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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 ...
Oliver Hazard Perry was in service from 1977 to 1997 and was scrapped in 2005. The class was originally intended as austere "low" category guided missile frigates (compared with the high capability Spruance class) for General Purpose and Anti-Air convoy escort. They were built under a cloud of controversy, with their very light gun armament and ...
Oliver Hazard Perry class Decommissioned: 10 December 2010 FFG-54 Ford: 1985 Oliver Hazard Perry class Decommissioned: 31 October 2013 FFG-55 Elrod: 1985 Oliver Hazard Perry class Decommissioned: 30 January 2015 FFG-56 Simpson: 1985 Oliver Hazard Perry class Decommissioned: 29 September 2015 FFG-57 Reuben James: 1986 Oliver Hazard Perry class
USS Reuben James (FFG-57), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was 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 totaled 201 enlisted, 18 chief petty officers, and 26 officers. [1]
Oliver Hazard Perry Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate. Builders: United States (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington and San Pedro, California, Spain, in Bazan, Ferrol and Australia, AMECON Williamstown, Victoria; Type: Multi-role guided-missile frigate; Displacement: 4,100 tons
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). Commissioned in 1986, the ship was severely damaged by an Iranian mine in 1988, leading U.S. forces to respond with Operation Praying Mantis. Repaired and returned to duty, the ship served until ...
A letter of support from past commanders of the U.S.S. Halyburton will show the Navy the deep level of support for the project.
Class and type: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate: Displacement: 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load: Length: 445 feet (136 m), overall: Beam: 45 feet (14 m) Draught: 22 feet (6.7 m) Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller