USS Fahrion (FFG-22)
USINFO | 2013-09-27 17:33
Name: |
USS Fahrion (FFG-22) |
Namesake: |
Frank George Fahrion |
Ordered: |
28 February 1977 |
Builder: |
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
Laid down: |
1 December 1978 |
Launched: |
24 August 1979 |
Acquired: |
29 December 1981 |
Commissioned: |
16 January 1982 |
Decommissioned: |
31 March 1998 |
Struck: |
31 March 1998 |
Homeport: |
Mayport, Florida (former) |
Fate: |
transferred to Egyptian Navy, 31 March 1998[1] |
Name: |
Sharm El-Sheik (F901) |
Acquired: |
31 March 1998[1] |
Status: |
in active service, as of 2007[update][1] |
General characteristics |
Class & type: |
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
Displacement: |
4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length: |
453 feet (138 m), overall |
Beam: |
45 feet (14 m) |
Draft: |
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
2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking. |
Speed: |
over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range: |
5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 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
& 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-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)
Note: As of 2004, Mk13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. |
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