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The Oliver Hazard Perry class has been retired from active duty in the Navy as of 2015, and use has been replaced by the Littoral Combat Ship, to be augmented by the planned Constellation class guided-missile frigates. For age-of-sail era frigates, see List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy.
The Constellation-class multi-mission guided-missile frigates of the United States Navy are based on the European multipurpose frigates , already in service with the French and Italian navies. Constellation follows the modular but problematic littoral combat ships of the Freedom and Independence classes. [ 14 ]
Van Amstel class - 6 ships, 1954 (former United States Navy Cannon class) Van Speijk class - 6 ships, 1967-1968 (modified Leander class) Tromp class - 2 ships, 1975–1976; Kortenaer class - 10 ships, 1978–1983; Jacob van Heemskerck class - 2 ships, 1986; Karel Doorman class - 8 ships, 1991–1995; De Zeven Provinciën class - 4 ships, 2001 ...
Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates: United States Navy Wikipedia book created 20 October 2009 at Internet Archive; Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates 2015: United States Navy Wikipedia book created 22 January 2015 at Internet Archive; Official U.S. Navy Fact File: Frigates Archived 2 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Frigates were the backbone of the early Navy, although the list shows that many suffered unfortunate fates. The sailing frigates of the United States built from 1797 on were unique in that their framing was made of American live oak , a particularly hardy genus that made very resilient hulls; as a result of this, the ships were known to ...
2 with the Polish Navy (as General K. Pulaski class), 4 with the Egyptian Navy (as Mubarak class), 1 with the Royal Bahrain Naval Forces, 8 with the Turkish Navy (as Gabya class), 1 with Pakistan Navy (as Alamgir class) and 10 with the United States Navy Oslo: 5
Royal Moroccan Navy: Mohammed VI (single ship class) United States Navy: Constellation-class, 15 ships planned; Commissioned: 2012–present; Status: In active service; Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate. Builders: Spain (Navantia in Ferrol) Type: ASW/multirole frigate; Displacement: 5,121 tons; Aircraft: 1 NHI NH90 helicopter
Many of the symbols listed here are not presently in use. The Naval Vessel Register maintains an online database of U.S. Navy ships. The 1975 ship reclassification of cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts brought U.S. Navy classifications into line with other nations' classifications, and eliminated the perceived "cruiser gap" with the Soviet Navy.