other local businesses.
By 1882, Hyde Windlass eyeing the new and growing business of iron shipbuilding; two years later, it incorporated
as Bath Iron Works. On February 28, 1890, BIW won its first contract for complete vessels, two iron gunboats for
the U.S. Navy. The Machias, one of these 190-foot (58 m) gunboats, was the first ship launched by the company.
(Historian Snow (see "Further Reading") says the gunboat was commanded during World War I by Chester Nimitz,
an assertion that is not supported by Nimitz's biographers.)
In 1892, the yard won its first commercial contract for a steel vessel, the 2,500-ton steel passenger steamer City of
Lowell. In the 1890s, the company built several yachts for wealthy sailors.
In 1899, General Hyde, suffering from the Bright's Disease that would kill him later that year, resigned from
management of the shipyard, leaving his sons Edward and John in charge. That year the shipyard began construction
of the Georgia, the only battleship to be built in Bath. The ship dominated the yard for five years until its launching
in 1904, and was at times the only ship under construction. The yard faced numerous challenges because of the
weight of armor and weapons. In sea trials, the Georgia averaged 19.26 knots (35.67 km/h) for four hours, making
her the fastest ship in her class and the fastest battleship in the Navy.
The company continued to rely on Navy contracts, which provided 86% of the value of new contracts between 1905
and 1917. The yard also produced fishing trawlers, freighters, and yachts throughout the first half of the century.
At peak production during World War II (1943—1944), the shipyard launched a destroyer every 17 days.
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In 1981, Falcon Transport ordered two tankers, the last commercial vessels built by BIW.
In 1988, the -^ VSS Samuel B.
Roberts (FFG-58), commissioned two years
earlier at Bath, survived a mine explosion
that tore a hole in its engine room and
flooded two compartments. Over the next
two years, BIW repaired the Roberts in
unique fashion. The guided missile frigate
was towed to the company's dry dock in
Portland, Maine, and put up on blocks,
where its damaged engine room was cut out
of the ship. Meanwhile, workers in Bath
built a 315-ton replacement. When it was
ready, the module was floated south to
Portland, placed on the dry dock, slid into
place under the Roberts, jacked up, and
welded into place. By surviving a hit that Naval Sea Systems Command engineers thought should have sunk her,
the Roberts validated the penny-pinching design of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class, the U.S. Navy's largest
post- WWII class until the Burkes ; and validated the Navy's against-the-odds decision to have picked BIW to design
it.
MV Mighty Servant 2 carrying mine-damaged Roberts on 3 1 July 1988
In 2001, BIW wrapped up a four-year effort to build an enormous concrete platform, the Land Level Transfer
Facility, for final assembly of its ships. Instead of being built on a sloping way so that they could slide into the
Kennebec at launch, hulls were henceforth moved by rail from the platform horizontally onto a moveable dry dock.
This greatly reduced the work involved in building and launching the ships. The 750-foot, 28,000-ton dry dock
was built by China's Jiangdu Yuchai Shipbuilding Company for $27 million
[4]
Notable ships built
Lightvessels
• Nantucket Lightship 66
• Nantucket Lightship 106
y/rg/n/fl-class battleship
• USS Georgia (BB-15), launched in
1904
Chester class cruiser
• USS Chester (CL-1) World War I
Smith class destroyers
• USS Flusser (DD-20) World War I
• USS Reid (DD-21) World War I
Paulding class destroyers
• USS Paulding (DD-22) World War I
Rum Patrol
• USS Drayton (DD-23) World War I
• USS Trippe (DD-33) World War I -
Rum Patrol
r**^(j-.i,^~.;j.j,ji(,.->'J-ii
USS Chester was the first United States cruiser of the numbering series used
through the first half of the 20th century.
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• USS/oMeff(DD-41)WorldWarI-
Rum Patrol
• USS Jenkins (DD-42) World War 1
Cassin class destroyers
• USS Cassin (DD-43) World War 1 -
Rum Patrol
• USS Cummings (DD-44) World War 1
- Rum Patrol
O'Brien class destroyer
• USS McDougal (DD-54) World War 1
- Rum Patrol
Tucker class destroyer
• USS Wadsworth (DD-60) World War
1
Sampson class destroyers
• USS Davis (DD-65) World War 1 -
Rum Patrol
• USS Allen (DD-66)^^^ World War 1 - Attack on Pearl Harbor
Caldwell class destroyer
• USS Manley (DD-74)'^^^ World War 1 - Guadalcanal Campaign - Operation Flintlock - Battle of Saipan -
Philippines campaign (1944-45)
Wickes class destroyers
• USS Wickes (DD-75)^^^ World War 1 -
Destroyers for Bases Agreement
• USS Philip (DD-76)^^^ World War 1 -
Destroyers for Bases Agreement
The last of the "four-stack" destroyers, USS Pruitt, being launched from Bath Iron
Works in 1920.
USS Woolsey (DD-??)^^^ World War 1
USS Evans (DD-78)^^^ Destroyers for
Bases Agreement
USS Buchanan (DD-131)^^^
Destroyers for Bases Agreement - St.
Nazaire Raid
USS Aaron Ward (DD-132)^^^
Destroyers for Bases Agreement
USS Hale (DD-133)^^^ Destroyers for
Bases Agreement
Two of the seven Bath Iron Works destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in the
Destroyers for Bases Agreement. The outboard ship made the St. Nazaire Raid.
• USS Crown/n.y/!/eW(DD-134)
Clemson class destroyers
x[8]
[7]
Destroyers for Bases Agreement
USS Preble (DD-345)'^ Attack on Pearl Harbor - Guadalcanal Campaign
USS Sicard (DD-346)'^^ Attack on Pearl Harbor - Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
USS Pruitt (DD-347)f^^ Attack on Pearl Harbor
Bath Iron Works
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Thetis class patrol boat
• USCGCAMrora(WPC-103)
[9]
USCGC Calypso (WPC-104)
USCGC Daphne (WPC-106)
USCGC Hermes (WPC-109)'
USCGC Icarus (WPC-1 10)
U-352
[9]
[10]
[10]
[10]
sank
USCGC Perseus (WPC-1 14)'
[10]
x[10]
sank
• USCGC Thetis (WPC-1 15)'
U-I57
Farragut class destroyer (1934)
• USS Dewey (DD-349)^"^ Attack on
Pearl Harbor - Battle of the Coral
Sea^^^^- Battle of JVIidway-
Guadalcanal Campaign - Battle of the
Eastern Solomons - Battle of the
r
M..U..k»[.i
'-
s%
^
rfriiJifc^iwi "
Philippine Sea
[13]
USCGC Icarus (WPC-1 10) delivers prisoners from U-352 to Charleston Navy
Yard on 10 May 1942.
IVIahan class destroyers
• USS Drayton (00-366)^^"^^ Battle of Tassafaronga'^^^ Philippines campaign (1944-45)
• USS Lam.von (DD-367) Battle of Tassafaronga - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - sunk in test Aft/e of
Operation Crossroads
Somers class destroyers
USS Sampson (DD-394)
USS Davis (DD-395)
[14]
[14]
[14]
Invasion of Normandy
• USS /oMeff (DD-396)
Sims class destroyers
• USS Sims (DD-409)f^^^ Battle of the Coral Sea^"^
• USS Hughes (DD-410)^^^^ Battle of JVIidway^^^^ - Battle of Santa Cruz^^^^ - Naval Battle of Guadalcanal^^^^ -
Philippines campaign (1944-45)
Gleaves class destroyers
USS Gleaves (DD-423) invasions of Sicily, Italy and Southern France
USS Niblack (DD-424) invasions of Sicily, Italy and Southern France
[21]
USS Livermore (DD-429) invasions of North Africa and Southern France
[211
USS Eberle (DD-430) invasions of North Africa and Southern France
USS Woolsey (DD-437)^^^^ invasions of North Africa, Sicily and Italy
[21]
USS Ludlow (DD-438) invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Southern France
[221
USS Emmons (DD-457) invasions of North Africa, Normandy, Southern France and Okinawa
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USS Macomb (DD-458) invasions of North Africa, Southern France and Okinawa
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x[23]
Fletcher class destroyers
• USS Nicholas (DD-449)
Guadalcanal campaign - Philippines
campaign (1944-45) - Korean War -
Vietnam War
• USS O'Bannon (DD-450)^^^^ Naval
[241
Battle of Guadalcanal Guadalcanal
campaign - Naval Battle of Vella
[251
Lavella - Philippines campaign
(1944-45) - Korean War - Vietnam
War
x[23]
Nicholas holds the United States Navy record for battle stars with 16 from World
War II, 5 from the Korean War and 9 from the Vietnam War
[25]
USS Chevalier (T>D-A5\)
Guadalcanal campaign - Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
USS Strong (DD-467)^^^^ Guadalcanal campaign
1231
USS Taylor (DD-468) Guadalcanal campaign - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Korean War - Vietnam
War
USS De Haven (00-469)^^^^ Guadalcanal campaign
USS Conway (DD-507) Guadalcanal campaign - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Korean War
Guadalcanal campaign - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Surigao Strait -
USS Cony (00-508)^^*^^
Korean War
USS Converse (DD-509) Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of Empress Augusta Bay Battle of Cape St.
George^^^^ - Battle of the Philippine Sea^^^^ ■
x[26]
Philippines campaign (1944-45)
USS Eaton (DD-510) Guadalcanal campaign - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
USS Foote (DD-51 1) Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of Empress Augusta Bay - Philippines campaign
(1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
USS Spence (DD-512) Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of Empress Augusta Bay - Battle of Cape St.
[2S1 11 ^1
George - Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
USS Terry (DD-513) Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of the Philippine Sea - Battle of Iwo Jima
USS Thatcher (DD-5 14) Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of Empress Augusta Bay - Battle of the
[131
Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
USS Anthony (DD-5 15)^^^^ Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of the Philippine Sea^^''^
x[26]
Battle of Okinawa
[13]
USS Wadsworth (DD-5 16) Guadalcanal campaign - Battle of the Philippine Sea - Philippines campaign
(1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
USS Walker (DD-517)^^^^ Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa - Korean War - Vietnam War
USS Abbot (DD-629)^^^^ Philippines campaign (1944-45)
USS Braine (DD-630)^^^^ Battle of the Philippine Sea^^^^ - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of
Okinawa
USS Erben (DD-631)'^^^ Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa - Korean War
USS Hale (DD-642)^^^^ Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa
USS Sigourney (DD-643)^^^^
Strait
USS Stembel (DD-644)^^^^
Guadalcanal campaign - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Surigao
Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa - Korean War
Philippines campaign (1944-45)
Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Vietnam War
Vietnam War
USS Knapp (DD-653)'"''' Battle of the Philippine Sea^''^ - Philippines campaign (1944-45)
USS Caperton (DD-650)f^'^^ Battle of the Philippine Sea^^^^
USS Cogswell (DD-651)^^^^ Battle of the Philippine Sea^^^^ ■
USS Ingersoll (DD-652)^^^^ Philippines campaign (1944-45)^^^^
Bath Iron Works
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USS Remey (DD-688)
of Okinawa
[30]
Battle of Saipan - Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Siirigao Strait - Battle
[30]
USS Wadleigh (DD-689)'""' Battle of Saipan
USS Norman Scott (00-690)'^"^ Battle of Saipan
USS Mertz (DD-691)^^°^ Philippines campaign (1944-45)
HhuLu^ KK-li1>HJ '[liL-rtinkin<iull'ln^-i(lenL.
Allen M. Sumner class destroyers
• USS Barton (DD-722)^^^^ Invasion of Normandy
- Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Korean War
• USS Walke (00-723)^^^^ Invasion of Normandy ■
Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of
Okinawa - Korean War - Vietnam War
• USS Laffey (00-724)^^'^ Invasion of Normandy -
Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of
Okinawa - Korean War - preserved National
Historic Landmark in Charleston, South Carolina
• USS O'Brien (00-725)^^^^ Invasion of
Normandy - Philippines campaign (1944-45) -
Korean War - Vietnam War
• USS Meredith (DD-726)^^^^ Invasion of
Normandy
USS De Haven (00-727)^^'^ Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa - Korean War
USS Mansfield (DD-728)^-^'^ Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Korean War - Vietnam War
USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)^^'^
Vietnam War
x[31]
Maddox fires upon three P-4 torpedo boats during the Gulf of Tonkin
Incident
Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Battle of Okinawa - Korean War -
USS Collett (DD-730)^ ^ Philippines campaign (1944-45) - Korean War
USS Maddox (DD-73 1)^^^^ Battle of Okinawa - Korean War - Gulf of Tonkin Incident - Vietnam War
USS Hyman (DD-732)^^^^ Battle of Okinawa - Korean War
USS MannertL. Abele (00-733)^^^^ Battle of Okinawa
USS Purdy (00-734)^^^^ Battle of Okinawa - Korean War
USS Robert H. Smith {YiM-l^f"^ Battle of Okinawa
USS Thomas E. Eraser (D]VI-24)^^^ Battle of Okinawa
USS Shannon {TtM-lsf"^ Battle of Okinawa
USS Harry F. Bauer (D]VI-26)^^^ Battle of Okinawa
USS Adams {T)M-2lf'^ Battle of Okinawa
USS Tolman (T)M-2%f'^ Battle of Okinawa
USS Drexler (DD-741)^^^^ Battle of Okinawa
Bath Iron Works
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x[32]
Gearing class destroyers
• USS Frank Knox (DD-742)^"'^ World
War II - Korean War - Vietnam War
• USS Southerland (DD-743)^^^^ World
War II - Korean War - Vietnam War
• USS Chevalier (DD-805)^^^^ Korean
War
• USS Higbee (DD-806)^^^^ World War
II - Korean War - Vietnam War -
Battle of Dong Hoi
USS Benner (DD-807)^^^^ World War
II - Vietnam War
USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808)'
Vietnam War
J33]
USS Agerholm (DD-826)
War - Vietnam War
[33]
Korean
[33]
Agerholm launched an ASROC anti-submarine rocltet armed witli a nuclear depth
bomb during the Swordfish test of 1962
USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827)
1331
USS Timmerman (DD-828) (Experimental ship completed with aluminum superstructure and
high-horsepower engines)
USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829)^^^^ Vietnam War
USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)^^^^ Vietnam War
USS Goodrich (DD-831)^^^^
USS Hanson (DD-832)^^^^ Korean War - Vietnam War
USS Herbert J. Thomas (00-833)^^^^ Korean War - Vietnam War
USS Turner (DD-834)^^^^
USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835)^^^^ Vietnam War
USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836)^^^^ Korean War - Vietnam War
USS Sarsfield (00-837)^^^^ Vietnam War
J33]
Korean War
USS Ernest G. Small (DD-838)
USS Power (DD-839)^^^^ Vietnam War
USS Glennon (00-840)^^^^
[33]
USS Noa (DD-841) Recovered astronaut John Glenn in Friendship 7 on 20 February 1962
[33]
^ Korean War - Vietnam War
J33]
USS Fiske (DD-842)L-
USS Warrington (00-843)^-
USS Perry (DD-844)^^^^ Vietnam War
USS Bausell (DD-845)^^^^ Korean War - Vietnam War
USS Ozbourn (DD-846)^^^^ Korean War - Vietnam War
USS Robert L. Wilson (00-847)^^^^ Vietnam War
x[34]
USS Witek (DD-848) (no overseas deployments - used exclusively for ASW research)
USS Richard E. Kraus (DD-849)^^'^^ Vietnam War
Dealey class destroyer escorts
[35]
USS Dealey (DE-1006)'
USS Cromwe«(DE-1014)
USS Hammerberg (DE-1015)
[35]
[35]
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[36]
Mitscher class destroyers
• USS Mitscher (DL-2)^^^^
• USS John S. McCain (DL-3)
Vietnam War
Forrest Sherman class destroyers
USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931)
Vietnam
USS£)M/7o«f(DD-941)'
USS Bigelow (DD-942)f"^
War
USS Hull (DD-945)^^^^ Vietnam War
USS Edson (00-946)^^^^ Vietnam
War
USS Somers (DD-947)^"^ Vietnam War
Charles F. Adams class destroyers
USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2)
USS John King (DDG-3)^^^^^
USS Sampson (DDG-10)^^^^
MSS Sellers {BT)G-nf'^^
Farragut class destroyers
USS Dewey (DDG-45)^^'^^
[37]
USS John Paul Jones (DD-932)
[37]
x[37]
USS Barry (DD-933)
War
USS Manley (00-940)^"^
War
x[37]
Vietnam
Vietnam
[38]
USS Preble (DDG-46)
Leahy class cruisers
[39]
Vietnam War
USS Leahy (CG-16)
[40]
USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17)
[40]
[40]
Vietnam War
[41]
The second Cold War destroyer built by Bath Iron Works was named for the
grandfather of Republican 2008 presidential candidate John S. McCain III.
USS Worden (CG-18)
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USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27)
USS Wainwright (CG-28)^'^^^ Vietnam War
USS William H. Standley (CG-32)f'^'^ Vietnam War
USS Biddle (CG-34)^'^'^ Vietnam War
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Brooke class frigates
USS Talbot (FFG-4)f'^^^
USS Richard L. Page (FFG-S)^"^^^
USS Julius A. Purer (¥¥0-6)^"^^^
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— > USS Simpson (FFG-56), launched August 31,1984. One of four U.S. Navy ships in commission to have
sunk an enemy vessel with shipboard weaponry, the others being the USS Constitution,
USS Porter (DDG-78), and USS Carter Hall (LSD-50),
— > USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), launched in 1984 and repaired after being punctured by a mine in 1988
^ USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), commissioned July 4, 1991.
USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)
USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)
USS Johns McCain (DDG-56)
USS Laboon (DDG-58)
USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62)
USS Carney (DDG-64)
USS Gonzalez (DDG-66)
USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)
USS Hopper (DDG-70)
USS Mahan (DDG-72)
USS Decatur (DDG-73)
USS Donald Cook (DDG-75)
USS Higgins (DDG-76)
USS O'Kane (DDG-77)
USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)
USS Winston S Churchill (DDG-81)
USS Howard (DDG-83)
USS McCampbell (DDG-85)
USS Mason (DDG-87)
USS Chafee (DDG-90)
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USS Momsen (DDG-92)
USS Nitze (DDG-94)
USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), launched in 2005
USS Farragut (DDG-99)
USS Gridley (DDG-101), launched in 2006
USS Sampson (DDG-102)
USS5'fereff(DDG-104)
USS Stockdale (DDG-106)
USS Wayne E Meyer (DDG-108)
• ZMrnvvfl/f-class destroyers
• USSZMmwa;f(DDG-1000)
External links
• Bath Iron Works website
• USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) under repair at BIW's Portland dry dock
Geographical coordinates: 43°54'16"N 69°48'53"W
Further reading
• Eskew, Garnett Laidlaw (1958). Cradle of Ships. New York: Putnam. ASIN B0007E5VY4. (First general history
ofBIW.)
• Peniston, Bradley (2006). No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf .
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-661-5. (Describes the construction of a — > Perry-class guided
missile frigate, the training of its precommissioning crew at BIW, and the complex repair job that returned it to
duty.)
• Sanders, Michael S. (1999). The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works. New York: HarperCollins.
ISBN 0-06-019246-1. (Describes the construction of USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) at BIW.)
• Snow, Ralph L. (1987). Bath Iron Works: The First Hundred Years. Bath, Maine: Maine Maritime Museum.
ISBN 0-9619449-0-0. (The definitive work on BIW from 1884-1987.)
• Toppan, Andrew (2002). Bath Iron Works (Images of America: Maine). South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing.
ISBN 0-7385-1059-9. (Historic and contemporary photos of BIW.)
References
[I] See Peniston, Sanders, Snow.
[2] http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58repair.shtml No Higher Honor: FFG 58 Repair
[3] http://www.gdbiw.com/company_overview/history/default.htm
[4] " Bath Iron Works picks Chinese firm (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/lPl-17538952.html)". United Press International. 1998-09-14. .
Retrieved 2008-10-18.
[5] Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Warships of World War // Doubleday & Company (1968) p.l03
[6] Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Warships of World War // Doubleday & Company (1968) p.276
[7] Fahey, James C. The Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet Ships and Aircraft ( 1939) p. 17
[8] Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Warships of World War // Doubleday & Company (1968) p.212
[9] Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Warships of World War // Doubleday & Company (1968) p.380
[10] Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Warships of World War//Doubleday & Company (1968) p.383
[II] Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Wara/ripi o/WoWfi( War //Doubleday & Company (1968) p.ll4
[12] Oftsie, R.A., RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office (1946) p.55
[13] Tillman, Barrett Clash of the Carriers (2005) ISBN 978-0-451-21965-5 pp.301-306
[14] Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Warships of World Wac//Doubleday & Company (1968) p.ll8
[15] Oftsie, R.A., RADM USN The Campaigns of the Pacific War United States Government Printing Office (1946) p.l40
[16] Silverstone, Paul H. U.S. Warships of World War // Doubleday & Company (1968) p.l26
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Todd Pacific Shipyards
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation was founded in 1916 as the
William H. Todd Corporation through the merger of Robins Dry Dock
& Repair Company of Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York, the Tietjen &
Long Dry Dock Company of Hoboken, New Jersey, and the Seattle
Construction & Dry Dock Company. The Seattle shipyard could trace
its history back to 1882, when Robert Moran opened a marine repair
shop at Yesler's Wharf. This shop became the Moran Brothers
Shipyard in 1906 and the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company
at the end of 1911.
— > USS Halyburton (FFG-40) and other ships
under construction at Todd Shipyards in Seattle,
1983.
Todd has performed building and maintenance work for, among others,
the U.S. and Royal Australian Navies, the United States Coast Guard,
and the Washington State Ferries. Its headquarters and operations are ' '
on Harbor Island at the mouth of Seattle's Duwamish Waterway.
Todd's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TOD.
The 105-foot-long hull of Disneyland's Mark Twain Riverboat was built at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, California
in 1955.
Divisions
• Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington. (47°35'10"N 122°21'25"W)
• Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California. (33°45'1 1"N
1 18°16'48"W) Formerly Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock
Corporation, closed in 1989 following completion of its — > Oliver
Hazard Perry class frigate contract and after failing to win an
Arleigh Burke class destroyer contract. Property is now part of
the Port of Los Angeles, and has been completely converted into
Berth 100 / West Basin Container Terminal.
• San Francisco Division, Alameda, California. (37°47'N 122°17'W)
Opened 1901, by United Engineering Company, later named
Bethlehem- Alameda Shipyard, then Todd San Francisco Division,
1949. Now closed. Documented by the Historic American
Engineering Record as United Engineering Company Shipyard,
survey HAER CA-295 ^'^^.
• Mostly used as a repair or conversion facility
Master of Ceremonies and Vice President of
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Hans K.
Schaefer, speaks during christening and
launching ceremonies for the guided missile
frigate ^ USS Reid (FFG-30) at the Todd Pacific
Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles Division, 1981.
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External links
• Todd Pacific Shipyards homepage
• Todd Pacific Shipyards - FAS.org
• Todd Shipyard's Graving Dock Named to Seven to Save List
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• Todd Shipyard's Graving Dock preservation efforts - Contains inks to historical background about Todd
Shipyards Corporation.
References
[1] GlobalSecurity.org. Todd Los Angeles Division (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/san-pedro-todd.htm).
[2] Port of Los Angeles. Container Facilities (http://www.portoflosangeles.org/facilities_Container.htm). Shows an aerial view of Berth 100,
the former location of Todd - San Pedro.
[3] GlobalSecurity.org. Todd San Francisco Division (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/alameda-todd.htm).
[4] http:
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//www. fas.org/man/company/shipyard/todd.htm
//www. preservenys.org/7S05_toddshipyard.html
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Power Plant and Propulsion
General Electric LM2500
The General Electric LM2500 industrial and marine turboshaft gas
turbine is a derivative of GE Aircraft Engines' CF6-6 aircraft engine.
Current versions of the LM2500 deliver 33,600 shaft horsepower
(25.1 MW) with a thermal efficiency of 37 percent at ISO conditions.
It has been used in various applications such as in U.S. Navy warships
(as well as those belonging to other navies), hydrofoils, hovercraft and
fast ferries. As of 2004, more than one thousand LM2500 gas turbines
have been in service for more than 29 international navies
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An LM2500 on ^ USS Ford (FFG-54).
Many of the military LM2500 installations place the engine inside a
metal container of the same dimensions as a standard 40-foot (12 m) intermodal shipping container - 8 feet (2.4 m)
wide, 8.5 feet (2.6 m) tall, and 40 feet (12 m) long. The containerized LM2500s may be designed for easy removal
from their ships if the air intake ducting is shaped appropriately.
The LM2500+ is an evolution of the LM2500, delivering up to 40200 shp (30000 kW) or 28.6 MW of electric
energy when combined with an electrical generator. Two of such turbo-generators have been installed in the
superstructure near the funnel of Queen Mary 2, the world's largest transatlantic cruise liner, for additional electric
energy when the ship's four diesel-generators are working at maximum capacity or fail. Celebrity Cruises uses two
LM2500H- engines in their Millennium-class ships in a COGAS cycle.
The LM2500 is license-built in Japan by Ishikawajima-Harima, and in Italy by Avio, and in India by Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited.
The LM2500/LM2500H- can often be found as turbine part of COD AG or CODOG propulsion systems or in pairs as
powerplants for COGAG systems.
The latest development in the LM2500 family is the LMSIOO. The LMSIOO offers superior value not available in
other 80 - 160 MW gas turbines, including high part -power efficiency, cycling capability without impacting
maintenance intervals, 10 minute starts, dispatch reliability, turndown and load following capability and low mass
emissions.
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History
The LM2500 was first used in US Navy warships in the Spruance class
of destroyers and the related Kidd class, which were constructed from
1970. In this configuration it was rated to 21500 shp (16000 kW). This
configuration was subsequently used into the 1980s in the — > Oliver
Hazard Perry class frigates, and Ticonderoga class cruisers. It was also
used by one of People Republic of China's Type 052 Luhu Class
Missile Destroyer (Harbin 112) acquired before the embargo.
The LM2500 was uprated to 26500 shp (19800 kW) for the Arleigh
Burke class destroyers, which were initiated in the 1980s and started to
see service in the early 1990s, and the T-AOE-6 class of fast combat
tanker.
The current generation was uprated in the late 1990s to over 30000 shp
(22000 kW).
Related engines
General Electric also offers a larger engine, the LM6000. While similar
in configuration, the LM6000 has up to twice the power output of
current models of LM2500.
A heavy lift lowers the main propulsion module
into the hull of USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) during
construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding. The module
consists of two General Electric LM2500 gas
turbine engines and a Westinghouse gear
reduction unit.
See also
• LM6000
• LMSIOO
• Rolls-Royce_Trent#MT30
External links
• Official site (GEAE)
[2]
FAS information page on US Navy LM2500 usage
[3]
References
[1] "GE Marine to Supply IHI with LM2500 Gas Turbines to Power Japan's 15DDG AEGIS Destroyer" (http://www.geae.com/aboutgeae/
presscenter/marine/marine_20040506.html). GE Aviation Press Release. May 6, 2004.
[2] http://www.geae.com/engines/marine/lm2500.html
[3] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/eng/lm2500.htm
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Azimuth thruster
An azimuth thruster is a configuration of ship
propellers placed in pods that can be rotated in any
horizontal direction, making a rudder unnecessary.
These give ships better maneuverability than a fixed
propeller and rudder system. Primary advantages are
electrical efficiency, better use of ship space, and lower
maintenance costs. Ships with azimuth thrusters do not
need tugs to dock, though they still require tugs to
maneuver in difficult places.
There are two major variants, based on the location of
the motor:
1 . Mechanical transmission, where a motor inside the
ship is connected to the pod by gearing. The motor
may be diesel or diesel-electric. Depending on the
shaft arrangement the mechanical azimuth thruster are divided into L-drive and Z-drive. An L-drive thruster has a
vertical input shaft and a horizontal output shaft with one right-angle gear. A Z-drive thruster has an horizontal
input shaft, vertical shaft in the rotating column and a horizontal output shaft with two right-angle gears.
2. Electrical transmission, where an electric motor is in the pod itself, connected directly to the propeller without
gears. The electricity is produced by an onboard engine, usually diesel or gas turbine. Invented in 1955 by Mr.
F.W. Pleuger and Mr. F. Busmann {Pleuger Unterwasserpumpen GmbH), ABB Azipod was the first product using
this technology.
Types of mechanical azimuth thrusters
Mechanical azimuth thrusters are available as fixed installed, retractable and underwater-mountable. Mechanical
azimuth thrusters are available with fixed pitch propellers (FPP) and controllable pitch propellers (CPP).
1. Fixed installed thrusters are used for tugs, ferries and supply-boats.
2. Retractable thrusters are used as auxiliary propulsion for DP-vessels and take-home propulsion for military
vessels.
3. Underwater-mountable thrusters are used as DP-propulsion for very large vessels such as semi-submersible drill
rigs.
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History
The first azimuth thrusters, using the mechanical
Z-drive transmission, were built by HoIIming in
Finland in the 1960s under the Aquamaster brand
name. The business was later sold to Rolls-Royce,
after the merger of Finnish shipyards into Finnyards.
Later, subsidiaries of ABB, also based in Finland,
developed the Azipod thruster, with the motor located
in the pod itself. This kind of propulsion was first
patented in 1955 by Pleuger of Germany.
See also
• Azipod
• Pleuger rudder
• The Voith-Schneider marine propulsion system can
also quickly change the direction of thrust.
External links
http://www.oysthrusters.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/OYSthrusters
http ://w w w . schottel . de
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Rolls-Royce pic, including videos of operation
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Propulsion system for LNG Carriers , Google Answers thread, April 2003
7990 - World's first podded propulsion system , ABB
Azimuth Thrusters , Ship-Technology.com
Azimuth Thrusters Types and Configurations , Thrustmaster of Texas
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Flowserve , L-drive Flowserve Pleuger thruster from flowserve.com
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http://www.hrp.nl", hrp.nl
http://www.steerprop.com, Steerprop Azimuth Propulsors
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U.S. Patent 2714866 ' ' from 1955
References
[1] http://www. google. com/patents ?vid=27 14866
[2] HoUming Group - History (http://www.hollming.fi/english/history_business.html)
[3] http://marine.rolls-royce.com/Azimuthing-thrusters-for-marine-vessels/
[4] http://answers. google. com/answers/threadview?id=l 86174
[5] http://www.abb.eom/global/seitp/seitpl61.nsf/0/364634347b7f8355cl256f550048ebd07OpenDocument
[6] http://www.ship-technology.com/contractors/propulsion/azimuth.html
[7] http://www.thrustmastertexas.com/products/azimuthThrusters.html
[8] http://www.flowserve.com/vgnfiles/Files/Literature/ProductLiterature/Pumps/pss-90-8.l-e.pdf
[9] http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=PzjFEe47bzA
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Controllable pitch propeller
A controllable pitch propeller (CPP) or variable pitch propeller is a special type of propeller with blades that can
be rotated around their long axis to change their pitch. If the pitch can be set to negative values, the reversible
propeller can also create reverse thrust for braking or going backwards without the need of changing the direction of
shaft revolutions.
Aircraft
Such propellers are used in propeller aircraft to adapt the propeller to
different thrust levels and air speeds so that the propeller blades don't
stall, hence degrading the propulsion system's efficiency. Especially
for cruising, the engine can operate in its most economical range of
rotational speeds. With the exception of going into reverse for braking
after touch-down, the pitch is usually controlled automatically without
the pilot's intervention. A propeller with a controller that adjusts the
blades' pitch so that the rotational speed always stays the same is called
a constant speed propeller.
The most common type of controllable pitch propeller is hydraulically
actuated; it was originally developed by Frank W. Caldwell of the
Hamilton Standard Division of the United Aircraft Company. This
design led to the award of the Collier Trophy of 1933. [1]
One of a C- 1 30 Hercules' four controllable and
reversible pitch propellers
Ships
Controllable pitch propellers (CPP) for marine propulsion systems
have been designed to give the highest propulsive efficiency for any
speed and load condition. When the vessel is fully loaded with cargo
the propulsion required at a given ship speed is much higher than when
the vessel is empty. By adjusting the blade pitch, the optimum
efficiency can be obtained and fuel can be saved. Also, the controllable
pitch propeller has a "vane"-stance, which is useful with combined
sailing / motor vessels as this stance gives the least water resistance
when not using the propeller (eg when the sails are used instead).
While it is true that a fixed pitch propeller (FPP) can be more efficient
than a controllable pitch propeller, it can only be so at one rotational
speed and the designed load condition. At that one rotational speed and
load, it is able to absorb all the power that the engine can produce. At
any other rotational speed, or any other vessel loading, the FPP cannot,
either being over pitched or under pitched. A correctly sized
controllable pitch propeller can be efficient for a wide range of
rotational speeds, since pitch can be adjusted to absorb all the power
that the engine is capable of producing at nearly any rotational speed.
A ship's controllable pitch propeller
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The CPP also improves maneuverability of a vessel. When maneuvering the vessel the advantage of the CPP is the
fast change of propulsion direction. The direction of thrust can be changed without slowing down the propeller and
depending on the size of the CPP can be changed in approximately 15 to 40 seconds. The increased maneuverability
can eliminate the need for docking tugs while berthing.
A reversing gear or a reversible engine is not necessary anymore, saving money to install and service these
components. Depending on the main engine rotational speed and the size of the CPP, a reduction gear may still be
required. A CPP does require a hydraulic system to control the position of the blades. A CPP does not produce more
or less wear or stress on the propeller shaft or propulsion engine than an FPP. Therefore this will not be an argument
to choose between an FPP or a CPP.
Most ships that wouldn't take a CPP are large vessels that make long trips at a constant service speed, for example
crude oil tankers or the largest container ships which have so much power that a CPP is not yet designed for them. A
CPP can mostly be found on harbor or ocean-going tugs, dredgers, cruise ships, ferries and cargo vessels that sail to
ports with limited or no tug assistance.
At the moment the range of CPP goes up to 44000 kW (60,000 hp).
See also
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References
[1] http://www. time. com/time/magazine/article/0,9 171, 7542 15, 00. html ?promoid=googlep
[2] http://www.wartsila.com/Wartsila/global/docs/en/ship_power/media_publications/brochures/product/propulsors/cpp.pdf
Stabilizer (ship)
This article refers to the nautical term. For other uses, see stabilizer.
Ship stabilizers are fins mounted beneath the waterline and emerging
laterally. In contemporary vessels, they may be gyroscopically
controlled active fins, which have the capacity to change their angle of
attack to counteract roll caused by wind or waves acting on the ship.
The bilge keel is an early 20th century predecessor. Although not as
effective at reducing roll, bilge keels are cheaper, easier to install, and
do not require dedicated internal space inside the hull.
External links
• Arcturus Marine - manufacturers of ride control, thrusters, digital
stabilizers and integrated hydraulics
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• Blohm + Voss Industries - manufacturers of ship stabilizers
• Halcyon International - manufacturers of ship stabilizers
including gyro-stabilisers
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• Naiad Marine - manufacturers of roll stabilizers, stabilization at
anchor systems, interceptors, bow and stern thrusters, integrated
hydraulic systems
• Rolls Royce manufacturers of ship stabilizers
Fin Stabilizer
(sin ip front view)
Location and diagram of retractable fin stabilizers
on a ship.
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Seakeeper Inc. - manufacture of stabilization products for ships
including control moment gyro roll stabilizers
Ship Dynamics - manufacturers of ship stabilizers inc. first active
gyroscopic stabilisers, interceptored foils (patented), control
systems
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Sperry Marine - manufacturers of ship stabilizers
Pinfabb - manufacturers of ship stabilizer control
Foure Lagadec - manufacturer of ship stabilizers
Photograph of a ship's stabihzer.
References
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//www. rolls-royce.com/marine/products
// w w w . seakeeper. com/
// w w w . shipdy namic s . com/
//www. sperry-marine.com/gyrofin/Index. asp
// w w w . pinfabb . com/stabihsers_control. htm
[10] http://www.fourelagadec.com/eng/dm_stabilisateurs_marine.html
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Aircraft
SH-2 Seasprite
SH-2 Seasprite
SH-2F Seasprite of the US Navy
Role
Manufacturer
First fliglit
Introduction
Primary user
Unit cost
Variants
ASW helicopter
Kaman Aircraft Corporation
2 July 1959(HU2K-1)
December 1962
United States Navy
$16 million (SH-2F)
SH-2G Super Seasprite
The Kaman SH-2 Seasprite is a ship-based helicopter with anti-submaiine, anti-surface threat capability, including
over-the-horizon targeting. This aircraft extends and increases shipboard sensor and weapon capabilities against
several types of enemy threats, including submarines of all types, surface ships, and patrol craft that may be armed
with anti-ship missiles. It was developed for the United States Navy beginning in the late 1950s.
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Design and development
To meet its requirements for a fast, all-weather utility helicopter the
US Navy held a competition in 1956. Kaman's K-20 model was
selected as the winner. Kaman was awarded a contract for four
prototype and 12 production HU2K-1 helicopters in late 1957. The
Kaman design featured four blades on the main rotor and three blades
on the tail rotor with a single General Electric T58-GE-8F turboshaft
engine. Trials ran for a few years and the helicopter entered service in
late 1962
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When the aircraft numbering system was changed in 1962, the
HU2K-1 was redesignated the UH-2A and the HU2K-1U was
redesignated UH-2B. The UH-2 was primarily deployed aboard
aircraft carriers in a Search-and-Rescue (SAR) role. The airframe
continued to undergo upgrades, such as the addition of external stores
stations. Beginning in 1968, remaining UH-2s were upgraded to use
two T58 engines
A UH-2A on plane guard duty hovers over the
USS Kitty Hawk in March 1966.
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The UH-2 was selected to be the airframe for the interim Light
Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) helicopter in October
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1970. LAMPS evolved in the late 1960s from an urgent requirement
to develop a manned helicopter that would support a non-aviation ship
and serve as its tactical Anti- Submarine Warfare arm. Known as
LAMPS Mark 1, the advanced sensors, processors, and display I
capabilities aboard the helicopter enabled ships to extend their
situational awareness beyond the line-of-sight limitations that hamper shipboard radars and the short distances for
acoustic detection and prosecution of underwater threats associated with hull-mounted sonars. H-2s reconfigured for
A UH-2C aboard the USS Hancock between July
1968 and IVIarch 1969
the LAMPS mission were redesignated SH-2D
USS Belknap (CG-26) in December 1971.
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The first operational SH-2D LAMPS helicopter embarked on the
The full LAMPS 1 system was equipped on the SH-2F. The SH-2F was delivered to the Navy beginning in 1973.
This variant had upgraded engines, longer life rotor, and higher take-off weight. In 1981, the Navy ordered 60
production SH-2Fs. Beginning in 1987, 16 SH-2Fs were upgraded with chin mounted Forward Looking Infrared
Sensors (FLIR), Chaff (A1RB0C)/Flares, dual rear mounted IR scramblers, and Missile/Mine detecting
equipment.
Eventually all but two H-2s then in Navy inventory were remanufactured into SH-2Fs. The final production
procurement of the SH-2F was in Fiscal Year 1986. The last six orders for production SH-2Fs were switched to the
SH-2G Super Seasprite variant
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Operational history
SH-2Fs were utilized to enforce Operation Ernest Will (July 1987) and later Operation Praying Mantis (April 1988)
and Desert Storm (January 1991) in the Persian Gulf region. The added countermeasures and equipment gave the
SH-2F's enhanced survivability while taking on more surface related combat tasking in an environment of limited
submarine threat. The SH-2F was retired from active service in October 1993, at roughly the same time that the
Navy retired and/or sold the last of its (Viet Nam era) Knox Class Frigates that could not accommodate the newly
acquired (and larger) SH-60 Sea Hawk.
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New Zealand
Prior to receiving SH-2Gs, the RNZN replaced its Westland Wasps with SH-2Fs. RNZN Seasprites have seen
service in East Timor. RNZAF also has six Kaman SH-2F Seasprite training helicopters. They are stationed at the
RNZAF Ground Training Wing (GTW) at Woodbourne near Blenheim
Variants
YHU2K-1
Four test and evaluation prototypes.
HU2K-1
Utility transport helicopter, powered by a 1,250-shp (932-kW) General Electric T58-GE-8B turboshaft engine.
Initial production version. Later redesignated UH-2A in 1962. 88 built.
UH-2B
Utility transport helicopter. 102 built.
UH-2C
UH-2A and UH-2B helicopters fitted with two General Electric T58-GE-8B turboshaft engines. One former
UH-2A acted as a prototype and was followed by 40 conversions from UH-2A and UH-2B.
NUH-2C
One test and evaluation helicopter. One UH-2C helicopter was equipped to carry and fire, AIM-9 Sidewinder
and AIM-7 Sparrow III air-to-air missiles.
NUH-2D
Redesignation of the NUH-IC test and evaluation helicopter.
HH-2C
Search and rescue helicopter, armed with a single Minigun in a chin-mounted turret. Six conversions.
HH-2D
Search and rescue helicopter, without any armament or armor. 67 conversions from UH-2A and UH-2Bs.
SH-2D
Anti-submarine warfare helicopter, 20 conversions from earlier models.
YSH-2E
Two test and evaluation helicopters, fitted with an advanced radar and LAMPS equipment.
SH-2F
Anti-submarine warfare helicopter, powered by two 1,350 shp (1,007 kW) General Electric T58-GE-8F
turboshaft engines. Improved version. Conversions from SH-2Ds and earlier models.
YSH-2G
1 SH-2G prototype converted from an SH-2F.
SH-2G Super Seasprite
Anti-submarine warfare helicopter, powered by two 1,723 shp (1,285 kW) General Electric T700-GE-401
turboshaft engines.
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Operators
SI New Zealand
• Royal New Zealand Air Force
• No. 6 Squadron RNZAF (Naval Support Flight)
^a United States
• United States Navy (SH-2F retired in 1993)
See SH-2G Super Seasprite for SH-2G operators.
Aircraft on display
• The only remaining U.S. Navy HH-2D, bureau number 149031 / callsign "Copyright 14", is currently on display
outside at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
• An SH-2F, bureau number unknown, is on outside display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation on board
Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida
• An SH-2F is on outside display at the intersection of Tow Way Road and Quentin Roosevelt Blvd aboard Naval
Air Station North Island, Coronado, California.
• An SH-2F is preserved in the Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum.
• The cockpit section of an SH-2F, is on display in Hangar Bay 104, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Home of the U.S.
Navy's oldest LAMPS Mk III squadron HSL-37, "THE EASYRIDERS".
• SH-2F, bureau number 151321 is currently on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in
McMinnville, Oregon.
Specifications
UH-2A
Data from Carrier Aviation Air Power Directory
General characteristics
Length: 52 ft 2 in (15.90 m)
Rotor diameter: 44 ft in (13.41 m)
Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Disc area: 1520.53 sq ft (141.26 sq m)
Empty weight: 6,100 lb (2,127 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 10,200 lb (4,627 kg)
Powerplant: Ix General Electric T58-GE-8B turboshaft, 1,525 shp (1,137 kW)
Rotor systems: 4 blades on main rotor and 3 on tail rotor
Performance
Never exceed speed: 150 knots (278 km/h, 173 mph)
Maximum speed: 141 knots (162 mph, 261 km/h)
Cruise speed: 120 knots (138 mph, 222 km/h)
Range: 582 nmi (670 mi, 1,080 km)
Service ceiling: 17,400 ft (5,305 m)
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SH-2F
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Data from The Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft
General characteristics
Crew: 3 (Pilot, Co-pilot/Tactical Coordinator (TACCO), Sensor Operator (SENSO))
Length: 52 ft 7 in (15.9m)
Rotor diameter: 44 ft in (13.41 m)
Height: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Disc area: 1520.53 sq ft (141.26 sq m)
Empty weight: 7,040 lb (3,193 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 12,800 lb (5,805 kg)
Powerplant: 2x General Electric T58-GE-8F turboshaft, 1,350 shp (1,007 kW) each
Rotor systems: 4 blades on main rotor and tail rotor
Performance
Maximum speed: 143 knots (165 mph, 265 km/h)
Cruise speed: 130 knots (150 mph, 241 km/h)
Range: 366 nmi (422 mi, 679 km)
Service ceiling: 22,500 ft (6,860 m)
Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s) Armament
Missiles: Non-US aircraft carry a variety of guided missiles, including the AGM-65 Maverick (often used in the
anti-ship role) and dedicated anti-ship missiles.
2 Mk 46 or Mk 50 torpedoes
See also
Related development
• SH-2G Super Seasprite
Comparable aircraft
• -^ SH-60 Seahawk
• Westland Lynx
Related lists
• List of military aircraft of the United States
References
Bibliography
• Andrade, John M. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications,
England, 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
• Donald, David; Daniel J. March (2001). Carrier Aviation Air Power Directory. Norwalk, CT: AIRtime
Publishing. ISBN 1-880588-43-9.
• Donald, David; Jon Lake (2000). The Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft. NY, NY: Barnes & Noble. ISBN
0-7607-2208-0.
• Eden, Paul. "Kaman SH-2 Seasprite", Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft. Amber Books, 2004. ISBN
1904687849.
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External links
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• Kaman Aerospace Seasprite page (manufacturer)
• List of all SH-2 helicopters used by Polish Air Force
• SH-2 Seasprite on GlobaIsecurity.org
• SH-2G Super Seasprite page on Naval-Technology.com
• SH-2F Seasprite on Naval Officer Ray Trygstad's site
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• Kiwi Aircraft Images: Kaman SH-2 Seasprite
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• Seasprite Central
References
[I] Donald, David ed. "Kaman H-2 Seasprite", The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. ISBN
0-7607-0592-5.
[2] Apostolo, G. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters. Bonanza Books, 1984. ISBN 0-517-439352.
[3] Frawley, Gerard The International Directory of Military Aircraft, Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-875671-55-2. p. 100.
[4] Eden2004, p. 219.
[5] " RNZAF - 6 Squadron (http://www.airforce.mil.nz/about-us/squadrons/6-squadron/default.htm)". Royal New Zealand Air Force. .
Retrieved 2008-08-25.
[6] Donald and March 2001, p. 52.
[7] Donald and Lake 2000, p. 215.
[8] http://www.kamanaero.com/helicopters/seasprite.html
[9] http://militarypedia.corran.pl/wiki/Kaman_SH-2_Seasprite_w_Wojsku_Polskim
[10] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/sh-2.htm
[II] http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/sea_sprite/
[12] http://www.raytrygstad.com/home/navalofficer/sh-2f.html
[13] http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/seasprite.html
[14] http://seaspritecentral.50megs.com/Index.htm
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SH-60 Seahawk
SH-60 / MH-60 Seahawk
U.S. Navy SH-60F with external fuel tank.
Role
Manufacturer
First fliglit
Introduced
Status
Primary user
Produced
Unit cost
Developed from
Variants
Multimission maritime helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft
12 December 1979
1984
Active service
United States Navy
1970s— present
USD$28 milUon (MH-60S)
[1]
UH-60 Black Hawk
HH-60 Jayhawk
Mitsubishi SH-60
The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter
based on the airframe of the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family. The
most significant modification is a hinged tail to reduce its footprint aboard ships.
The U.S. Navy uses the H-60 airframe under the model designations SH-60B, SH-60F, HH-60H, MH-60R, and
MH-60S. Able to deploy aboard any air-capable — > frigate, destroyer, cruiser, fast combat support ship, amphibious
assault ship, or aircraft carrier, the Seahawk can handle antisubmarine warfare (ASW), undersea warfare (USW),
anti-surface warfare (ASUW), naval special warfare (NSW) insertion, search and rescue (SAR), combat search and
rescue (CSAR), vertical replenishment (VERTREP), and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC). All Navy H-60s carry
either the Lucas Western or Breeze Eastern rescue hoist for SAR/CSAR missions.
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Design and development
Origins
During the 1970s the US Navy began looking for new helicopter to replace the Kaman — » SH-2 Seasprite. The
SH-2 Seasprite was used by the Navy as its platform for the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) Mark 1
avionics suite for the maritime warfare and a secondary search and rescue capability. Advances in sensor and avionic
technology lead to LAMPS Mk 11 suite, but the SH-2 was not large enough to carry the Navy's required equipment.
In the mid-1970s the Army was evaluating of the Sikorsky YUH-60 and Boeing-Vertol YUH-61 for its Utility
Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition. The Navy based its requirements on the Army's
UTTAS specification to decrease costs from commonality. Sikorsky and Boeing-Vertol submitted proposals for
Navy versions of their Army UTTAS helicopters in April 1977 for review. The Navy also looked at helicopters
being produced by Bell, Kaman, Westland and MBB, but these were too small for the mission. In early 1978 the
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Navy selected Sikorsky's S-70B design, which was designated "SH-60B Seahawk".
SH-60B Seahawk
[4]
The SH-60B maintained 83% commonality with the UH-60A. The main changes are corrosion protection, more
powerful T700 engines, shifting the tail landing gear 13 ft forward, replacing left side door with fuselage structure,
and adding two weapon pylons. Other changes included larger fuel cells, an electric blade folding system, folding
horizontal stabilators for storage, and adding a 25-tube pneumatic sonobuoy launcher on left side. Shifting the tail
landing gear reduced the footprint for shipboard landing.
Five YSH-60B Seahawk LAMPS 111 prototypes were ordered. The first
flight of a YSH-60B occurred on 12 December 1979. The first
production version SH-60B achieved its first flight on 11 February
1983. The SH-60B entered operational service in 1984 with first
operational deployment in 1985
[3]
SH-60B Seahawk.
The SH-60B LAMPS Mk 111 is deployed primarily aboard -> frigates,
destroyers, and cruisers. The primary missions of the SH-60B are
surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare.
The SH-60B carries a complex system of sensors including a towed
Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) and air-launched sonobuoys. Other sensors include the APS-124 search radar,
ALQ-142 ESM system and optional nose-mounted forward looking infrared (FLIR) turret. It carries the — > Mk 46,
-> Mk 50, or Mk 54 torpedo, AGM-114 Hellfire missile, and a single cabin-door-mounted M60D/M240 7.62 mm
(0.30 in) machine gun or GAU-16 .50 in (12.7 mm) machine gun.
A standard crew for a SH-60B is one pilot, one ATO/Co-Pilot
(Airborne Tactical Officer), and an enlisted aviation systems warfare
operator (sensor operator). Operating squadrons are designated
Helicopter Anti-submarine Light (HSL).
The SH-60J is a version of the SH-60B for the Japan Maritime
Self-Defense Force. The SH-60K is a modified version of the SH-60J.
The SH-60J and SH-60K are built under license by Mitsubishi in
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Japan. ^
A Seahawk waits above the ground to evacuate a
simulated casualty as fellow MARSOC operators
bring the Marine on a stretcher.
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SH-60F "Oceanhawk"
After the SH-60B entered service, the Navy began development of the SH-60F variant to replace the SH-3 Sea
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King. Development of this variant began with the award of a contract to Sikorsky in March 1985. An early
SH060B was modified to serve as a SH-60F prototype. The company was contracted to produce seven SH-60Fs in
January 1986 and the first example flew on 19 March 1987.
The SH-60F serves as the carrier battle group's primary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and search and rescue (SAR)
aircraft. It hunts submarines with the AN/AQS-13F dipping sonar, and carries 14 sonobuoys. The SH-60F carries the
Mk 46 torpedo and a choice of cabin-mounted machine guns, including the M60D, M240, and GAU-16 for defense.
Standard crew complement is one pilot, one copilot, one enlisted tactical sensor operator (TSO), and one enlisted
acoustic sensor operator (ASO).
The SH-60F first entered operational service in 22 June 1989 with Helicopter Antisubmarine Squardron 10 (HS-10)
at NAS North Island.^'"^ SH-60F squadrons will shift from the SH-60F to the MH-60S beginning in 2009, they will
be redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC).
HH-60H "Rescue Hawk"
The HH-60H was developed beginning in September 1986 with a
contract for the first five helicopters. The variant's first flight occurred
on 17 August 1988. The HH-60H was developed in conjunction with
the US Coast Guard's HH-60J. DeHveries of the HH-60H began in
1989. The variant earned initial operating capability in April 1990
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An HH-60H deploying a SAR swimmer.
Based on the SH-60F, the HH-60H is the primary combat search and
rescue (CSAR), naval special warfare (NSW) and anti-surface warfare
(ASUW) helicopter. It carries a variety of defensive and offensive
sensors making it one of the most survivable helicopters in the world.
Sensors include a FLIR turret with laser designator and the Aircraft
Survival Equipment (ASE) package including the ALQ-144 Infrared Jammer, AVR-2 Laser Detectors, APR-39(V)2
Radar Detectors, AAR-47 Missile Launch Detectors and ALE-47 chaff/flare dispensers. Additionally, airframe
improvements in engine exhaust deflectors provide infrared thermal reduction reducing the threat of heat-seeking
missiles. The HH-60H can carry up to four AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on an extended wing using the M299
launcher and a variety of cabin and port window mounted guns including M60D, M240, GAU-16 and GAU-17/A
machine guns. The standard crew for a Rescue Hawk is one pilot, one copilot, and two door gunners. HH-60H are
operated in Helicopter Antisubmarine (HS) squadrons with a standard dispersal of four F-models and three
H-models.
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The Navy decided to replace the venerable CH-46 Sea Knight
helicopter in 1997. After sea demonstrations by a converted UH-60,
the Navy awarded production contract for the CH-60S in 1998. The
variant first flew in 27 January 2000 and it began flight testing later
that year. The CH-60S was redesignated MH-60S in February 2001 to
reflect its planned multi-mission use
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An MH-60S Knighthawk conducts VERTREP
The MH-60S is based on the UH-60L and has many naval SH-60
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features. It is deployed aboard amphibious assault ships and fast
combat supply ships. It has two missions: troop transport and vertical
replenishment (VERTREP), but can also perform search and rescue
(SAR). The MH-60S has no offensive sensors but can carry the ALQ-144 Infrared Jammer. The MH-60S will, in the
near future, deploy with the AQS-20A Mine Detection System and an Airborne Laser Mine Detection System
(ALMDS) for identifying submerged objects in coastal waters. The S-model is the first US Navy helicopter to field
the glass cockpit where-by the flight data information is relayed to pilots using four digital screens rather than
electromechanical gauges and dials. The primary means of defense is with the M60D, M240 or GAU-17/A guns. A
"batwing" refit (Armed Helo Kit) based on the Army's UH-60L was developed to accommodate Hellfire, Hydra 70
2.75" rockets, or a larger guns or cannon.
The MH-60S is unofficially known as the "Knighthawk", reflecting its role as the designated successor of the Sea
Knight, though this name was formally disapproved in favor of the "Seahawk" name. A standard crew for the
"Knighthawk" is one pilot, one copilot and two others depending on mission. With the retirement of the Sea Knight,
the squadron designation of HeUcopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) was also retired from the Navy. Operating
MH-60S squadrons were re-designated Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC).
UnHke all other Navy H-60s, the MH-60S is not based on the original S-70B/SH-60B platform with its
forward-mounted twin tail-gear and single starboard sliding cabin door. Instead, the S-model is a hybrid, featuring
the main fuselage of the S-70A/UH-60, with large sliding doors on both sides of the cabin and a single aft-mounted
tail wheel; and the engines, drivetrain and rotors of the S-70B/SH-60
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In July 2009, the Republic of Korea requested eight MH-60S helicopters, 16 GE T700-401C engines, and related
sensor systems to be sold in a Foreign Military Sale.
MH-60R Seahawk
The MH-60R was originally referred to as "LAMPS Mark III Block II
Upgrade" when it began development in 1993. Two SH-60Bs were
converted by Sikorsky for the project. The first modified SH-60 made
its maiden flight on 22 December 1999. These conversions, designated
YSH-60S, were deUvered to NAS Patuxent River in 2001 for flight
testing. The production variant was redesignated MH-60S to match its
multi-mission capability
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An MH-60R conducts sonar operations.
The MH-60R is designed to combine the features of the SH-60B and
SH-60F.^'^^ Its sensors include the ASE package, MTS-FLIR, an
advanced airborne fleet data link, and a more advanced airborne active 1
sonar. It does not carry the MAD suite. Pilot instrumentation will be based on the MH-60S's glass cockpit, using
several digital monitors instead of the complex array of dials and gauges in Bravo and Foxtrot aircraft. Offensive
capabilities are improved by the addition of new Mk-54 air-launched torpedoes and Hellfire missiles. All Helicopter
Anti-Submarine Light (HSL) squadrons that receive the Romeo will be redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike
(HSM).f^^^
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The Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), HSM-41, received the R-model aircraft in December 2005 and has begun
training the first set of pilots. In 2007, the MH-60R successfully underwent final testing for incorporation into the
fleet. As of August 2008, the first 11 combat-ready examples equipped HSM-71, a squadron assigned to the USS
John C. Stennis (CVN-74). According to Lockheed Martin, "secondary missions include search and rescue, vertical
replenishment, naval surface fire support, logistics support, personnel transport, medical evacuation and
communications and data relay."
Variants
US versions
YSH-60B Seahawk: Developmental version, led to SH-60B.f^^^
SH-60B Seahawk
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NSH-60B Seahawk: Permanently configured for flight testing.
SH-60F Oceanhawk
NSH-60F Seahawk: Modified SH-60F to support the VH-60N Cockpit Upgrade Program.^^^^
HH-60H Rescue Hawk:
YSH-60R Seahawk:
MH-60R Seahawk:
YCH-60S "Knighthawk":
MH-60S "Knighthawk":
Export versions
• S-70B Seahawk: Sikorsky's designation for Seahawk. Designation is often used for exports.
• S-70B-1 Seahawk: Anti-submarine version for the Spanish Navy. The Seahawk is configured with the
LAMPS (Light Airbone Multipurpose System)
• S-70B-2 Seahawk: Anti-submarine version for the Royal Australian Navy, similar to the SH-60B Seahawk in
US Navy operation.
• S-70B-3 Seahawk: Anti-submarine version for the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force. Also known as the
SH-60J, the JMSDF ordered a total of 101 units, with deUveries starting in 1991.
• S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk: the Greek military variant which is a blend of the SH-60B and F models, based on
Taiwan's S-70C(M)l/2.
• S-70B-7 Seahawk: Export version for the Royal Thai Navy.
• S-70C(M)-l/2 Thunderhawk: Export version for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy.
• S-70A (N) Naval Hawk: Maritime variant that blends the S-70A Black Hawk and S-70B Seahawk designs.
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Operators
• United States Navy
Operational US Navy squadrons
SH-60B
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HSL-37 "Easyriders"
HSL-40 "Airwolves" ^^^^
HSL-42 "Proud Warriors"
HSL-43 "Battle Cats" ^^^^
HSL-44 "Swamp Fox" ^^^^
HSL-45 "Wolfpack" ^^^^
HSL-46 "Grandmasters" ^^^^
HSL-48 "Vipers" ^^'^^
HSL-49 "Scorpions" ^^°^
HSL-51 "Warlords"
HSL-60 "Jaguars" ^^^^
HSL-84 "Thunderbolts" ^^^^
MH-60S "Knighthawk" with tail and rotors
folded on the USS Mount Whitney.
SH-60F/HH-60H
HS-4 "Black Knights'
HS-5 "Nightdippers'
HS-6 "Indians" ^^^^
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HS-7 "Dusty Dogs
HS-10 "Warhawks
HS-11 "Dragonslayers
HS-14 "Chargers"
HS-15 "Red Lions"
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HS-75 "Emerald Knights" ' "' (US Navy Reserve)
HCS-4 "Red Wolves" ^"^'^ - redesignated HSC-84 in 2006
HCS-5 "Firehawks" - disestablished in 2006
VX-31 "Dust Devils"
MH-60R
• HSM-41 Seahawks f"^^^"
MH-60S Seahawk hoisting up a SAR swim pair.
HSM-70 Spartans
HSM-71 Raptors
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• HSM-77 "Saberhawks'
MH-60S
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HSC-2 "Fleet Angels
HSC-3 "IVIerlins
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HSC-8 "Eightballers"
HSC-9 "Tridents" '^^^^ redesignated from HS-3 on 1 June 2009
HSC-12 "Golden Falcons" ^'^''^ redesignated from HS-2 on 6 August 2009.^^°^
HSC-21 "Blackjacks
HSC-22 "Sea Knights
HSC-23 "Wild Cards'
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HSC-25 "Island Knights
HSC-26 "Chargers
HSC-28 "Dragon Whales
HSC-85 "High Rollers
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Non-US operators
san Australia
• Royal Australian Navy - received 16 S-70B-2 Seahawks/''"^ and has
16 S-70BS in service as of 2008.^^'^^
• No. 816 Squadron RAN
B3 Brazil
• Brazilian Navy - 4 S-70B Seahawks to be delivered in 2009.
^= Greece
• Received 1 1 S-70B-6 Aegean Hawks,^^°^ and has 1 1 S-70Bs in
service as of 2008.
• Japan
• SeeSH-60J/K
^~ Spain
• Spanish Navy - received 12 S-70B-1 Seahawks and has 12 S-70Bs in service as of 2008.
^1 Republic of China (Taiwan)
• RepubHc of China Navy - received 21 S-70C (10 S-70C(]V[)-1 and 1 1 S-70C(]V[)-2) ThunderhawksJ*^^^ and has 19
S-70CS in service as of 2008^^^^ in 701st and 702nd Hehcopter Squadron (Light).^^^^
^Si Thailand
• Royal Thai Navy - received 6 S-70B-7 SeahawksJ'''^^ and has 6 1VIH-60S Seahawks order. ^""^^ It has 6 S-70Bs in
An SH-60J on the hangar deck of the Japanese
Asagiri class destroyer JDS Umigiri (DD-158).
use as of 2008
I Turkey
[59]
Turkish Naval Forces - has received 8 S-70B-28 Seahawks with 17 more on order. It has 7 S-70Bs in use as of
[66]
2008
[59]
Specifications (SH-60B)
Data from Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory, Navy fact file, and Sikorsky S-70B
General characteristics
Crew: 3-4
Capacity: 5 passengers in cabin or slung load of 6,000 lb or internal load of 4,100 lb for -B, -F and -H models
and 1 1 passengers or slung load of 9,000 lb for -S
Length: 64 ft 8 in (19.75 m)
Rotor diameter: 53 ft 8 in (16.35 m)
Height: 17 ft 2 in (5.2 m)
Disc area: 2,262 ft^ (210 m^)
Empty weight: 15,200 lb (6,895 kg)
Loaded weight: 17,758 lb (8,055 kg)
Useful load: 6,684 lb (3,031 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 21,884 lb (9,927 kg)
SH-60 Seahawk 200
• Powerplant: 2x General Electric T700-GE-40 1 C turboshaft, 1 ,890 shp ( 1 ,4 1 kW) take-off power each
Performance
Maximum speed: 180 knots (333 km/h, 207 mph)
Cruise speed: 146 knots
Range: 450 nmi (834 km) at cruise speed
Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,580 m)
Rate of climb: 1,650 ft/min (8.38 m/s)Armament
Up to three — > Mark 46 torpedos or — > Mark 50 torpedos,
AGM-1 14 Hellfire missile, 4 Hellfire missiles for SH-60B and HH-60H, 8 Hellfire missiles for MH-60S Block
III.
AGM-1 19 Penguin missile (being phased out),
M60 machine gun or, M240 machine gun or GAU-16/A machine gun or GAU-17/A Minigun
Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS) using Mk 44 Mod 30 mm Cannon
See Main Article: U.S. Helicopter Arrnament Subsystems
See also
• List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
• US Helicopter Armament Subsystems
Related development
Sikorsky S-70
UH-60 Black Hawk
HH-60 Pave Hawk
HH-60 Jayhawk
Mitsubishi SH-60
Piasecki X-49
Sikorsky S-92/CH-148 Cyclone
Comparable aircraft
• Boeing-Vertol YUH-61
• Kamov Ka-27
• Harbin Z-9
• NHINH90
• Westland Lynx
Related lists
• List of helicopters
• List of military aircraft of the United States
SH-60 Seahawk 201
References
Sources
• A 1 -H60CA-NFM-000 NATOPS Flight Manual Navy Model H-60F/H Aircraft
• Donald, David ed. "Sikorsky HH/MH/SH-60 Seahawk", Warplanes of the Fleet. AlRtime, 2004. ISBN
1-880588-81-1.
• Leoni, Ray D. Black Hawk, The Story of a World Class Helicopter, American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, 2007. ISBN 978-1-56347-918-2.
• Tomajczyk, Stephen F. Black Hawk, MBI, 2003. ISBN 0-7603-1591-4.
External links
• S-70B Seahawk page on Sikorsky.com
• SH-60 fact file ^^^^ and SH-60 history page on US Navy site ^^^^
• SH-60 ^^^\ HH-60H ^^"^^ MH-60S pages on Globalsecurity.org ^^^^
• "U.S. Army/Navy Signs 5-Year Production Contract for UH-60 Helicopters" (also HH-60M & MH-60R) ^^''l
Sikorsky, December 12, 2007.
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[28] http://www.hsl46.navy.mil/
[29] http://www.hsl48.navy.mil/
[30] http://www.hsl49.navy.mil/
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[76] http://www.sikorsky.com/news_index/l,9599,CLIl_DIV69_ETI435,00.html
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Armament
Otobreda 76 mm
Otobreda 76 mm
Type
Naval gun
Place of origin
1 1 Italy
Service history
In service
1964 - present
Used by
See users
Production history
Designer
Oto Melara
Designed
Compact: 1963
Super Rapid: 1985
Manufacturer
Oto Melara (1963-2001)
OtoBreda (2001 onwards)
Produced
Compact: 1964
Super Rapid: 1988
Variants
See variants
Specifications
Weight
7500 kg (without ammunition)
12.34 kg (complete round)
Shell
76 mm x 900mm (complete round)
Caliber
62 caliber 76 mm
Elevation
-157+85°
speed:357s (acceleration: 12°/s^)
Traverse
360°
speed: 60°/s (acceleration: 12°/s^)
Rate of fire
Compact: 85 round/min
Super Rapid: 120 round/min
Muzzle velocity
925 m/s
Maximum range
Compact: 20,000 m (HE round at 45°)
Super Rapid: 30,000 m (HE round at 45°)
Otobreda 76 mm
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Feed system
Magazine:
Compact: 80 ready rounds on gun mount
Super Rapid: 85 ready rounds on gun mount
The Otobreda 76 mm gun is a widely used naval artillery piece built by the Italian company Otobreda. A
vehicle-mounted version known as the Otomatic was built for the SPAAG role, although this was not put into
production.
It is capable of very high rates of fire, making it suitable for short-range anti-missile point defence. Its calibre also
gives it abilities for anti-aircraft, anti-surface and ground shelling. Specialised ammunition is available for armour
piercing, incendiary and directed fragmentation. A new stealth cupola has been designed in recent years.
The system is compact enough to be installed on relatively small warships, like corvettes, avisos, or patrol boats. It
has been widely exported and is in use with 53 navies.
It has recently been favoured over the French 100 mm naval gun for the new Horizon CNGF frigates.
On 27 September 2006 Iran announced it has started mass production of a marine artillery gun, named the Fajr-27,
which is a reverse-engineered Oto Melara 76 mm gun.[l]
OTO-Melara 76 mm gun onboard F22 1
Hessen, a Sachsen class frigate.
On the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen— class
frigates, the Oto Melara is equipped with a
stealth cupola to reduce radar cross section/
The OTO-Melara 76mm mounting is seen in
this photograph of the Japanese Asagiri class
destroyer Aiog;ri, formerly DD 156,
renumbered TV 3516, seen here on 28 July
2008 departing from Portsmouth Naval Base,
UK.
Other specifications
• Cooling: sea water — fresh water for flushing
• Electrical Power supply
• 440 V, 3-phase, 60 Hz, main circuit;
• 115 V, 1-phase, 400 Hz, servo and synchro network
Users
Platforms using the Oto melara 76 mm include:
Otobreda 76 mm 206
Asia
gH Australia
• Adelaide class — > Frigate
^1 Bangladesh
• DW Class Frigate
^" Indonesia
• Van Speijk class frigate
• Sigma class corvette
^C India
Israel
• Saar 3 class missile boat
• Saar 4 class missile boat
• Saar 4.5 class missile boat
• Japan
• Hatsuyuki class destroyer
• Murasame class destroyer
• Asagiri class destroyer
• Ishikari class destroyer escort
^B Malaysia
• Laksamana Class Corvette
• Kedah Class NGPV
•^ Philippines
• Jacinto class offshore patrol vessel
^" Singapore : Republic of Singapore Navy
• Endurance class LST
• Formidable class frigate
• Victory class corvette
• Fearless class patrol vessel
mft Sri Lanka
• Saar 4 class fast missile vessel
• SLNS Nandimithra
• SLNS Suranimala
^™ Thailand
• Pattani class offshore patrol vessel
• Ratanakosin class corvette
• Ratcharit missile boat
• Chuburi patrol boats
• Tapi class large patrol corvette
• Khamronsin corvette
^1 Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Cheng Kung class frigate
• Kang Ding class frigate
Otobreda 76 mm 207
Africa
^ Egypt
• Descubierta class corvette
• Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates
• Ramadan class fast attack missile boats
• Type- 143 Tiger class fast attack missile boats
^1 Morocco
• Descubierta class corvette
• Floreal class frigate
• OPV70 Class patrol vessel
@S South Africa
• Warrior class strike craft
• Valour class frigate
Europe
I I Belgium
• Karel Doorman class frigate
*2 Denmark
• Flyvefisken class patrol vessel
• Thetis class patrol frigates
• Ivar Huitfeldt class frigate (In service from 2012)
I I France
• FREMM multipurpose frigate
• Horizon Common New Generation Frigate
^M Germany
• Brandenburg class frigate
• Bremen class frigate
• Sachsen class frigate
• Braunschweig class corvette
• Gepard class fast attack craft
•^ Greece
Elli class frigate
FACM Class La Combattante IH
FACM Class La Combattante lEb
FACM Class La Combattante Ila
Osprey 55 class gunboat
HSY-55 class gunboat
Osprey HSY-56A class gunboat
Super- Vita
Jason Class (EST)
Ireland
Peacock class patrol vessels
Otobreda 76 mm
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• Roisin class Offshore Patrol Vessels
1 1 Italy
Audace class destroyer
Durand de La Penne class destroyer
San Giorgio class amphibious transport dock
Cassiopea class patrol vessel
Minerva class corvette
FREMM multipurpose frigate
Horizon Common New Generation Frigate
Cavour
^J Netherlands
• Karel Doorman class frigate
sis Norway
• Fridtjof Nansen class frigate
• Skjold class patrol boat
I I Romania
• Regele Ferdinand frigate
• Regina Maria frigate
^~ Spain
• Santa Maria class frigate
• Descubierta class patrol vessel
• Buque de Accion Maritima (BAM) Class
BB Turkey
• Dogan class fast attack craft
• K1I19 class fast attack craft
• K1I19-II class fast attack craft
• Yildiz fast attack craft
• New Generation Frigate
North America
I.*.! Canada
• Iroquois class destroyer after TRUMP modifications (Canada)
^m United States
• fiear-class medium endurance cutter (USCG)
• Hamilton-class high endurance cutter (USCG)
• — > Oliver Hazard Perry— class frigate (USN)
• Pegasus-class hydrofoil (now de-commissioned) (USN)
|i| Mexico
• Oaxaca class Offshore Patrol Vessel(Mexican Navy)
South America
^J Argentina
The Mk 75 in use aboard USCGC Gallatin, 2005.
Otobreda 76 mm 209
• Espora class frigate
^ Chile
• Karel Doorman class frigate
• Saar 4 class missile boat
• S 148 class missile boat
^^ Ecuador
• Quito class missile boat (Ecuador)
I I Peru
• PR-72P class corvette (Peru)
^B Colombia
• Almirante Padilla class frigate
External links
• Oto Melara products: medium calibres
• 76/62 Oto Melara Compact Gun Mount ^^^ at Thales Australia
• Italian 76 mm/62 (3") Compact, SR and USA 76 mm/62 (3") Mark 75 ^"^^ at NavWeaps
References
[1] http://www. middle-east-online. com/english/?id=17626
[2] http://www. otobreda. it/products/products. asp?id=prod_naval_medium
[3] http://www. adi-limited.com/site. asp?page=147
[4] http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3-62_mk75.htm
M2 Browning machine gun
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M2 Browning machine gun
This article is about the .50 caliber M2 machine gun. For the .30-06 M2 machine gun, see M1919 Browning
machine gun.
Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB
M2HB heavy machine gun on M3 tripod
Type
Heavy machine gun
Place of origin
United States
Service history
In service
Used by
I92I
M2HB from I933-pi-esent
United States, and list of users
Wars
World Wai- II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Cambodian Civil War
Cambodian- Vietnamese War
Falklands War
South African Border War
Gulf War
Somali Civil War
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
Production history
Designed
1918
[1]
Manufacturer
Produced
Current: General Dynamics, Fabrique Nationale, US Ordnance, and Manroy Engineering
Former: Colt's Patent Fire Arms Company, High Standard Company, Savage Arms Corporation, Buffalo
Arms Corporation, General Motors Corporation (Frigidaire, AC Spark Plug, Saginaw Steering, and
Brown-Lipe-Chappin Divisions), Kelsey Hayes Wheel Company, Springfield Armory, Wayne Pump
Company, ERMCO, and Ramo Manufacturing
1933-present (M2HB)
Weight
Specifications
38 kg (83.78 lb), 58 kg (127.87 lb) with tripod and T&E
Length
Barrel length
1650 mm (65 in)
1143 mm (45.0 in)
Cartridge
Action
.50 BMG
Short recoil-operated
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Rate of fire
450-575 rounds/min (M2HB)
750-850 rounds/min (AN/M2)
1,200 rounds/min (AN/M3)
Muzzle velocity
Feed system
2,910 feet per second (M33 Ball) (887.1 m/s)
Belt-fed (M2 or M9 links)
The M2 Machine Gun, Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun, or "Ma Deuce" is a heavy machine gun designed
towards the end of World War I by John Browning. The M2 uses the .50 BMG cartridge, and is the source of its
name (BMG standing for Browning Machine Gun). The M2 was nicknamed Ma Deuce by U.S. Military personnel or
simply called "fifty-cal." in reference to its caliber. The design has had many specific designations; the official
designation for the current infantry type is Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible. It is effective
against infantry, unarmored or lightly-armored vehicles and boats, light fortifications, and low-flying aircraft.
The Browning .50 caliber machine gun has been used extensively as a vehicle weapon and for aircraft armament by
the United States from the 1920s to the present day. It was heavily used during World War II, the Korean War, the
Vietnam War, as well as during operations in Iraq in the 1990s and 2000s. It is the primary heavy machine gun of
NATO countries, and has been used by many other countries as well. It is still in use today, with only a few modern
improvements. The M2 has been in use longer than any other small arm in U.S. inventory. It was very similar in
design to the smaller Browning Model 1919 machine gun. The M2 is currently manufactured by General Dynamics
and FNH for the United States government. FNH has been the manufacturer since John Browning worked for them
in the 1910s and '20s to develop the machine gun. [2]
History
A variant without a water jacket, but with a thicker-walled, air-cooled barrel superseded it (air-cooled barrels had
already been used on variants for use on aircraft, but these quickly overheated in ground use). This new variant was
then designated the M2 HB {HB for Heavy Barrel). The added mass and surface area of the new barrel compensated,
somewhat, for the loss of water-cooling, while reducing bulk and weight (the M2 weighed 121 lb (55 kg), with
water, whereas the M2 HB weighs 84 lb). Due to the long procedure for changing the barrel, an improved system
was developed called QCB (quick change barrel). A lightweight version, weighing a mere 60 lb (27 kg) was also
developed.
Design details
The Browning M2 is an air-cooled, belt-fed machine gun. The M2 fires from a closed bolt, operated on the short
recoil principle. The M2 fires the .50 BMG cartridge, which offers long range accuracy and good stopping power.
The M2 is a scaled-up version of John Browning's M1917 .30 caliber machine gun (even using the same timing
gauges).
Features
The M2 has varying cyclic rates of fire, depending upon the model. The M2HB (heavy barrel) air-cooled ground gun
has a cyclic rate of 450-575 rounds per minute. The early M2 water-cooled AA guns had a cyclic rate of around
450-600 rpm. The AN/M2 aircraft gun has a cyclic rate of 750-850 rpm; this increases to 1,200 rpm or more for
AN/M3 aircraft guns fitted with electric or mechanical feed boost mechanisms. These maximum rates of fire are
generally not achieved in use, as sustained fire at that rate will wear out the bore within a few thousand rounds,
necessitating replacement. The M2HB's sustained rate of fire is considered to be anything less than 400 rounds per
minute.
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The M2 has a maximum range of 7.4 kilometers (4.55 miles), with a
maximum effective range of 1.8 kilometers (1.2 miles) when fired
from the M3 tripod. In its ground-portable, crew-served role as the
M2HB, the gun itself weighs in at a hefty 84 pounds (38 kg), and the
assembled M3 tripod another 44 pounds (20 kg). In this configuration,
the V-shaped "butterfly" trigger is located at the very rear of the
weapon, with a "spade handle" hand-grip on either side of it and the
bolt release the center. The spade handles are gripped and the butterfly
trigger is depressed with one or both thumbs. Recently new rear buffer
assemblies have used squeeze triggers mounted to the hand grips,
doing away with the butterfly triggers.
When the bolt release is locked down by the bolt latch release lock on
the buffer tube sleeve, the gun functions in fully automatic mode.
Conversely, the bolt release can be unlocked into the up position
resulting in single-shot firing (the gunner must press the bolt latch
release to send the bolt forward). Unlike virtually all other modern
machine guns, it has no safety (although a sliding safety switch has
recently been fielded to USMC armorers for installation on their
weapons). Troops in the field have been known to add an improvised safety measure against accidental firing by
slipping an expended shell casing under the butterfly trigger.
Twin M2HB .50 caliber machine gun during a
Pre-aimed Calibration Fire (PACFIRE) exercise.
[7]
Because the M2 was intentionally designed to be fit into many configurations, it can be adapted to feed from the left
or right side of the weapon by exchanging the belt-holding pawls, the belt feed pawl, and the front and rear cartridge
stops, then reversing the bolt switch. The conversion can be completed in under a minute with no tools.
Ammunition
There are several different types of ammunition used in the M2HB and AN aircraft guns. From World War 11
through the Vietnam War, the big Browning was used with standard ball, armor-piercing (AP), armor-piercing
incendiary (API), and armor-piercing incendiary tracer (APIT) rounds. All .50 ammunition designated
"armor-piercing" was required to completely perforate 0.875" (22.2 mm) of hardened steel armor plate at a distance
of 100 yards (91 m), and 0.75" (19 mm) at 547 yards (500 m).^^^ The API and APIT rounds left a flash, report, and
smoke on contact, useful in detecting strikes on enemy targets; they were primarily intended to incapacitate
thin-skinned and lightly armored vehicles and aircraft, while igniting their fuel tanks.
Current ammunition types include: M33 Ball (706.7 grain) for personnel and light material targets, M17 tracer, M8
API (622.5 grain), M20 APl-T (619 grain), and M962 SLAP-T. The latter ammunition along with the M903 SLAP
(Saboted Light Armor Penetrator) round can perforate 1.34 in (34 mm) of HHA (high hard armor, or face-hardened
steel plate) at 500 meters, 0.91 in (23 mm) at 1,200 meters, and 0.75 in (19 mm) at 1,500 meters. This is achieved by
using a .30 inch diameter tungsten penetrator. The SLAP-T adds a tracer charge to the base of the ammunition. This
ammunition was type classified in 1993.
When firing blanks, a large blank-firing adapter (BFA) must be used to keep the gas pressure high enough to allow
the action to cycle. The adapter is very distinctive, attaching to the muzzle with three rods extending back to the
base. The BFA can often be seen on M2s during peacetime operations.
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Deployment
The M2 .50 Browning machine gun has been used for various roles:
• A medium infantry support weapon
• As an anti-aircraft (AA) gun in some ships; up to six M2 guns could
be mounted on the same turret.
• As an anti-aircraft gun on the ground. The original water-cooled
version of the M2 was used on a tali AA tripod or vehicle-mounted
anti-aircraft weapon on a sturdy pedestal mount. In later variants,
twin and quadruple M2HB Brownings were used, such as the M45
Quadmount used on the US Ml 6 half-track carrier. Twin or
quad-mount .50 M2 guns normally used alternating left-hand and
right-hand feed.
• Primary or secondary weapon on an armored fighting vehicle.
• Primary or secondary weapon on a naval patrol boat.
• Spotting for the primary weapon on some armored fighting vehicles.
• Secondary weapon for anti-boat defense on large naval vessels
(corvettes, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, etc).
• Coaxial gun or independent mounting in some tanks.
• Fixed-mounted primary armament in World War 11-era U.S. aircraft
such as the P-47 Thunderbolt, P-5 1 Mustang, and the Korean-era
U.S. F-86 Sabre.
• Fixed or flexible-mounted defensive armament in World War ll-era
bombers such as the B-17 Flying Fortress, and B-24 Liberator.
• A M2 modified to fire single shots and hold a scope was used by
Carlos Hathcock as a sniper weapon during the Vietnam War,
proving the .50 caliber round's usefulness as an effective
anti-personnel/anti-material round. Carlos Hathcock used his
modified M2 to create the record for the longest sniper kill, a record
that stood until the current War in Afghanistan.
An M2 fired from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat.
A U.S. Marine mans a .50 caliber machine gun as
part of a security force during an exercise
United States
At the outbreak of the Second World War the United States had
versions of the M2 in service as fixed aircraft guns, anti-aircraft
defensive guns (on aircraft, ships, or boats), infantry (tripod-mounted)
guns, and as dual purpose anti-aircraft and anti-vehicular weapons on
vehicles.
The .50 AN/M2 light-barrel aircraft Browning was used in planes had
a rate of fire of approximately 800 rounds per minute, and was used
singly or in groups of up to eight guns for aircraft ranging from the
P-47 Thunderbolt to the B-25 Mitchell bomber.
A U.S. soldier in Normandy stands guard with the
M2HB installed on a dual-purpose mounting.
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In the dual-purpose vehicle mount, the M2HB (heavy barrel) proved extremely effective in U.S. service: the
Browning's .50 caliber AP and API rounds could easily penetrate the engine block or fuel tanks of a German Bf 109
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fighter attacking at low altitude, or perforate the hull plates and fuel tanks of a German half-track or light armored
car. While the dual-purpose mounting was undeniably useful, it did normally require the operator to stand
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when using the M2 in a ground role, exposing him to return fire. Units in the field often modified the mountings
on their vehicles, especially tanks and tank destroyers, to provide more operator protection in the anti-vehicular and
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anti-personnel role. The weapon was particularly hated by the Germans, whose attacks against otherwise helpless
stalled motor convoys were frequently broken up by .50 caliber machine gun fire.
Besides vehicle-mounted weapons, the heavy weapons companies in a WWII Army infantry battalion or regiment
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were each issued one M2 Browning with tripod (ground) mount. Mounted on a heavily-sandbagged tripod, the
M2HB proved very useful in either a defensive role or to interdict or block road intersections from use by German
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infantry and motorized forces. The hammering of a heavy Browning could usually be relied upon to put a German
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infantry company face-down in the dirt. There are numerous instances of the M2 Browning being used against
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enemy personnel, particularly infantry assaults or for interdiction or elimination of enemy artillery observers or
snipers at distances too great for ordinary infantry weapons.
A quadruple mount of four .50 M2HB guns with a single gunner situated behind an armored housing was used by
U.S. AA battalions in either a towed trailer or mounted in a half-track carrier (M16 AA half-track). With 200 rounds
per gun in a powered tracking mount, the guns proved very effective against low-flying aircraft. Towards the end of
the war, as Luftwaffe attacks grew more infrequent, the quad .50 (nicknamed the Meat Chopper) was increasingly
used in an anti-personnel role, similarly to the more powerful German 20mm Flakvierling. Snipers firing from trees
were engaged by the quad gunner at trunk level - the weapon would cut down and destroy the entire tree, and the
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sniper With it.
The IVI2HB was not widely used in the Pacific campaign, due to
several factors, including weight, the inherent nature of infantry jungle
combat, and because road intersections were usually easily
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outflanked. However, it was used by fast-moving motorized forces
in the Philippines to destroy Japanese blocking units on the advance to
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IVIanila. The quad mount .50 was also used to destroy Japanese
emplacements. M16 .50 AA Quad aka the 'Meat Chopper'
The IVI2HB saw service in both Korea and Vietnam. In 2003, during
the Iraq War, U.S. Army SFC Paul Ray Smith used his IVI2HB mounted on an IVI113 armored personnel carrier to
kill twenty to fifty enemy who were attacking a U.S. Army outpost. Saving an aid station from being overrun and
allowing wounded soldiers to be evacuated, SFC Smith gave his life to save his fellow soldiers and was
posthumously awarded the IVIedal of Honor.
Commonwealth forces
Commonwealth use of the IVI2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun (known as the .5 Browning in British and
Commonwealth service) was limited in the Second World War, though from 1942 it was standard armament on
US-built AFVs provided under lend-lease such as the IVI4 Sherman, IVI7 Priest, IVI8 Greyhound, or IVIIO Wolverine
variously used by British, Canadian, Australian, South African and New Zealand units. Nevertheless, the heavy
Browning's effectiveness was praised by many British and Commonwealth soldiers in infantry, armored, and
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ordnance branches. IVIany commanders thought the .50 Browning the best weapon in its class, certainly the
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best of the American weapons, including the Ml Garand and carbine. In North Africa, after Commonwealth
units began to obtain sufficient parts, manuals, gauges, and ammunition for the new weapon, the .50 Browning was
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increasingly used, eventually replacing the 15 mm Besa, but in Italy was often deleted from top turret mountings
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because the mount exposed the operator to low branches and enemy fire. Some SAS units used the aircraft
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(AN/M2) version of the gun, while turret-mounted .5 Brownings were used later in the war in such aircraft as the
Lancaster bomber.
After the Second World War, the .50 Browning continued to see action in Korea and other theaters, in aircraft, tripod
(ground), ground AA (hip-ring), and vehicle mounts. One of its most notable actions in a ground role was in a fierce
battle with a nine-man SAS team at the Battle of Mirbat in Oman in July 1972, where the heavy Browning and its
API ammunition was used to help repulse an assault by 250 Yemeni Adoo guerrillas, though the more famous
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weapon from the battle is a 25 pounder gun.
.50 caliber Brownings were fitted, with a .30 caliber, in the compact one-man turrets on Ml 13 APCs used by the
Royal Australian Armoured Corps in South Vietnam.
M2 as a sniper rifle
The M2 machine gun has been used in a single confirmed instance as a long-range sniper rifle, when equipped with a
telescopic sight. Soldiers during the Korean War used scoped M2s in the role of a sniper rifle, but the practice was
most notably used by US Marine Corps sniper Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War. Using an Unertl telescopic
sight and a mounting bracket of his own design, Hathcock could quickly convert the M2 into a sniper rifle, using the
traversing-and-elevating (T & E) mechanism attached to the tripod to assist in aiming at stationary targets. When
firing semi-automatically, Hathcock could accurately hit man-size targets beyond 2000 yards — twice the range of a
standard-caliber sniper rifle of the time (a .30-06 Winchester Model 70). In fact, Hathcock set the record for the
longest confirmed kill at 2,250 m (2,460 yd), a record which he held until 2002.
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Variants and derivatives
An M2HB in the French Foreign Legion's 2nd
Infantry Regiment during an exercise
M2 variants
The basic M2 was deployed in US service in a number of subvariants,
all with separate complete designations as per the US Army system.
The basic designation as mentioned in the introduction is Browning
Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, with others as described below.
The development of the Ml 921 water-cooled machine gun which led
to the M2, meant that the initial M2s were in fact water-cooled. These
weapons were designated Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2,
Water-Cooled, Flexible. There was no fixed water-cooled version.
Improved air-cooled heavy barrel versions came in three subtypes. The
basic infantry model. Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB,
Flexible, a fixed developed for use on the M6 Heavy Tank designated
Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Fixed, and a "turret type"
whereby "Flexible" M2s were modified slightly for use in tank turrets.
The subvariant designation Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB,
Turret was only used for manufacturing, supply, and administration
identification and separation from flexible M2s.
A number of additional subvariants were developed after the end of the Second World War. The Caliber .50
Machine Gun, Browning, M2, Heavy Barrel, M48 Turret Type was developed for the commander's cupola on the
M48 Patton tank. The cupola mount on the M48-A3 was thoroughly disliked by most tankers, as it proved unreliable
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in service. A cupola-mounted M2 was later adopted for the commander's position on the Ml Abrams tanks. Three
subvariants were also developed for used by the US Navy on a variety of ships and watercraft. These included the
Caliber .50 Machine Gun, Browning, M2, Heavy Barrel, Soft Mount (Navy) and the Caliber .50 Machine Gun,
M2 Browning machine gun
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Browning, M2, Heavy Barrel, Fixed Type (Navy). The fixed types fire from a solenoid trigger and come in left or
right hand feed variants for use on the Mk 56 Mod dual mount and other mounts.
M2 E-50 (M2E50)
A long overdue upgrade program for existing infantry M2HBs and other M2s currently in U.S. Army service, the
E50 provides a: Quick Change Barrel (QCB) capability, a rail accessory mount, an improved flash hider and a
manual safety.
The E50 designation initially appeared to be within the bounds of the normal U.S. Army designation system.
However, it later turned out that the term was in fact a developmental project that stands for Enhanced 50, as in
enhanced .50 caliber machine gun. Developed primarily as a conversion kit for existing weapons, it is likely that new
production machine guns will be built to this standard. In later U.S. Army briefings, this variant has been referenced
astheM2E2orM2Al.
Aircraft guns
AN/M2 and AN/M3
The M2 machine gun was widely used during World War 11 and in
later postwar conflicts as a remote or flexible aircraft gun. For fixed
(offensive) or flexible (defensive) guns used in aircraft, a dedicated M2
version was developed called the .50 Browning AN/M2. The AN/M2
had a cyclic rate of 750-850 rounds per minute, with the ability to be
fired from a electrically-operated remote-mount solenoid trigger when
installed as a fixed gun. Cooled by the aircraft's slip-stream, the
air-cooled AN/M2 was fitted with a substantially lighter barrel, which
also had the effect of increasing the rate of fire. The official
designation for this weapon was Browning Machine Gun, Aircraft,
Cal. .50, AN/M2 (Fixed) or (Flexible). During World War 11, a
faster-firing .50-inch aircraft Browning was developed, the AN/M3, using a mechanical or electrically-boosted feed
mechanism to increase the rate of fire to around 1,200 rounds per minute. The AN/M3 was widely used in Korea on
such planes as the F-86 Sabre and in Vietnam in the XM14/SUU-12/A gun pod, and currently in the Embraer EMB
314 Super Tucano.
The XM296/M296 is a further development of the AN/M2 machine gun for remote firing applications, and is
currently only used in an armament system for the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter. The M296 differs from
previous remote firing variants in that it has adjustable maximum firing rate (500-850 rpm), while lacking a bolt
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latch (allowing single-shot operation). As an air-cooled aircraft gun used aboard a relatively slow rotary-wing
aircraft, the M296 has a burst restriction rate of 50 rounds per minute; combat firing which exceeds this limit
U.S. Marines man pintle-mounted M2HB
machine guns
mandates a ten-minute cooling period to avoid malfunctions due to overheating
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M2 Browning machine gun
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XM213/M213, XM218, GAU-15/A, GAU-16/A, and
GAU-18/A
The XM2 1 3/M2 1 3 was a modernization and adaptation of existing .50
caHber AN/M2s in inventory for use as a pintle mounted door gun on
helicopters using the M59 armament subsystem.
The GAU-15/A, formerly identified as the XM218, is a lightweight
member of the M2/M3 family. The GAU-16/A was an improved
GAU-15/A with modified grip and sight assemblies for similar
applications. Both of these weapons were used as a part of the
A/A49E-11 armament subsystem (Also known as the Defensive
Armament System).
The GAU-18/A, is a lightweight variant of the M2/M3, and is used on
the USAF's MH-53 Pave Low and HH-60 Pave Hawk hehcopters.
These weapons do not utilize the heavy barrel, and are typically set up
as left-hand feed, right-hand charging weapons, but on the HH-60
Pavehawks that use the EGMS (External Gun Mount System) all
weapons are set up as right hand charge but vary between left and right
hand feed depending on what side of the aircraft it is on. In this configuration the gun is fitted with a chute adapter
attached to its left hand feed pawl bracket. Thus, the weapon can receive ammunition through a feed chute system
connected to internally-mounted or externally-mounted ammunition cans. Originally designed to accommodate
1,700 rounds, these cans have since been modified due to space constraints, and now hold about half that amount
with the external cans of the EGMS system holding 600 rounds each. However, many aerial gunners find the chute
system cumbersome, and opt to install a bracket accommodating the 100-round cans instead. The GAU-18/A began
to be supplanted by the GAU-21/A in 2006.
M2 machine gun demonstration for U.S.
President George W. Bush in 2002
GAU-21/A and M3P
The FN produced M3 series is also in U.S. military service in two versions. The fixed remote firing version, the FN
M3P, is used by the U.S. Army on the Avenger Air Defense System. The M3M flexible machine gun has been
adopted by the USAF and the USN under the designation GAU-21/A for use on helicopters.
The M3P is currently being used to upgrade the US Army's OH-58D; replacing the M2 and XM296 .50 cal machine
guns for the aircraft.
Users
The M2 family has been widely used abroad, primarily in its basic infantry configuration. A brief listing of
designations for M2 family weapons follows:
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Country
NATO
Member
Designation
Description
^1 Afghanistan
No
M2HB
12.7 Browning Heavy Machine Gun
^_ Argentina
No
M2HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
lai Australia
No
M2HB-QCBf'^^^
^J Austria
No
usMG M2
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
1 1 Belgium
Yes
FN M2HB-QCB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun, used as
infantry weapon, IFV mounted gun and as tank's AA gun
1^ Bosnia and
Herzegovina
No
ES3 Brazil
No
Mtr .50 M2 HB
"BROWNING"
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
^■Bulgaria
Yes
Mtr .50 M2HB
"BROWNING"
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
P^ Cambodia
No
M2, M2HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
|<i>| Canada
Yes
FN M2HB-QCB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
k Chile
No
FN M2HB-QCB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
^H Colombia
No
?g Croatia
Yes
1 ^ Denmark
Yes
M/50 TMG
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
7
12.7 X 99 mm FNH M3M machine gun^"^^^
— Egypt
No
Known as "DOBSH"
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun, used as Crew
served infantry weapon, on Ml 13, on YPR-765IFV, on some
HMMWV and as tank's Commander's/A A gun
^S El Salvador
No
^B Estonia
Yes
M2HB QCB
^— Finland
No
Known as 12,7 RSKK 2005 or 12,7 ITKK M2 and only
operated on Patria AMV vehicles.
1 1 France
Yes
MIT-12,7,MIT-12,7CRC
(QCB)
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB or FN QCB
^B Germany
Yes
MG50-1,M3M
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB or M3M machine gun
^^ India
No
M2HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun in limited
quantities
■? Israel
No
D"pQ ("MAKACH")
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun, used as
infantry weapon, on Ml 13 Armored Personnel Carrier,
Nammer IFV, on some HMMWV, on tank as external
coaxial gun and on patrol boats of Israeli Navy
^^Iraq
No
I I Ireland
No
Infantry Support, HMG &
Air Defence.
1 1 Italy
Yes
Browning M2 12.7 mm
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
• Japan
no
12.7 mmSffilliiLM2
(Licensed by Sumitomo
Heavy Industries)
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun, used as IFV
mounted gun and as tank's coaxial gun
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^B Lithuania
Yes
M2HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun in limited
quantities
^C Lebanon
No
Mounted on MUTT and M-1 13 vehicles, including some
MBT's. Also used by infantry.
^a Malaysia
No
50.5 mm M2HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
1 Malta
No
M2 Browning .50 HMG
I'l Mexico
No
M-2 HB,
M-2 E-50 Licence
produced by SEDENA
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB Machine gun mounted on
military vehicles
"The
Netherlands
Yes
MIT-12,7,MIT-12,7CRC
(QCB)
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB or FN QCB
!■ New Zealand
No
M2HB
0.50 cal heavy machine gun
ils Norway
Yes
M/50
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
;^ The Philippines
No
M2HB
0.50 cal heavy machine gun
^ Poland
Yes
M2HB-QCB
Used by Polish special forces
^1 Portugal
Yes
Metralhadora 12,7 mm
Browning m/55
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
■SW Serbia
No
Teski mitraljez M2
Used alongside M87 heavy machine gun.
^" Singapore
No
12.7mmM2HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun (replaced by
the newer CIS 50MG firing the same cartridges of the
M2HB).
JB South Africa
No
M2HB (Licensed by
ARAM (Pty) Ltd)
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
>• South Korea
No
K6
modified 12.7 x 99 mm Browning M2HB QCB machine gun
(manufactured by S&T Dynamics)
^~ Spain
Yes
Ametralladora Pesada M-2
HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
^H Slovenian
Army
Yes
FN M2HB-QCB
12.7 X 99mm M2HB machine gun; used by infatry and
mounted on vehicles
"S Sweden
No
Tksp 12,7 (Licensed by
Bofors)
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
Q Switzerland
No
Mg64
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2 HB machine gun
H Republic Of
China (Taiwan)
No
Browning Caliber .50 M2,
M2HB
FN M2HB-QCB
T90
^™ Thailand
No
■fl-unei 93
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
B Turkey
Yes
Browning 12.7 mm M2,
M2HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2 HB machine gun
M2 Browning machine gun
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s|= United
Kingdom
Yes
L2A1
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
L6,L6A1
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2 HB machine gun; ranging gun
for the L7 105 mm tank gun on the Centurion tank
L11,L11A1
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun; ranging gun
L21A1
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun; ranging gun
for the 120 mm tank gun on the Chieftain tank
LlllAl^^^b
^m United States
Yes
Browning Caliber .50 M2,
M2HB
Browning Caliber .50 M2 Heavy Barrel machine gun
-= Uruguay
No
Browning Caliber .50 M2,
M2HB
^S Vietnam
No
M2, M2HB
12.7 X 99 mm Browning M2HB machine gun
See also
• MG 131 machine gun, WWII German aircraft-mounted gun
• List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
• List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
• DShK, NSV & Kord 12.7 mm machine guns, Soviet/Russian equivalents.
• M45 Quadmount
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Browning's (M2) .50-caliber).
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Aircraft Gunnery_.50 cal
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M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Federation of American Scientists
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Browning M2HB & M2HQCB (USA) ^^^^
M2 .50 cal. Machine Gun ^^^^ at Olive-Drab.i
Quad-50 M2 .50 cal. Machine Gun ^^"^^ at 01ive-Drab.com ^^^^
Video of a CG M2 showing the inner workings as it goes through the firing cycle
Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Gary's Olive Drab Page
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M2 Browning machine gun 221
Preceded by
Longest confirmed combat sniper-shot
Succeeded by
"
kill
Canadian Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW) .50
1967-2002
1.42 mi (2,286 m)
using .50 BMG by Carlos Hatlicock
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extremely rare to encounter a M2HB that exceeded 550 rpm.
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anti-aircraft and anti-vehicular weapon for motorized, armored, and infantry divisions; the designation "anti-vehicular" included thin-skinned
and lightly armored vehicles, as it was already recognized by 1940 that the .50 M2 AP round would not be useful against modern medium or
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20
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p. 212: The M2HB fitted to tanks and M3 half-tracks was frequently employed against German rearguard forces including snipers and
anti-tank teams, often firing into locations merely suspected of hiding such forces (so-called speculative fire).
[28] AAA Weapons of the U.S. Army, Part I: The "Quad 50" Machine Gun Mount, 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion (Skylighters) Article (http:/
/www. skylighters.org/quad50/index.html)
[29] George, John B., Shots Fired In Anger, NRA Press (1981), p. 404
[30] Schmitt, Eric, Medal of Honor to Be Awarded to Soldier Killed in Iraq, a First (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.
html?res=9C03E7D7123FF933A05750C0A9639C8B63), New York Times, 30 March 2005
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[31] Shore, C. (Capt.), With British Snipers to the Reich, Boulder: Lancer Militaria, p. 197-198
[32] Dunlap, Roy F., Ordnance Went Up Front, Samworth Press (1948), p. 35, 145
[33] Shore, C. (Capt.), With British Snipers to the Reich, Boulder: Lancer Militaria, p. 197-198: They especially liked the "hell's brew" of AP,
API, and APIT ammunition.
[34] Dunlap, Roy F., Ordnance Went Up Front, Samworth Press (1948), p. 153: The New Zealand and South African divisions in particular
loved the big Browning, and were frequently encountered trading for spare parts and gauges.
[35] Kennedy, Michael Paul, Soldier I: SAS, London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (1990), ISBN 0747507503
[36] " Sniper Rifles (http://www.globalseeurity.org/military/systems/ground/sniper.htm)". GlobalSecurity. . Retrieved 2008-03-24. "When a
24-year old Marine sharpshooter named Carlos Norman Hathcock 11 chalked up the farthest recorded kill in the history of sniping — 2,500
yards (1.42 miles, a distance greater than 22 football fields) in February 1967, he fired a Browning M2 .50 Cal. Machine Gun."
[37] Sgt. Grit (2006). " Marine Corps Sniper Carlos N. Hathcock II (http://www.grunt.com/scuttlebutt/corps-stories/heroes/carloshathcock.
asp)". . Retrieved 2008-03-24. "Viet Cong shot dead by a round fired from a scope-mounted Browning M-2 .50 caliber machine gun at the
unbelievable range of 2500 yards (2300 m)."
[38] Zumbro, Ralph, Tank Sergeant, Presidio Press (1986), p. 92
[39] M296 .50 cal. (12.7 mm) Machine Gun Article (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/m296.htm)
[40] M296 .50 cal. (12.7 mm) Machine Gun
[41] 6-6 Cavalry aircrews field new Kiowa Warrior weapons system (http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/04/06/
19271-6-6-cavalry-aircrews-field-new-kiowa-warrior-weapons-system/). US Army.
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Mjoelner/Documents/Mjoelner december 2007.pdf)" (in Danish). Mj0lner. 5. .
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Phalanx CIWS
Phalanx CIWS
Phalanx (Block la) live fire test, USS Monterey (CG-61)
Type
Close-in weapon system
Place of origin
United States
Service history
In service
1980-Present
Used by
See Operators
Production history
Designer
General Dynamics (now Raytheon)
Manufacturer
General Dynamics (now Raytheon)
Produced
1978^^^
Specifications
Weight
12500 lb (5700 kg), later models 13600 lb (6200 kg) ^^^
Height
4.7 m
Crew
Automated, with human oversight
Shell Naval - Armor-piercing tungsten penetrator rounds with discarding
sabots.
Land - High-Explosive Incendiary Tracer, Self-Destruct.
Caliber 20 mm
Barrels
6
Elevation
S/oc/tO.- -10/ +80 degrees
B/oc/ti.- -20/ +80 degrees
Block IB: -25 / +85 degrees
Traverse
1 ^n / _l1 ^n ^^rrt-^^c-L-^J
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-150/ +150 degrees'
Rate of fire 3,000-4,500 rounds/minute.
Muzzle velocity 1 , 1 00 m/s
Effective range classified
[4] [5]
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Primary 1 x 20 mm M61 Vulcan Galling gun autocannon.^^^
armament
Guidance Ku-band radar and FLIR^^^
system
The Phalanx Close-in weapon system (CIWS) is an anti-Anti-ship missile system that was designed and
manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division. , now Raytheon. Consisting of a
radar-guided 20mm Gatling gun mounted on a swivelling base, the Phalanx is used by the United States Navy on
every class of surface combat ship, by the United States Coast Guard aboard its Hamilton and Legend class cutters
and the navies of 23 allied nations. Because of their distinctive barrel-shaped radome and their automated nature of
operation. Phalanx CIWS units are sometimes nicknamed "R2-D2" in the US Navy, after the famous droid from Star
Wars, and as Daleks in the Royal Navy, after the aliens from Doctor Who. A land based variant known as
C-RAM has recently been deployed in a short range missile defense role, to counter incoming rockets and artillery
fire.f^].
History
Developed as the final line of defense (terminal defense or point defense) against anti-ship missiles (AShMs),
including high-g and maneuvering sea-skimmers, the first system was offered to the U.S. Navy for evaluation on
USS King (DDG-41) in 1973. It was accepted and production started in 1978, the first ship fully fitted out was
USS Coral Sea (CV-43) in 1980. The Navy began placing CIWS systems on noncombatant vessels in 1984.
Design
The basis of the system is the 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun autocannon, used since the 1960s by the United
States military in nearly all fighter aircraft (and one land mounting, the Ml 63 VADS), linked to a Ku-band radar
system for acquiring and tracking targets. This proven system was combined with a purpose-made mounting, capable
of fast elevation and traverse speeds, to track incoming targets. An entirely self-contained unit, the mounting houses
the gun, an automated fire control system and all other major components, enabling it to automatically search for,
detect, track, engage and confirm kills using its computer-controlled radar system. Due to this self-contained nature.
Phalanx is ideal for support ships which lack integrated targeting systems and generally have limited sensors. The
entire unit has a mass between 5,500 and 6,100 kg (12,400 to 13,500 lb).
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Upgrades
Due to the continuing evolution of both threats and computer
technology, the Phalanx system has, like most military systems, been
developed through a number of different configurations. The basic
(original) style is the Block 0, equipped with first generation solid state
electronics and with marginal capablity against surface targets. The
Block 1 (1988) upgrade offered various improvements in radar,
ammunition, rate of fire, increasing engagement elevation to +70
degrees, and computing. These improvements were intended to
increase the system's capability against emerging Soviet supersonic
anti-ship missiles. Block lA introduced a new computer system to
counter more maneuverable targets. The Block IB PSuM (Phalanx
Surface Mode, 1999) adds a forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensor to
allow the weapon to be used against surface targets . This addition
was developed to provide ship defense against small vessel threats and
other "floaters" in littoral waters and to improve the weapon's
performance against slower low-flying aircraft. The FLIR's capability
is also of use against low-observability missiles and can be linked with
the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) system to increase
RAM engagement range and accuracy. The Block IB also allows for an operator to visually identify and target
Block IB Phalanx, displaying the FLIR and
improved barrel
threats
[11]
The U.S. and Canada are in the process of upgrading all their Phalanx systems to the Block IB configuration. The
Block IB is also used by other navies such as Portugal, Japan, Egypt, Bahrain and the Royal Navy
[12]
In May 2009 the US Navy awarded a $260 million contract to Raytheon Missile Systems to perform upgrades and
[13]
Other work on the Phalanx. The work is to be completed by September 2012.
Operation
The CIWS is designed to be the last line of defense against anti-ship missiles. Due to its design criteria its effective
range is very short relative to the range of modern ASMs, from 1 to 5 nautical miles (9 km). The gun mount moves
at a very high speed and with great precision. The system takes minimal inputs from the ship, making it capable of
functioning despite potential damage to the ship. The only inputs required for operation are 440 V AC at 60 Hz and
water for electronics cooling. For full operation including some non-essential functions, it also has inputs for true
compass ship's heading and 115 V AC for the PASS and tape drive subsystems.
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Radar subsystems
The CIWS has two antennas that work together to engage targets. The
first antenna, for searching, is located inside the radome on the weapon
control group (top of the white-painted portion). The search subsystem
provides bearing, range, velocity, heading, and altitude information of
potential targets to the CIWS computer. This information is analyzed
to determine whether the detected object should be engaged by the
CIWS system. Once the computer identifies a valid target (see details
below), the mount moves to face the target and then hands the target
over to the track antenna. The track antenna is extremely precise, but
can only view a much smaller area. The tracking subsystem observes
the target until the computer determines that the probability of a
successful hit is maximized and then, depending on the operator
conditions, the system will either fire automatically or will recommend fire to the operator. While firing, the system
tracks outgoing rounds and 'walks' them onto the target.
A technician checks over the RADAR transmitter
and microwave assemblies of a Phalanx CIWS,
most likely a Block 0. The search radar can be
seen at the top with the vertical, orange-peel
shaped, tracking radar below it.
Gun and ammunition handling system
The Block CIWS mounts (hydraulic driven) fired at a rate of 3,000
rounds per minute and they could only hold 989 rounds in the
magazine drum. The Block 1 CIWS mounts (hydraulic) also fired at
3,000 rounds per minute with an extended magazine drum holding
1,550 rounds. The Block lA and newer (pneumatic driven) CIWS
mounts fire at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute and also had the larger
1,550 round magazine. The velocity of the rounds once fired is
approximately 3600 feet per second (llOOm/s). The rounds are
armor-piercing tungsten penetrator rounds or depleted uranium with
discarding sabots. The kinetic projectiles are designed to pierce and
explode an incoming missile's warhead. The ammunition handling
system has two conveyor belt systems. The first takes the rounds out of
the magazine drum and to the gun; the second takes either the empty shells or non-fired rounds and routes them back
to the opposite end of the drum.
U.S. Navy sailors load tungsten ammunition
(white sabot at right) and off-load dummy
ammunition (left).
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— 2.
CIWS contact target identification
The CIWS does not recognize identification friend or foe, also known as IFF. The CIWS has only the data it collects
in real time from the radars to decide if the target is a threat and to engage it. A contact has to meet multiple criteria
for it to be considered a target. Some of the criteria are listed below.
1 . Is the range of the target increasing or decreasing in relation to the
ship? The CIWS search radar will see contacts that are out-bound
and discard them. The CIWS will only engage a target if it is
approaching the ship.
Is the contact capable of making a maneuver to hit the ship? If a
contact is not heading directly at the ship, the CIWS looks at its
heading in relation to the ship and its velocity. It then decides if the
contact can still perform a maneuver to hit the ship.
Is the contact traveling between the minimum and maximum
velocities? The CIWS has the ability to engage targets that travel in
a wide range of speeds, however it is not an infinitely wide range. The system has a target maximum velocity
limit. If a target exceeds this velocity, the CIWS will not engage it. It also has a minimum target velocity limit.
Any contact below that velocity will not be engaged by the CIWS. The operator also has the option to adjust the
minimum and maximum limits within the limits of the system.
There are many other subsystems which together ensure proper operation, such as environmental control, transmitter,
mount movement control, power control and distribution and so on. It takes 6 to 8 months to train a technician to
maintain, operate, and repair the CIWS.
A sailor sits in front of a CIWS Local Control
Panel (LCP) during a general quarters drill.
Phalanx incidents in combat
On February 25 1991, during the first Gulf War, the Phalanx-equipped
— > USS Jarrett (FFG-33) was a few miles from the
USS Missouri (BB-63) and the British destroyer
HMS Gloucester (D96). The ships were attacked by an Iraqi Silkworm
missile (often referred to as the Seersucker), at which Missouri fired its
— > SRBOC chaff. The Phalanx system on Jarrett, operating in the
automatic target-acquisition mode, fixed upon Missouri's chaff,
releasing a burst of rounds. From this burst, four rounds hit Missouri
which was two to three miles (about 5 km) from Jarrett at the time.
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There were no injuries. A Sea Dart missile was then launched from
the Gloucester, which destroyed the Iraqi missile, achieving the first successful engagement of a missile by a missile
during combat at sea.
On June 4 1996, a Japanese Phalanx accidentally shot down a US A-6 Intruder that was towing a radar target during
gunnery exercises. A Phalanx aboard the Asagiri class destroyer Yugiri locked onto the Intruder instead of the target.
Both pilots ejected safely. A post-accident investigation concluded that the Yugiri's gunnery officer gave the
Japanese destroyer Yiigiri
order to fire before the A-6 was out of the CIWS engagement envelope
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21st century
Centurion CRAM
Seeking a solution to constant rocket and mortar attacks on bases in
Iraq, the United States Army requested a quick-to-field anti-projectile
system in May 2004, as part of its Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar
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initiative . The end result of this program was 'Centurion'. For all
intents and purposes a terrestrial version of the Navy's CIWS, the i j. , _
MO]
Centurion was developed in record time , with a proof of principle
ri9i
test in November that same year, and deployment to Iraq in 2005.
Currently it protects forward operating bases and other high-value
sites in and around Baghdad and is deployed by the British in the south
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of the country. Israel has purchased a single system for testing
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purposes, and is reported to be considering buying the system to counter rocket attacks and defend point military
installations, though it's investment in an indigenous system known as Iron Dome has hindered these efforts.
Each system uses consisted of a modified Phalanx IB CIWS, powered by an attached generator and mounted of a
trailer for mobility. Armed with a 20 mm M61 Al Galling gun the unit is capable of firing 3,000 or 4,500 M-246 or
M-940 rounds per minute. In 2008 there were more than twenty CIWS systems protecting bases in the U.S.
Central Command area of operations. A Raytheon spokesman told Navy Times that 105 attacks were defeated by the
systems, most of those involved mortars. Based on the success of Centurion, 23 additional systems were ordered in
September 2008.
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Centurion C-CRAM
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[28],
Like the naval (IB) version. Centurion uses Ku-band radar and FLIR to detect and track incoming projectiles, and
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is also capable of engaging surface targets, with the system able to reach a -25 degree elevation. The Centurion is
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reportedly capable of defending a 1.2 km/s area. One major difference between the land and sea based variants is
the choice of ammunition. Whereas naval Phalanx systems fire tungsten armor-piercing rounds, the C-RAM uses the
M246 or M940 HEIT-SD (High-Explosive Incendiary Tracer, Self-Destruct) ammunition, originally developed for
the Ml 63 Vulcan Air Defense System. These rounds explode on impact with the target, or upon tracer
burnout, thereby eliminating the risk of collateral damage, should any rounds fail to hit their target
[32] [33]
SeaRam
Utilising the armament of the RIM- 11 6 Rolling Airframe Missile, and
based on the mounting and targeting systems of the Phalanx, SeaRAM
was developed in response to concerns about the performance of
gun-based systems against modern anti-surface missiles. Designed as a
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companion self-defense system to Phalanx , the SeaRAM is
equipped with an 11 cell RAM launcher, and provides defense at a
longer range. Due to the common mounting, SeaRAM inherits the
relatively easy installation characteristics of its gun-based sibling, with
Raytheon stating that "[SeaRAM] fits the exact shipboard installation
footprint of the Phalanx, uses the same power and requires minimal
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shipboard modification" . Currently in the trial stages, SeaRAM is
fitted to the Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship
[36]
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Operators
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Australia
Bahrain
I I Belgium
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Canada^"^
~ Egypt'-
""o~ Israel
• Japan
^1 Morocco
Sm New Zealand^^''^
^ Poland^^''^
Q Pakistan^^^^
^1 Portugal
Q Saudi Arabia^^^^
^1 Taiwan
^ United States^^^^
g^ United Kingdom^^^^
Specifications
(For Block 1 A/B)
Gun: 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun autocannon.
Height: 4.7 m.
Weight: 12500 lb (5700 kg), later models 13600 lb (6200 kg) ^^^^
Elevation +82 to -25 degrees.
Muzzle velocity: 1,100 m/s.
Rate of fire: 4,500 rounds/minute.
Maximum burst size: 1000 rounds.
Ammunition: 1,550 rounds.
Radar: Ku band.
100% Kill distance: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Similar systems
AK-630, Russian CIWS
Kashtan, Russian CIWS
Goalkeeper CIWS, Dutch CIWS
Meroka CIWS, Spanish navy
SeaRAM, U.S. missile-based CIWS
Type 730 CIWS, Chinese CIWS
Stamp CIWS,Turkish CIWS
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External links
• Official United States Navy Warfighters Encyclopedia CIWS page
[40]
[41]
GlobalSecurity.org fact file
Raytheon Company Phalanx CIWS product page.
[42]
Ground based Phalanx in action (video)
[43]
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[12] Raytheon Awarded Phalanx IB Upgrade Order for Royal Navy (http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.
pl?ACCT=149999&TlCK=RTN&STORY=/www/story/04-19-2006/0004342799&EDATE=Apr+19,+2006)
[13] Arizona Daily Star, "Navy Awards $260 Million In Additional Work On Ship Weapons System To Raytheon", May 16, 2009.
[14] Tab-H Friendly-fire Incidents (http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm)
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1996/vp961024/10240334.htm). October 24 1996.
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[25] Murdoc online March 20, 2006 CIWS now does surface targets, too (http://www.murdoconline.net/archives/003558.html)
[26] "Israel may buy rapid-fire cannon" Jerusalem Post Dec 20, 2007 (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=l 196847389509&
pagename=JPost/JP Article/ Printer)
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16, 2008
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headline=Counter-RAM Systems Target Rockets)
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rtn_rms_ps_searam_datasheet.pdf). (PDF)
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rtn_rms_ps_searam_datasheet.pdf). (PDF)
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[40] https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter_enc/weapons/shiplnch/Guns/ciws.htm
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[43] http://www.videotiger.com/vids/amazingmilitarydefensiveweapon.wmv
Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes
The IMark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo
Tubes (]V[k 32 SVTT) system is a pair of
launchers fitted to warships. Each launcher
carries three tubes capable of discharging a
lightweight torpedo like the — > IVIk 46, — >
]VIk 50 or ]VIk 54. Designed for close-in
anti-submarine action, compressed air in a
rear flask propels the weapon; the flask also
acts as the tube's breech door. Depending on
the modification (IVIOD) number of a
particular tube, the mount may be manually
or remotely operated from stowed to firing
positions and may also be within the
structure of the ship. Normal launch is
electrically initiated by the fire control panel
located in the combat information center of ' '
the ship. All of the torpedoes launched are fire-and-forget weapons.
The IVIk 32 SVTT, made of fiberglass and aluminum, was originally designed to be weatherproof and capable of
protecting loaded torpedoes from the elements; however, the tubes required extensive maintenance to do so.
Beginning with the Spruance-class destroyer, designers placed Mk 32s inside the superstructure, usually within
spaces that allowed additional weapon storage. In a fully ready condition, these tubes could be trained and fired
remotely without any direct contact.
The breech device on the IVIk 32 consists of a high pressure airflask that could be charged and stowed either on the
tube or separately (on inside mounts only). When installed and with the muzzle cover removed, the tube is fired
either remotely (electrical) or manually by opening the firing valve and allowing the flask to discharge its "air slug"
directly into the tube. A small portion of this air operates a retraint latch and the torpedo is ejected clear of the ship's
side where gravity drops it in the water.
A crewman closes the breach of a Mark 32 12.75-inch torpedo launcher aboard the
— ► Oliver Hazard Perry-clsiss guided missile frigate — > USS Curts (FFG-38) during
anti-submarine warfare operations off the coast of Southern California
See also
• List of Naval Weapon Systems
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Mark 46 torpedo
Designed to attack high-performance submarines, the Mark 46
torpedo is the backbone of the U.S. Navy's lightweight ASW torpedo
inventory, and is the current NATO standard. These aerial torpedoes,
such as the Mark 46 Mod 5, are expected to remain in service until the
year 2015. In 1989, a major upgrade program for the Mod 5 began to
improve its shallow-water performance, resulting in the Mod 5A and
Mod 5A(S).
[1]
[2]
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General characteristics, Mark 46 Mod 5
Primary Function: Air and ship-launched lightweight torpedo
Contractor: Alliant Techsystems
Power Plant: Two-speed, reciprocating external combustion;
Mono-propellant (Otto fuel II)
Length: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) tube launch configuration (from ship)
14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) with ASROC rocket booster^'^
Weight: 508 lb (231 kg)^^^ (warshot configuration)
Diameter: 12.75 in (324 mm)^^^
Range: 12,000 yd (11 km)^^^
Depth: > 1,200 ft (365 m)
Speed: > 40 knots (46 mph, 74 km/h)
Guidance System: Homing mode: Active or passive/active acoustic homing
Launch/search mode: Snake or circle search
Warhead: 96.8 lb (44 kg)^'^ of PBXN-103 high explosive (bulk charge)
Date Deployed: 1967 (Mod 0);^^^ 1979 (Mod 5)
A French Lynx helicopter carrying a nik46
torpedo
A MK-46 exercise torpedo launched from USS
Mustin
[2]
Yu-7 Torpedo
[3]
The Chinese Yu-7 torpedo is said to be based on the Mk 46 mod 1 block 2. Currently the Chinese navy use the
Yu-7 primarily as an ASW torpedo, deployed on ships and ASW helicopters
[4]
See also
• CAPTOR mine (a sea mine which incorporates a Mk 46 torpedo)
• MU90 Impact torpedo
External links
• Unofficial U.S. Navy Site: MK-46 Torpedo
[5]
FAS: MK-46 Torpedo
[6]
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References
[1] Thomas, Vincent C. The Almanac ofSeapower 1987 Navy League of the United States (1987) ISBN 0-9610724-8-2 pp.190-191
[2] Polmar, Norman "The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet: Torpedoes" United States Naval Institute Proceedings November 1978 p. 160
[3] Chinese Defence Today, "YU-7 Anti-Submarine Torpedo" (http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/weapon/yu7.asp)
[4] (Chinese language) (http://mil.jschina.com.cn/huitong/missilel.htm)
[5] http://www.navysite.de/weapons/mk-46.htm
[6] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-46.htm
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Mark 50 torpedo
Mark 50 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo
ll
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M^l
Mark 50 torpedo being fired
Type
Place of origin
Torpedo
United States of America
Used by
Service history
United States Navy
Production history
Designer Honeywell"^
Designed 1974
Manufacturer
Produced
AUiant Techsystems
1991-
Weight
Specifications
750 lb (340 kg)
Length
Width
112 in (2.84 m)
12.75 in (0.32 m)
Warhead
Warhead weight
Engine
HE shaped charge
100 lb (45 kg)^'^
Stored Chemical Energy Propulsion
System
Operational
range
Speed
Guidance
system
Classified
40+ knots (74+ km/h)'
[1]
Active/passive acoustic homing
[1]
The Mark 50 torpedo is a U.S. Navy advanced lightweight torpedo for use against fast, deep-diving submarines.
The Mk-50 can be launched from all ASW aircraft, and from torpedo tubes aboard surface combatant ships. The
Mk-50 was intended to replace the ^ ^'"' "'^ "'■ '^■^ fl==f'- r;„ut,„^;„u» * — ^a^
replaced with the Mark 54 LHT.
Mk-46 as the fleet's lightweight torpedo. Instead the Mark 46 will be
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The torpedo's Stored Chemical Energy Propulsion System (SCEPS) uses a small tank of sulfur hexafluoride gas
which is sprayed over a block of solid lithium, which generates enormous quantities of heat, in turn used to generate
steam from seawater. The steam propels the torpedo in a closed Rankine cycle, supplying power to a pump-jet.
General characteristics, Mk-50
Primary function: air and ship-launched Ughtweight torpedo
Contractor: Alliant Techsystems, Westinghouse
Length: 2.84 m (112 in)
Weight: 340 kg (750 lb)
Diameter: 324 mm (12.75 in)
Speed: > 85 kn
Power Plant: Stored Chemical Energy Propulsion System
Guidance system: Active/passive acoustic homing
Warhead: approximately 45 kg (100 lb) high explosive (shaped
[1]
charge)
Comparable Weapons
• Sting Ray torpedo
References
[2],
MK-50 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo ^ ' via FAS
USA Torpedoes since World War II - navweaps.com
[3]
References
[1] Thomas, Vincent C. The Almanac ofSeapower 79S7 Navy League of the United States (1987) ISBN 0-9610724-8-2 p. 190
[2] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-50.htm
[3] http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTUS_PostWWII.htm
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Mk 13 missile launcher
The Mk-13 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a single-arm
missile launcher designed for use on — > frigates and other military
vessels.
The Mark 13 is equipped to fire the -^ RlM-66 Standard, RGM-84
Harpoon, and RlM-24 Tartar missiles for anti-air and anti-ship defense,
and is capable of firing the Standard at a rate of one every eight
seconds. Its 40-round magazine consists of two concentric rings of
vertically-stored missiles, 24 in the outer ring and 16 in the inner. In
case of a fire, the system is equipped with magazine sprinkling, CO
suppression and booster suppression.
A -^ RIM-66 Standard missile on the Mk 13
missile launcher aboard ttie tlie Frencii frigate
Cassard
The Mkl3 launcher is most typically employed as part of the Mk74
Guided Missile Launch System, or the Mk92 Fire Control System. Though the launcher was original armament on
US — > Perry-class frigates (and their derivatives), in order to save costs on an obsolete system, by 2004 all active US
vessels have had the system removed. It was also fitted on Cassard-cla.ss frigates, as well as the last ten American
Charles F. Adams class destroyers, the American California class cruisers, the German Liitjens class destroyers and
Australian Perth class destroyers.
Because of its distinctive single-armed design, the Mk 13 is often referred to as the "one-armed bandit."
The Mk-22 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a variation of the Mk-13 launcher which has only the
inner 16 round storage ring of the Mk-13 launcher.
[1]
External links
• FAS Mk 13 GMLS ^^^
References
[1] United Defense (Marcii 29 1998). " mlil3-gmls.pdf (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mkl3-gmls.pdf)" (PDF).
Federation of American Scientists Military Analysis Network. . Retrieved April 15 2007.
[2] Burgess, Richard R. (September 2003). " Guided Missiles Removed from Perry-class Frigates (Sea Services section: Northrop
Grunmian-Built DDG Mustin Commissioned in U.S. Pacific Fleet) (http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/sep_03_34.php)". Sea Power
(Washington, D.C.: Navy League of the United States) 46 (9): 34. ISSN 0199-1337 (http://worldcat.org/issn/0199-1337). OCLC 332401 1
(http://worldcat.org/oclc/3324011). . Retrieved 2008-09-22.
[3] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-13-gmls.htm
RIM-66 Standard
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RIM-66 Standard
RIM-66 Standard MR
A RIM-66 Standard MR on an Mk-26 launcher
Type
Place of origin
Medium range surface-to-air missile
^ United States
In service
Used by
Service history
1967 (RIM-66A SM-IMR Block I)
1979 (RIM-66C SM-2MR)^^^
United States Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, Royal Netherlands Navy, German Navy, Chilean
Navy, and Others
Production history
Manufacturer
Raytheon and others
Produced
1967 Onwards
Specifications
Weight
Length
SM-2-15581b(707kg)
15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Diameter
13.5 in (340 mm)
Warhead
blast fragmentation warhead
Detonation
mechanism
radar and contact fuze
Engine
dual thrust, solid fuel rocket
Wingspan
Operational
range
3 ft 6 in (1.1m)
40 to 90 nmi (74 to 170 km)
Flight ceiling
Speed
> 24400 m (80000 ft)
Mach 3.5
Guidance
system
SM-2 Block IIIA Command and Inertial midcourse guidance with monopulse semi-active radar homing in the
terminal phase of the interception. Block IIIB missiles have additionally dual infrared/semi-active terminal
homing. SM-1 missiles have monopulse semi-active radar homing without command and inertial midcourse
guidance.
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Launch Surface Ship
platform
The RIM-66 Standard MR (SM-1MR/SM-2MR) is a medium range surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally
developed for the United States Navy (USN). The SM-1 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and
RIM-24 Tartar deployed in the 1950s on a variety of USN ships. It is similar to the RIM-67 Standard
(SM-1ER/SM-2ER), but has no rocket booster.
Description
The Standard missile program was started in 1963 to produce a family of missiles to replace existing guided missiles
used by the Terrier, Talos, and Tartar guided missile launch systems. The intention was to produce a new generation
of guided missiles that could be retrofit to existing vessels.
Standard missile 1
The RIM-66A is the medium ranged version of the Standard missile and was initially used as a replacement for the
earlier RIM-24C as part of the Mk74 "Tartar" Guided Missile Fire Control System. It used the same fuselage as the
earlier Tartar missile, for easier use with existing launchers and magazines for that system. The RIM-66A/B is a
semi-active radar homing missile like the earlier RIM-24C, but with many improvements that make it more capable
than its predecessor. The RIM-66A/B Standard MR, (SM-IMR Block I to V) was used during the Vietnam War. The
only remaining version in service is the RIM-66E (SM-IMR Block VI). In service with Tartar Guided Missile Fire
Control System equipped vessels and Mk 92 Guided Missile Fire Control System equipped vessels.
Standard missile 2
The RIM-66C/D Standard MR (SM-2MR Block I), was developed in the 1970s and was a key part of the Aegis
combat system and New Threat Upgrade (NTU). The SM-2MR introduced inertial and command mid-course
guidance. The missile's autopilot is programmed to fly the most efficient path to the target and can receive course
corrections from the ground. Target illumination for semi-active homing is needed only for a few seconds in the
terminal phase of the interception. This capability enables the Aegis combat system and the New Threat Upgrade
equipped vessels to time share illumination radars, greatly increasing the number of targets that can be engaged at
one time. In the middle 1980s, the SM-2MR was deployed via Mk 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) aboard the
USS Bunker Hill, the first U.S. Navy ship to deploy a vertical launcher. VLS is now the predominant launcher used
with the Standard missile in the U.S. Navy aboard Ticonderoga-cla&& cruisers and Arleigh Burke-cla&& destroyers.
The SM-1 and SM-2 were continuously upgraded through Blocks (see below).
The Standard can also be used against ships, either at line-of-sight range using its semi-active homing mode, or over
Ml
the horizon using inertial guidance and terminal infrared homing.
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Contractors
Standard missiles were constructed by General Dynamics Pomona Division until 1992, when it became part of the
Hughes Missile Systems Company. Hughes formed a joint venture with Raytheon called Standard Missile Company
(SMCo). Hughes Missile Systems was eventually sold to Raytheon making it the sole contractor.
Operational history
The Standard missile one became operational in 1968. The missile was utilized by ships equipped with the Tartar
Guided Missile Fire Control System. The missile saw its first combat use in the early 1970s in the Vietnam war. The
Standard missile two became operational in the late 1970s and was deployed operationally with the Aegis Combat
System in 1983. Both Standard one and two were used against both surface and air targets during Operation Praying
Mantis. On July 3, 1988, USS Vincennes (CG-49) shot down Iran Air FHght 655, an Airbus A300B2, using two
SM-2MR missiles from her forward launcher.
Deployment history
The Standard missile is designated by blocks depending upon their technological package.
SM-1 Medium Range Block I/II/III/IV, RIM-66A
The First Standard missiles entered service in the USN in 1967. Blocks I, II, and III were preliminary versions.
Block IV was the production version. This missile was a replacement for the earlier RIM-24C Tartar missile.
Deployment
In the US Navy, RIM-66 Standard was deployed on
ships of the following classes, replacing RIM-24
Tartar in some cases:
• Charles F. Adams class destroyer (Mk74 Missile
Fire Control)
• — > Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate (Mk 92
Missile Fire Control)
• Kidd class destroyer (Mk74 Missile Fire Control
SM-1/later New Threat Upgrade for SM-2)
• California class cruiser (Mk74 Missile Fire Control
SM-1/later New Threat Upgrade for SM-2)
• Virginia class cruiser (Mk74 Missile Fire Control
SM-1/later New Threat Upgrade for SM-2)
• Ticonderoga class cruiser (Aegis Combat System/Mk99 Missile Fire Control)
• Arleigh Burke class destroyer (Aegis Combat System/Mk99 Missile Fire Control)
RIM-66 has also been in service in other navies worldwide, mostly in ships of classes similar to those listed above.
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SM-1 Medium Range Block V, RIM-66B
The RIM-66B introduced changes that resuhed in higher reliability. A new faster reacting autopilot, a more powerful
dual thrust rocket motor, and a new warhead were added.
SM-1 Medium Range Blocks VI/VIA/VIB, RIM-66E
The RIM-66E was the last version of the standard missile one medium range. This version entered service in 1983
with the United States Navy and export customers. The RIM-66E was used by all remaining Tartar vessels that were
not modified to use the New Threat Upgrade and — > Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates which controlled it with the
Mk92 fire control system. The missile was retired from USN service in 2003; however it is still widely used abroard
and is expected to remain viable until 2020.
SM-2 Medium Range Block I, RIM-66C/D
The RIM-66C was the first version of the Standard missile two. The missile became operational in 1978 with the
Aegis combat system fitted to the Ticonderoga class cruiser. The RIM-66D was the SM-2 medium range block I
version for the New Threat Upgrade. The SM-2 incorporates a new autopilot giving it inertial guidance in all phases
of flight except for the terminal intercept where semi-active radar homing is still used. This version is no longer in
service, remaining missiles have either been remanufactured into later models or have been put in storage.
SM-2 Medium Range Block II, RIM-66G/H/J
The Block II missile introduced in 1983 with a new rocket motor for longer range and a new warhead. The RIM-66G
is for the Aegis combat system and the Mk26 missile launcher. The RIM-66H is for Aegis and the Mk41 vertical
launcher. The RIM-66J is the version for the New Threat Upgrade.
SM-2 Medium Range Block III/IIIA/IIIB, RIM-66K/L/M
The RIM-66M is the version of the Standard missile two medium range (SM-2MR) currently in service with the
USN aboard Ticonderoga class cruisers, and Arleigh Burke class destroyers. The missile is specifically designed for
the Aegis Combat System and the Mk41 Vertical launch system. The Block III missiles differ from earlier blocks by
the addition of the MK 45 MOD 9 target detecting device, for improved performance against low altitude targets.
The Block IIIB missile additionally has a dual semi-active/infrared seeker for terminal homing. The dual seeker is
intended for use in high-ECM environments, against targets over the horizon or with a small radar cross section.
The seeker was originally developed for the canceled AIM-7R Sparrow air-to-air missile. All USN Block III and
IIIA missiles are to be upgraded to Block IIIB. Block IIIA missiles are operated by the Japanese Maritime
Self-Defense Force on its Kongo class and Atago class Aegis destroyers. Aegis equipped vessels in the Spanish and
South Korean navies use it as well. The Dutch and German Navies have added it to the Anti-Air Warfare system,
which uses the Thales Nederland Active Phased Array Radar and Smart-L radar. South Korean KDX-II destroyers
use the block IIIA with a New Threat Upgrade compatible guided missile fire control system. Block III variants for
Aegis and arm launchers are designated RIM-66L. Block III missiles for New Threat Upgrade systems is designated
RIM-66K. Block IIIB missiles were not produced for the New Threat Upgrade. Blocks IIIA and IIIB are the current
production versions.
Surface to air variants
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Designation
Block
Platform
Notes
RIM-66A
SM-lMRBlocklto
IV
Digital Tartar
In Service 1967, Conscan radar seeker
RIM-66B
SM-IMR Block V
Digital Tartar
Plane scaning seeker
RIM-66C
SM-2MR Block 1
Aegis combat system, Mk26
launcher
MK 1 15 blast-fragmentation warhead
Monopulse seeker for ECM resistance
RIM-66D
SM-2MR Block 1
New Threat Upgrade
First New Threat Upgrade version
RIM-66E
SM-IMR Blocks VI,
VIA, VIB
Digital Tartar and Mk 92 Fire
Control System.
In service 1983. Version still in service with export customers
monopulse seeker developed for Standard missile 2.
Adds
RIM-66G
SM-2MR Block 11
Aegis combat system, Mk26
launcher
In Service 1983.
RIM-66H
SM-2MR Block 11
Aegis combat system, Mk41
Launcher
Added Thiokol MK 104 rocket motor, increasing range
High-velocity fragmentation warhead
RIM-66J
SM-2MR Block 11
New Threat Upgrade
RIM-66K-1
SM-2MR Block 111
New Threat Upgrade
RIM-66K-2
SM-2MR Block lllA
New Threat Upgrade
In Production.
RIM-66L-1
SM-2MR Block 111
Aegis combat system, Mk26
launcher
RIM-66L-2
SM-2MR Block lllA
Aegis combat system, Mk26
launcher
RIM-66M-1
SM-2MR Block 111
Aegis combat system, Mk41
Launcher
Improved MK 45 MOD 9 target detecting device, for low altitude targets
RIM-66M-2
SM-2MR Block lllA
Aegis combat system, Mk41
Launcher
MK 125 warhead. In production.
RIM-66M-5
SM-2MR Block lllB
Aegis combat system, Mk41
Launcher
Missile Homing Improvement Program (MHIP), dual IR / SARH seeker, IR
seeker mounted on side fairing. In Production.
Table sources, reference material:
See also
Aegis combat system
AGM-78 Standard ARM
Mk 74 "Tartar" Guided Missile Fire Control System
Mk 92 Guided Missile Fire Control System
New Threat Upgrade
RIM-2 Terrier
RIM-8 Talos
RIM-24 Tartar - predecessor
RIM-67 Standard Extended Range
RIM-156 Standard SM-2ER Block IV
RIM- 161 Standard SM-3
RIM- 174 Standard SM-6 Extended Range Active Missile
RIM-66 Standard 242
External links
ri3i
• Raytheon Standard missile website, mfr of Standard missiles
ri4i
• Navy Fact file - Standard Missile 2
• NAVAIR War fighters encyclopedia - Standard missile
• Designation systems.net RIM-66
• FAS - SM-2 f^^^
• GlobalSecurity.org - SM-2 ^^^^
References
[I] United States Navy, US Navy Fact File:Standard Missile (hittp://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2200&tid=1200&ct=2),
October 11, 2002. Accessed June 5, 2006.
[2] Raytheon, Raytheon.com (http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/rtnwcm/groups/rms/documents/content/rtn_rms_ps_sm2_datasheet.
pdf), March 17, 2009, Accessed August 24, 2009.
[3] http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-66.html
[4] Canadian Forces Maritime Command. Standard missile (http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/mspa_fleet_popups/autopop_exterior_e.
htm#221irq_ac_pop). Accessed June 5, 2006.
[5] GlobalSecurity.org - Standard specs (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/sm-specs.htm) Designation systems
RIM-66 (http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-66.html).
[6] United States Navy. " Formal Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Downing of Iran Air Flight 655 on 3 July 1988 (http://
www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/reading_room/172.pdf)" (PDF). . Retrieved 2007-01-28.
[7] Raytheon RIM-66 Standard MR (http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-66.html)
[8] USNI Combat Fleets 2005-2006, Wertheim, Eric; Editor, USN section Naval Institute Press © 2005
[9] USNI Combat Fleets 2005-2006, Wertheim, Eric; Editor, USN section Naval Institute Press ©2005
[10] The US Navy - Fact File (http://www.navy. mil/ navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2200&tid=1200&ct =2)
[II] SM-2 RIM-66 / RIM-67 Standard Missile (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/sm-2.htm)
[12] USNI Guide to Combat Fleets: Their Ships and Weapons. 2005-2006 ©2005 USNI Press
[13] http://www.raytheon.com/products/standard_missile/
[14] http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2200&tid=1200&ct=2
[15] https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter_enc/weapons/shiplnch/standard.htm
[16] http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-66.html
[17] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/sm-2.htm
[18] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/sm-2.htm
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Boeing Harpoon
Harpoon
A Harpoon missile on display at
the USS Bowfin museum at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Type
Anti-ship missile
Place of origin
United States
Service history
In service
1977-present
Production history
Manufacturer
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Unit cost
US$720,000
Specifications
Weight
1 144-1385 lb (519-628 kg) depending on launch
Length
^IfWlAJm)
Diameter
1.1 ft (0.34 m)
Warhead
487 pounds (221 kg)
Engine
rocket engine
Wingspan
3 ft (0.91 m)
Operational
range
FUght altitude
58—196 mi (93—315 km) depending on launch platform
Sea- skimming
Speed
Guidance
system
537 miles per hour (864 km/h)(240 m/s)
Active radar
Launch
platform
multi-platform:
• RGM-84A surface-launched
• AGM-84A air-launched
• UGM-84A submarine-launched
The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system, developed and manufactured by
McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Integrated Defense Systems). In 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th Harpoon unit
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since the weapon's introduction in 1977. The missile system has also been further developed into a land-strike
weapon, the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM).
The regular Harpoon uses active radar homing, and a low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory to improve
survivability and lethality. The missile's launch platforms include:
• Fixed-wing aircraft (the AGM-84, without the solid-fuel rocket booster)
• Surface ships (the RGM-84, fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster that detaches when expended, to allow the
missile's main turbojet to maintain flight)
• Submarines (the UGM-84, fitted with a solid-fuel rocket booster and encapsulated in a container to enable
submerged launch through a torpedo tube);
• Coastal defense batteries, from which it would be fired with a solid-fuel rocket booster.
The missile is comparable to the French-made Exocet, the Swedish RBS-15, the Russian SS-N-25 Switchblade, the
British Sea Eagle and the Chinese Yingji.
Development
Early Harpoons
The Harpoon was first introduced in 1977 after the sinking of the Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967 by a Soviet-built
Styx anti-ship missile from an Egyptian missile boat. Initially developed as an air-launched missile for the United
States Navy P-3 Orion patrol planes, the Harpoon has been adapted for use on Air Force B-52H bombers, which can
carry from eight to 12 of the missiles. The Harpoon has been procured by many U.S. allies, especially by the NATO
countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom, etc.
The Harpoon has also been adapted for use on the F-16 Fighting Falcon, in use by the USA, Singapore, South Korea
and the United Arab Emirates. It has been carried by several US Navy aircraft, including the P-3 Orion , the A-6
Intruder, the S-3 Viking, the AV-8B Harrier 11, and the F/A-18 Hornet.
The Royal Australian Air Force can fire AGM-84 series missiles from its F-1 1 IC/G Aardvarks, F/A-18 Hornets, and
P-3C Orion aircraft. The Royal Australian Navy deploys the Harpoon on major surface combatants and in the
Collins-class submarines. The Spanish Air Force and the Chilean Navy are also AGM-84D customers and deploy the
missiles on surface ships, F/A-18s, F-16s, and P-3 Orion aircraft. The British Royal Navy deploys the Harpoon on
several types of surface ship and submarine, and the Royal Air Force uses it on the Nimrod MR2 maritime patrol
aircraft.
The Canadian Forces Maritime Command (Canadian Navy) uses
Harpoons on its Halifax-class frigates. The Royal New Zealand Air
Force has the capability of carrying the Harpoon on its five P-3 patrol
planes as its only means of striking surface ships.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force also operates five modified
Fokker 50 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) which are fitted with sonars
and sensors to fire the Harpoon missile. The Pakistani Navy uses the
Harpoon on its — > naval frigates and P-3C Orions. The Turkish Navy
The Canadian frigate HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
f u , I, 1 J D f uses Harpoons on surface combatants and Type-209 submarines. The
fares a Harpoon anti-ship missile during a Rim or ^^ j f
the Pacific (RIMPAC) sinking exercise. Turkish Air Force will operate the SLAM-ER.
Fifty-seven Harpoons were reportedly sold to the Republic of China
Air Force (Taiwan). The Taiwanese navy also includes four guided-missile destroyers and several guided-missile
frigates with the capability of carrying the Harpoon, include the ex-USN Knox class frigates and the locally-built
derivative of the — > Oliver Hazard Perry class.
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Harpoon Block ID
This version featured a larger fuel tank and re-attack capability, but was not produced in numbers because its
intended mission (confrontation with the Soviet Union) was, after 1991, considered unUkely.
SLAM ATA (Block IG)
This version, under development, gives the SLAM a re-attack capability as well as an image comparison capability
similar to the Tomahawk cruise missile; that is, the weapon can compare the target scene in front of it with an image
stored in its on-board computer during terminal phase target acquisition and lock on.
Harpoon Block II
In production at Boeing facilities in Saint
Charles, Missouri, is the Harpoon Block II,
intended to offer an expanded engagement
envelope, enhanced resistance to electronic
countermeasures and improved targeting.
Specifically, the Harpoon was initially
designed as an open-ocean weapon. The
Block II missiles continue progress begun
with Block IE, and the Block II missile
provides the Harpoon with a littoral water
attack capability.
The key improvements of the Harpoon
Block II are obtained by incorporating the
inertial measurement unit from the Joint
Direct Attack Munition program, and the software, computer. Global Positioning System (GPS)/inertial navigation
system and GPS antenna/receiver from the SLAM Expanded Response (SLAM-ER), an upgrade to the SLAM.
Although initially tested from U.S. Navy ships, the decision was made to not procure Harpoon Block II for the U.S.
Navy fleet. Boeing lists 28 foreign navies as Block II customers, (http:/ / www. boeing. com/ defense-space/
missiles/harpoon/docs/HarpoonBlockllB ackgrounder.pdf)
Harpoon Block II test firing from USS Decatur.
Harpoon Block III
Harpoon Block III was intended to be an upgrade package to the existing USN Block IC missiles and Command
Launch Systems (CLS) for guided-missile cruisers, guided-missile destroyers, and the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
airplane. After experiencing an increase in the scope of required government ship integration, test and evaluation,
and a delay in development of a data-link, the Harpoon Block III program was canceled by the U.S. Navy in April
2009. Cancellation of Block III however does not preclude the possibility of continued incremental upgrades to the
Harpoon missile and launching suite in the future.
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Operational history
In 1981 and 1982 there were two accidental launches of Harpoon missiles from US and Danish surface ships.
In 1986, the United States Navy sank at least two Libyan patrol boats in the Gulf of Sidra. Two Harpoon missiles
were launched from the USS Yorktown with no confirmed results and several others from A-6 Intruder aircraft that
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were said to have hit their targets. Initial reports claimed that the USS Yorktown scored hits on a patrol boat, but
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action reports indicated that the target may have been a false one and that no ships were hit by those missiles.
In 1988, Harpoon missiles were used to sink the Iranian frigate Sahand during Operation Praying Mantis. Another
was fired at the Sina class missile boat Joshan, but failed to strike because the Fast Attack Craft (FAC) had already
been mostly sunk by — > RIM-66 Standard missiles. An Iranian Harpoon was also fired at the guided missile cruiser
USS Wainwright. The missile was successfully lured away by chaff
In December 1988, a Harpoon launched by an F/A-18 Hornet fighter from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation
killed one sailor when it struck the Jagvivek, a 250 ft (76 m) long Indian merchant ship, during an exercise at the
Pacific Missile Range near Kauai, Hawaii. A Notice to Mariners had been issued warning of the danger, but the
Jagvivek strayed into the test range, and the Harpoon, loaded with an inert dummy warhead, locked onto it instead of
its intended target.
In June 2009 it was reported by a U.S. -based newspaper, citing unnamed officials from the US administration and
US Congress, that the U.S. government had accused Pakistan of illegally modifying older Harpoon missiles to strike
land-based targets. Pakistani officials denied this and claimed the U.S. was referring to a new Pakistani -designed
missile. It was later stated that Pakistan and the U.S. administration had reached some sort of agreement
allowing U.S. officials to inspect Pakistan's inventory of Harpoon missiles, and the issue had been
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resolved
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General characteristics
• Primary function: Air-, surface-, or
submarine-launched anti-surface
(anti-ship) missile
• Contractor: The McDonnell Douglas
Astronautic Company - East
• Power plant: Teledyne Teledyne J402
turbojet, 660 lb (300 kg)-force (2.9 kN)
thrust, and a solid-propeUant booster for
surface and submarine launches
• Length:
• Air launched: 3.8 metres (12 ft) 7 in)
• Surface and submarine launched:
4.6 metres (15 ft)
• Weight:
• Air launched: 519 kilograms (1 140 lb)
• Submarine or ship launched from box or canister launcher: 628 kilograms (1380 lb)
• Diameter: 340 millimetres ( 1 3 in)
• Wing span: 914 millimetres (36.0 in)
• Maximum altitude: 910 metres (3000 ft) with booster fins and wings
• Range: Over-the-horizon (approx 50 nautical miles)
• AGM-84D: 220 km (120 nmi)
• RGM/UGM-84D: 140 km (75 nmi)
Harpoon Block 11 test firing from USS Thorn.
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• AGM-84E: 93 km (50 nmi)
• AGM-84F:315km(170nmi)
• AGM-84H/K: 280 km (150 nmi)
• Speed: High subsonic, around 850 km/h (460 knots, 240 m/s, or 530 mph)
• Guidance: Sea-skimming cruise monitored by radar altimeter, active radar terminal homing
• Warhead: 221 kilograms (490 lb), penetration high-explosive blast
• Unit cost: US$720,000
• Date deployed:
Ship launched (RGM-84A): 1977
Air launched (AGM-84A): 1979
Submarine launched (UGM-84A): 1981
SLAM (AGM-84E): 1990
SLAM-ER (AGM-84H): 1998 (deUvery); 2000 (initial operational capabiUty (IOC))
SLAM-ER ATA (AGM-84K): 2002 (IOC)
External links
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• Official Harpoon information — Boeing Integrated Defense System website
• Detailed information of all Harpoon versions and upgrades — From Encyclopedia Astronautica
• AGM-84 variants ^^^^
• McDonnell-Douglas AGM-84A Harpoon and AGM-84E SLAM ^^''^
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• FAS Harpoon article
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• Global Security Harpoon article
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• Boeing Harpoon Block III Press Release
Boeing Harpoon Block II Backgrounder
Royal Netherlands Navy launches Harpoons
Boeing F/A-18 fires AGM-84 ^^^^ Digital Mihtary Art
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Royal Netherlands Navy launches Harpoons from new frigate HMS De Ruyter (Defense- Aerospace)
References
[I] Global Security Harpoon article
[2] Time (magazine). High-Tech Firepower (http://www.time.eom/time/magazine/article/0, 9171, 961035, 00. html). April 7, 1986.
[3] Ronald Reagan. Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on the Gulf of Sidra
Incident (http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/32686h.htm). March 26, 1986.
[4] The New York Times. PENTAGON REVISES LIBYAN SHIP TOLL. March 27, 1986.
[5] The New York Times. U.S. STRIKES 2 IRANIAN OIL RIGS AND HITS 6 WARSHIPS IN BATTLES OVER MINING SEA LANES IN
GULF (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE0DC1038F93AA25757C0A96E948260). April 19, 1988.
[6] The New York Times / AP. U.S. Rocket Hits Indian Ship Accidentally, Killing Crewman (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.
html?res=940DEEDAlF3AF930A25751ClA96E948260). December 13, 1988.
[7] The New York Times. U.S. Says Pakistan Made Changes to Missiles Sold for Defense (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/world/
asia/30missile.html) August 29, 2009
[8] Rediff.com / PTI. Pakistan illegally modified Harpoon missile: Report (http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/30/
pakistan-modified-missile-to-use-against-india-says-us-report.htm). August 30, 2009.
[9] The Times of India / PTI. Harpoon missile modification by Pak very serious: US (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/
Harpoon-missile-modification-by-Pak-very-serious-US/articleshow/4957845.cms). September 1, 2009.
[10] Dawn News, http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/
09-pakistan-allows-us-to-inspect-harpoons— szh- 1 1
[II] India TV News. http://www.indiatvnews.com/main/newsdetails.php?id=3479&pg=index
[12] http://thenews.jang. com. pk/updates.asp?id=87764
[13] http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/missiles/harpoon/index.htm
[14] http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/harpoon.htm
[15] http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-84.html
[16] http://www.ausairpower.net/TE-Harpoon.html
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[17] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/agm-84.htm
[18] http://www. globalsecurity. org/military/sy stems/munitions/agm-84.htm
[19] http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/ql/080131a_nr.html
[20] http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/missiles/harpoon/docs/HarpoonBlockIIBackgrounder.pdf
[21] http://www. defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele. pi ?prod=100076&session=dae. 43 173607. 1227915838.
bl23k38AAAEAAA87SX0AAAAG&modele=release&prod=100076
[22] http://www.digitalmilitaryart.com/Modern/Harpoon2D.jpg.php
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Penguin (missile)
Penguin
Type littoral anti-ship missile
Place of origin gg Norway
Service history
In service
1972
Production history
Manufacturer Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace
Weight
Specifications
385 kg (MK2), 370 kg (MK3)
Length 3.0 m(MK2), 3.2 m (MK3)
Diameter 28 cm
Warhead
Detonation
mechanism
120 kg (MK2), 130 kg (MK3)
delay fuse
Engine Solid propellant sustainer
Wingspan 1 .4 m (MK2), 1 .0 m (MK3)
Operational 34+ km (MK2), 55+ km (MK3)
range
Flight altitude sea skimming
Speed high subsonic
Guidance pulse-laser, passive IR (MK2), passive IR, radar altimeter (MK3)
system
Launch naval ships, helicopters (MK2), fixed-wing aircraft (MK3)
platform
The Rb 12 Penguin anti-ship missile (U.S. designation AGM-119), made by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace
(KDA) of Norway from the early 1970s and continually upgraded since, is a passive-IR seeker based
short-to-medium range naval cruise missile. It was the first AShM of the western world with an IR seeker (instead of
the commonly used active radar technology).
The Penguin can be fired singly or in coordinated-arrival salvoes. Propelled by a solid rocket engine, it performs
random weaving maneuvres at target approach and hits the target close to the waterline. Of the western inventory of
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such missiles, it is the only variant that performs a terminal bunt and weave manoeuvre. The modified 120 kg
warhead detonates inside the target ship by using a delay fuse.
In its various versions, the Penguin can be launched from a number of different weapons platforms:
• Surface vessels: Missile boats;its initial application — as well as larger ships
• Fighter aircraft: certified for F-16
• Helicopters (certified for the following aircraft):
• Bell 412 SP
• Kaman — > SH-2 Seasprite
• Sikorsky S-70 series (SH-60 Seahawk, UH-60 Black Hawk)
• Westland Super Lynx
KDA's successor to the Penguin is the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), offered from 2007 onwards. NSM features an
imaging IR-seeker, GPS navigation, a turbojet sustainer engine (for much longer ranges: 150+ km), and significantly
more computer performance and digital signal processing power.
South African Air Force Mirage Fl AZ armed with Penguin Missiles
Operators
ils Norway
In service with both the Royal Norwegian Navy (since 1972) and Royal Norwegian Air Force (since 1989)
B Turkey
In service with the Turkish Navy (since 1972)
1^ Greece
In service with the Hellenic Navy (since 1980)
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In service with the Swedish Navy (since 1980)
^a United States
In service with the United States Navy as the AGM-119 (since 1994)
^H Australia
Procured for service with the Royal Australian Navy's Super Seasprite helicopters
^^ Spain
In service with the Spanish Navy (since 2003)
^B South Africa
In service with the South African Air Force
Egg Brazil
Acquired eight missiles for use in Brazilian Navy's S-70B helicopters
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External links
• Video of ship-launched Penguin Mk2 missiles being test fired in Norway — By the RNoN 22nd FPB Squadron
• Official Penguin webpage (KDA)
• Missile. index search — Choose* Development-Country: "Norway", then pick "Penguin" from the results list
(* direct linking to subpages is not possible at this website)
References
[1] Early development of the Penguin was done by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (NDRE; Norw. FFI) during the 1960s.
[2] Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) was formerly a part of Kongsherg Vapenfabrikk (KV) (1814—1986) and Norsk Forsvarsteknologi
(NFT) (1987-1994), and is now part oi Kongsherg Gruppen (KOG).
[3] http://newsite.ipmssa.za.org/images/stories/kb/aircraft/fl/flaz_48_open.jpg
[4] Diario Oficial da Uniao (https://www.in. gov. br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=3&pagina=47&data=22/12/2008)
[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9f3SQbLJQ
[6] http://www.kongsberg.com/eng/kda/products/Missiles/
[7] http://missile. index. ne.jp/cgi/misearch.cgi?act=cond&lang=en
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Electronics and Countermeasures
AN/SPS-49
AN/SPS-49
AN/SI
^S-49 on USS Ahraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Country of origin
United States
Introduced
1975
Number built
200+
Type
2D Air-search
Frequency
L band 850-942 MHz
Range
250 nmi (460 km)
Altitude
up to 150,000 ft
(45,720 m)
Diameter
24 ft (7.3 m) X 14 ft 3 in
(7.3 mx 4.3 m)
Azimuth
0-360°
Precision
0.03 nmi range
0.5 deg azimuth
(SPS-49(V)5)
The AN/SPS-49 is a United States Navy two-dimensional, long range air search radar built by Raytheon that is
capable of providing contact bearing and range. The radar is also used by several other countries, such as Australia,
Canada, Spain, Poland and Taiwan aboard — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates and Canadian Halifax-class.
frigates.
Operation
First tested in 1965 aboard USS Gyatt (DD-712) and introduced in 1975, the SPS-49 serves as a primary air-search
radar aboard numerous ships world wide. It is also serves in a complementary role aboard Aegis cruisers with the
AN/SPY- 1. It is an L band radar operating in the 850—942 MHz band and has a range of 250 nautical miles
(460 km). The orange-peel parabolic shape of the antenna creates a narrow 3.3° beam reducing the probability of
detection or jamming. It is also capable of rotating at 6 rpm for long range mode or 12 rpm in short range mode.
To guard against incoming missiles, default operation of the AN/SPS-49 A(V)1 is at 12 rpm, in order to provide more
frequent scans. The SPS-49A is capable of full-range detection in either 6 or 12 rpm modes.
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Variants
AN/SPS49(V)1 - Baseline radar (Various CVN, LHA, LSD and other ships)
AN/SPS49(V)2 - (V)l radar without the coherent side lobe cancellation feature (— > Oliver Hazard
Ferry-class frigates)
AN/SPS49(V)3 - (V)l radar with the radar video processor (RVP) interface (FC-1) (USS Long Beach (CGN-9))
AN/SPS49(V)4 - (V)2 with the RVP interface (-> Oliver Hazard Perry-cluss frigates)
AN/SPS49(V)5 - (V)l with automatic target detection (ATD) (New Threat Upgrade (NTU) ships)
AN/SPS49(V)6 - (V)3 system with double shielded cables and a modified cooling system
(USS Ticonderoga (CG-47))
AN/SPS49(V)7 - (V)5 system with a (V)6 cooling system (Aegis combat system)
AN/SPS49(V)8 - (V)5 system enhanced to include the AEGIS Tracker modification kit (Aegis combat system)
AN/SPS49(V)9 - (V)5 with medium PRF upgrade (MPU)
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Source:
• AN/SPS-49 A(V)1 - Developed in the mid 1990s. Added radial speed determination on each target, each scan.
Improved clutter rejection
See also
• List of radars
External links
• GlobalSecurity AN/SPS-49 ^^^
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• Electronics Technician Volume 4-Radar Systems - via Tpub
References
[1] NAVAIR warfighter encyclopedia (https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter_enc/weapons/SensElec/RADAR/ansps49.htm)
[2] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/systems/an-sps-49.htm
[3] http://www.tpub.com/content/et/14089/css/14089_26.htm
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AN/SPS-55
AN/SPS-55
AN/SPS-55 antenna on ^ USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)
Country of origin United States
Introduced
1971
Type
Surface-search
Frequency
I band (9.05 to 10.0 GHz)
Range
greater than 50 nautical miles (92.6 km)
Azimuth
1.5°
Elevation
-10° to -1-10°, centered on the horizon
Power
130 kW
The AN/SPS-55 is a solid state surface search and navigation radar. It was developed by Cardion Electronics for the
U.S. Navy under a contract awarded in 1971. It was originally developed for a class of ships known as Patrol
Frigates, but it was also installed on numerous Cruisers, Destroyers and Minesweepers. It is an I band radar and its
antenna consists of two waveguide slotted arrays mounted back-to-back. One array provides linear polarization and
the other provides circular polarization. Polarization is user selectable and the circular polarized array is more
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effective in reducing returns from precipitation.
Features
• Magnetron transmitter
• Low noise RF receiver
• Sensitivity time control (STC)
• Fast time constant filtering (FTC)
• Sector radiate (SR)
The effective range of the radar is from 50 feet (15 m) to beyond 50 miles (80 km). It is primarily used to detect
other ships, coastlines and navigation hazards.
The "Sensitivity Time Control" automatically adjusts the gain of the RF receiver from low to high based on the time
elapsed from the last transmitter pulse. This helps to adjust for the fact that near by targets generate a larger return
than distant targets of the same size.
The "Fast Time Constant Filtering" helps to remove targets which have a very large range size, like clouds, while
passing targets with a smaller range size, like ships or aircraft.
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The "Sector Radiate" allows the operator to turn off the transmitter for any sized pie shaped sector of the antenna's
360 degree rotation. An operator might want to do this to avoid detection by an enemy receiver which with a known
or suspected location.
Platforms
• Ticonderoga-c\a&s cruisers
• Virginia-class cruisers
• Spruance-class destroyers
• — > Oliver Hazard Perry-class — > frigates
• Avenger class countermeasure ship
References
[1] AN/SPS-55 (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/an-sps-55.htm)
at fas.org.
[2] Electronics Technician Vol 7 - AN/SPS-55 (http://www.tpub.com/content/et/
14092/css/14092_52.htm)
External links
• GlobalSecurity.org - AN/SPS-55 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/
military/systems/ship/systems/an-sps-55.htm)
• FAS.org - AN/SPS-55 (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/
ship/weaps/an-sps-55.htm)
• GlobalSecurity.org: CG-47 Ticonderoga-class (http://www.
globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cg-47-specs. htm)
• Electronics Technician Vol 7 - AN/SPS-55 (http://www.tpub.com/content/et/14092/css/14092_52.htm)
• NAVAIR warfighters encyclopedia - AN/SPS-55 (https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter_enc/weapons/
SensElec/RADAR/sps55.htm)
AN/SPS-55 antenna on USS Nicholson
(DD-982).
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AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
SLQ-25 Nixie aboard USS Iowa (BB-61)
The AN/SLQ-25 Nixie and its variants are towed torpedo decoys used
on US and allied warships. It consists of a towed decoy device and a
shipboard signal generator. The decoy emits signals to draw a torpedo
away from its intended target.
The Nixie attempts to defeat a torpedo's passive sonar by emitting
simulated ship noise, such as propeller and engine noise, which is more
attractive than the ship to the torpedo's sensors.
The more modern AN/SLQ-25B includes equipment of the
AN/SLQ-25A (refreshed variant of the AN/SLQ-25 to include fiber 1
optic towed cable and COTS equipment) and incorporates a towed array sensor to detect submarines and incoming
torpedoes. The AN/SLQ-25B also incorporates additional active sonar decoys by receiving, amplifying, and
returning "pings" from the torpedo, presenting a larger false target to the torpedo.
Typically, larger ships may have two Nixie systems mounted on the rear of the ship to allow operation singularly or
in pairs while smaller ships may have only one system.
Under a joint UK/ US Memorandum of Understanding, the UK MoD and the US DoD are furthering torpedo
survivability systems. The US is currently working on an Active Source programme called the DCL Technology
Demonstrator programme and the UK has developed and entered into service the S2170 Surface Ship Torpedo
Defence system.
External links
• http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/an-slq-25.htm
• http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-navnixie.htm (available here )
• http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/juws/juws0325.html
References
[1] http://web.arcliive.org/web/2004061 20533 14/http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-navnixie.litm
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AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
The AN/SLQ-32 is a shipboard electronic warfare suite
built by the Raytheon Company of Goleta, California.
It is currently the primary electronic warfare system in
use by U.S. Navy ships (as of 2007).
The AN/SLQ-32(V)3 antenna aboard USS Nicholson (DD-982).
Variants
The AN/SLQ-32(V)1 antenna aboard USS Bowen (FF-1079).
Referred to by it operators as the "slick-32", the
SLQ-32 was conceived in the 1970s to replace the
AN/WLR-1, which had been in service since the early
1950s. As originally designed, the SLQ-32 was
produced in three variants, the (V)l, (V)2 and (V)3.
Later in its service life, two additional versions were
built, the (V)4 and (V)5.
• SLQ-32(V)1 — A simple threat warning receiver, it
was capable of receiving high-band radar signals of
the type commonly carried on missiles and aircraft.
The (V)l was installed on auxiliary ships and small
combatants such as — > frigates. This variant of the
system is being phased out as current ships equipped become decommissioned.
• SLQ-32(V)2 — Initially the most common variant, the (V)2 added the ability to receive surveillance and targeting
radars. This provided a passive targeting capability for Harpoon missile-equipped ships. The (V)2 was installed
on frigates, destroyers, and 270-foot (82 m) Coast Guard Cutters.
• SLQ-32(V)3 — Expanding on the (V)2's capabilities, the (V)3 added active radar-jamming capability. The (V)3
was installed on various combatants such as cruisers, battleships, large amphibious ships and high-value
replenishment vessels.
• SLQ-32(V)4 — Designed for installation on aircraft carriers, the (V)4 consisted of two (V)3 systems, one for each
side of the ship, tied to a common computer and display console. Additional line replaceable units and software
were added to support the wide separation of the two antenna/electronics enclosures.
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SLQ-32('V)5 — The (V)5 was built as a response to the — > Stark incident in 1987.
The (V)5 incorporated a compact version of the (V)3 system intended to give
active jamming capability to the — > Perry class FFG's, which were too small to
carry a full (V)3.
Sidekick jamming antenna on
-^ USS Ford (FFG-54) part of
(V)5.
All versions of the SLQ-32, with the exception of the
(V)4, are interfaced with the -> MK36 Decoy
Launching System, able to launch chaff and infrared
decoys under the control of the SLQ-32. The number
and arrangement of MK36 launchers installed depends
on the size of the ship, ranging from two launchers on a
small combatant to as many as ten on an aircraft carrier.
A growing number of systems are being upgraded to
incorporate the multi-national MK-53 Nulka system.
The AN/SLQ-32(V)2 antenna aboard USS Donald B. Beary
(FF-1085).
The original modular design was intended to allow
upgrades of the system from one variant to the next by
simply installing additional equipment as required.
Starting in the early 1990s, a program was begun to upgrade all SLQ-32s in the U.S. fleet. Most (V)l systems were
upgraded to (V)2, and most (V)2 systems were upgraded to (V)3. This was normally carried out during a major ship
overhaul.
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Contract
The initial procurement process was built
around a "design to price" concept in which
the final delivery cost per system was fixed
in the contract. The SLQ-32 was designed to
support the protection of ships against
anti-ship missiles in an open sea
environment. After initial deployment of the
system, naval roles began to change
requiring ships to operate much closer to
shore in denser signal environments. This
change in roles required changes to the
SLQ-32 systems which were added over
time. With experience gained working with
the SLQ-32, coupled with improvements to
the hardware and software, technicians and
AN/SLQ-32 console aboard USS Iowa (BB-61).
operators gradually overcame the initial problems. The SLQ-32 is now the mainstay of surface electronic warfare in
the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard's WMEC 270-foot (82 m) Class Ships.
Future
In 1996, a program called the Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System (AIEWS) was begun to develop a
replacement for the SLQ-32. Designated the AN/SLY-2, AIEWS reached the prototype stage by 1999, but funding
was withdrawn in April 2002 due to ballooning costs and constant delays in the projects development. It has since
been replaced with General Dynamics' Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), which will
build on the existing SLQ-32 hardware and technology in an evolutionary fashion.
See also
• Electronic Warfare
• ELINT
• U.S. Navy
• Raytheon
External links
Federation of American Scientists: AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare (EW) system
Raytheon Poduct Description for the AN/SLQ-32 '^^^
[3]
[1]
AN/SLQ-32 in the Warfighters Encyclopedia
AN/SLQ-32(V)5 Data Sheet ^"^^
EXHIBIT R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification
Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP)
[5]
[6]
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References
[1] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/an-slq-32.htm
[2] http://www.raytheon.com/products/slq32/
[3] https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter_enc/weapons/SensElec/cm/slq32.htm
[4] http://www.raytheon.com/products/stellent/groups/sas/documents/asset/slq32.pdf
[5] http://www.globalsecurity.Org/military/library/budget/fy2007/navy-peds/2007-0604757n.pdf#
[6] http://www.gd-ais.com/capabilities/offerings/marketing/sewip.pdf
Mark 36 SRBOC
The BAE Systems Mark 36 Super Rapid Blooming
Offboard Chaff (abbreviated as SRBOC or
"Super-arboc") is a short-range mortar intended to
launch chaff or infrared decoys within the vicinity of
naval vessels, with the purpose of foiling anti-ship
missiles. Each launcher has four tubes set at a
45-degree angle, and two tubes set at a 60 degree angle,
providing an effective spread of decoys and
countermeasures to defeat radio frequency emitting
missiles. The SRBOC can also be fitted with the
TORCH infrared "flare" decoy system. A typical ship's
load is 20 to 35 rounds per launcher.
The Mk. 36 SRBOC is in use with 19 navies around the
world. It is very similar to the NATO Sea Gnat system.
External links
• Federation of American Scientists page
• SRBOC Factsheet ^^^
[1]
Two Mark 36 Mod 7 Super Rapid Bloom Off-board Chaff (SRBOC)
system launchers aboard the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
during Operation Desert Storm.
References
[1] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-36.htm
[2] http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk36-srboc.pdf
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USS Lewis B.Puller (FFG-23) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307475433 Contributors: Beetstra, Bellhalla, David Newton, Dual Freq, Durin, Gdr, Haus, Hephaestos,
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USS Copeland (FFG-25) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307475998 Contributors: A. B., Arvis21, Beetstra, Bellhalla, David Newton, Dual Freq, Gdr, Harej, Haus,
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USS Gallery (FFG-26) Source: http://eii.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307476152 Conthhutors: A. B., Beetstra, Bellhalla, David Newton, Dual Freq, Felix Stember, Gdr, Haus, Hirokuii,
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USS Mahlon S.Tisdale (FFG-27) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=3 16834944 Contrihulors: A. B., Beetstra, Bellhalla, CeeGee, Cla68, David Newton, Dual Freq, E104421,
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USS Boone (FFG-28) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=320454919 Contributors: A. B., AP1787, Beetstra, Bellhalla, CanisRufus, David Newton, Daysleeper47, Durin, Gdr,
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USS Stephen W.Groves (FFG-29) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php'?oldid=307477657 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, BrokenSphere, David Newton,
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USS Reld (FFG-30) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=3171 19574 Contributors: A. B., Beetstra, Bellhalla, CeeGee, Chamal N, Cla68, David Newton, Dual Freq, E104421,
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USS Stark (FFG-31) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=318978334 Contributors: A. B., Alterrabe, Arthena, BbKiser, Bbpen, Beetstra, Beland, Bellhalla, Bert Schlossberg,
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USS Jarrett (FFG-33) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307478440 Contributors: A. B., Ashley Pomeroy, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Chris the speller, Cla68, Dual Freq, Florian
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USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307478827 Contributors: A. B., Beetstra, Bellhalla, Dual Freq, Gdr, Haus, Hirokun, Lightmouse, MBK004,
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USS Underwood (FFG-36) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307479322 Contributors: A. B., Beetstra, Bellhalla, Dual Freq, Durin, Gdr, Haus, Jvcdude, Life of Riley,
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USS CrommeUn (FFG-37) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=313720215 Contributors: A. B., Awotter, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Betacommand, Durin, Falcon8765,
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USS Curts (FFG-38) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php'?oldid=319077889 Contributors: A. B., BarraganAP, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Cla68, Dual Freq, Gdr, Haus, Jvcdude, Lightmouse,
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USS Doyle (FFG-39) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307479891 Contributors: A. B., Arvis21, Beetstra, Bellhalla, BradlOl, David Newton, Dual Freq, Florian Adler, Gdr,
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USS McClusky (FFG-41) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307480382 Contributors: A. B., Beetstra, Bellhalla, Durin, Florian Adler, Haus, Javidan, Jvcdude, Kzollman, Life
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USS Klakring (FFG-42) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307480610 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, CaptSquid, Cla68, Debresser, Haus, Jvcdude,
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USS Thach {FFG-43) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php'?oldid=307480834 Contributors: A. B., Arvis21, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Chrisweuve, Digitalblister, DulcetTone, Garion96,
Haus, Jvcdude, Kevin W., Life of Riley, Lightmouse, MBK004, Mackin90, Quadell, STB-1, ViriiK, Wiki alf, Wwoods, 15 anonymous edits
USS De Wert (FFG-45) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307481632 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Arvis21, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Flewis, Harej, Haus, Jvcdude,
Khoikhoi, KomandorskiMaru, Lightmouse, MBK004, MikeyChalupa, STB-1, Sgmclaren, UniReb, ViriiK, Wiki alf, Wwoods, 10 anonymous edits
USS Rentz (FFG-46) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=3 18439366 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, AgentBauer535, Alai, Andcipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The, Appletnc,
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USS Nicholas (FFG-47) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=3 17642638 Contributors: A. B., A2Karir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Bluemoose, Colonies Chris, David Newton,
Haus, Huntster, Jeff3000, Jvcdude, Krahzec!, Lightmouse, MBK004, Maralia, Moorehal, Mtdhryk, Ultraviolet scissor flame, ViriiK, Wwoods, 9 anonymous edits
USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=319505361 Contributors: A. B., AJHalliwell, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Chamal N, Chi, David Newton, Florian Adler,
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USS Robert G.Bradley (FFG-49) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307482421 Contrihulors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Arvis21, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Blanchardb, Falcon8765,
Fvasconcellos, Haus, Jackdandy, Jvcdude, KTo288, Lightmouse, MBK004, STB-1, Texansfan07, ViriiK, Wiki alf, Wilsbadkarma, Wwoods, 21 anonymous edits
USS Taylor (FFG-50) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=309385109 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Florian Adler, Haus, Jvcdude, Jwainki,
Lightmouse, MBK004, Morriswa, Rjwilmsi, STB-1, Thuresson, ViriiK, Wiki alf, Wilsbadkarma, Woohookitty, Wwoods, 7 anonymous edits
USS Gary (FFG-51) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307483996 Contrihulors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Dannyboyumd, Durin, Editore99, Harej, Haus,
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USS Carr (FFG-52) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307484155 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Arvis21, Beetstra, Bellhalla, BradlOl, Falcon8765, Harej, Haus,
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USS Hawes (FFG-53) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307484347 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Bobblewik, Captain Cheeks, David Newton,
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USS Ford (FFG-54) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307486557 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, BilCat, Dawkeye, Harej, JlsOOOO, JoeSmack,
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USS Simpson (FFG-56) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307486910 Contributors: A. B., Anonymous anonymous, Beetstra, Belllialla, Bigfredl05, Bobblehead, Canterbury
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USS Samuel B.Roberts (FFG-58) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=31 1920134 Contributors: A. B., Aldis90, Armandd, Bbpen, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Benea, Big Blue Marble,
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USS Kauffman (FFG-59) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=307487729 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Dual Freq, Falcon8765, Fastbean, Harej, Haus,
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USS Rodney M.Davis (FFG-60) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=313706227 Contributors: A. B., A2Kafir, Alai, Beetstra, Bellhalla, Chris826, Dawkeye, JoeSmack,
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Azimuth thruster Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=3l0262663 Contributors: Alureiter, Amtiss, Atropos235, BoH, BritishWatcher, Brosen, DynamicDes, Foobaz,
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Controllable pitch propeller Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=2 87475064 Contributors: Alureiter, Aspects, BilCat, BoH, BradlOl, Denelson83, Dtgriscom, Firsfron, Gwen
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Otobreda 76 mm Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=320395887 Contributors: Aldis90, Alureiter, Bob Hu, D.E. Watters, Davel 185, Deon Steyn, Dicc93, Diegofrieden,
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Mark 46 torpedo Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=3 17479671 Contributors: Adeptitus, Aldis90, Alureiter, Bbpen, Binkstemet, Bobblewik, Borgx, Chen Guangming,
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Mark 50 torpedo Source: http://en.wikipedia.Org/w/index.php ?oldid=317288824 Contributors: Aerobird, Alureiter, Andrewa, Bbpen, Binkstemet, Bobblewik, Christopher Parham, Davel 185,
Demonkey36, Dual Freq, Duk, Durin, II palazzo. Jellyfish dave, Joshbaumgartner, Kirill Lokshin, Los688, Matrek, Megapixie, Nabokov, Raryel, Rcbutcher, Riddley, Rlandmann, Rmhermen,
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