Rowan-class Guided Missile Frigate

The Rowan-class Guided Missile Frigates are a class of frigates developed in the 2000s and early 2010s to replace the aging Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates in service in the United States Navy.

Specifications

 * Type: Stealth Guided Missile Frigate (Hull designation FFG)
 * Service Period: 2010-
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 460 feet (140.21 meters)
 * Beam: 56 feet (17.07 meters)
 * Draft: 19 feet 9 inches (6.02 meters)
 * Displacement: 5,500 tons
 * Crew: 220
 * Power: 81,000 shp (60.4 MW)
 * Propulsion: 2 x LM2500+ gas turbines, 2 shafts
 * Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,594 kilometers)
 * Speed: 33.5 knots (62.04 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite/Countermeasures:
 * AN/SPY-1F Multifunction Radar
 * AN/SLY-2 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SPG-9B Gunfire Control Radar
 * AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
 * AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
 * AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
 * AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
 * AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
 * AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
 * Armament
 * 1 x Mark 45 Mod 4 5”/62-caliber lightweight naval gun
 * 1 x 32-cell Mark-41 VLS
 * 2 x 32-cell Mark 56 VLS
 * 2 x 4-cell Mark 141 Harpoon SSM Launchers
 * 2 x 30mm Avenger Phalanx CIWS
 * 2 x Mark 32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
 * Aviation Facilities: Flight Deck and enclosed Hangar for one medium helicopter
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x MH-60R Oceanhawk ASW Helicopter

Unit Run

 * USS Rowan (FFG-62)
 * USS Forrest Royal (FFG-63)
 * USS Castle (FFG-64)
 * USS Seymour D. Owens (FFG-65)
 * USS Richard S. Edwards (FFG-66)
 * USS John King (FFG-67)
 * USS Louis M. Goldsborough (FFG-68)
 * USS Arthur W. Radford (FFG-69)
 * USS Allen M. Sumner (FFG-70)
 * USS Frank E. Evans (FFG-71)
 * USS Robert K. Huntington (FFG-72)
 * USS Douglas H. Fox (FFG-73)
 * USS Mark L. Bristol (FFG-74)
 * USS Samuel N. Moore (FFG-75)
 * USS Wainwright (FFG-76)
 * USS Frederick J. Horne (FFG-77)
 * USS Marvin Shields (FFG-78)
 * USS Valdez (FFG-79)
 * USS Max C. Stormes (FFG-80)
 * USS Walden L. Ainsworth (FFG-81)