Oliver Hazard Perry-class Guided Missile Frigate

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 II-era destroyers and 1960s-era Knox-class frigates. Intended to protect amphibious landing forces, supply and replenishment groups, and merchant convoys from submarines, they also later were part of battleship-centric surface action groups and aircraft carrier battle groups/strike groups. 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 or donated to the navies of Bahrain, Egypt, Poland, Pakistan, and Turkey.

Specifications

 * Type: Guided Missile Frigate (Hull designation symbol FFG)
 * Service Period: 1977-Present
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 453 feet (138.07 meters)
 * Beam: 45 feet (13.72 meters)
 * Draft: 27 feet (8.23 meters)
 * Displacement: 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) Full Load
 * Crew: 176
 * 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 (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
 * Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers)
 * Speed: 29 knots (53.71 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * AN/SQS-19 Towed Array Sonar
 * AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
 * AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
 * AN/SQS-56 Sonar
 * Mk.36 SBROC
 * Mk.53 DLS Nulka Missile Decoy System
 * Mk.92 Fire Control System
 * Armament
 * 1 x Mk.75 76mm/62-caliber OTO Melara naval gun
 * 1 x Mk.26 twin-arm missile launcher (fires RUR-5E ASROC, RGM-84L Harpoon, RGM-109 Tomahawk, and RIM-156 SM-2ER Block IV)
 * 2 x Mk.32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes
 * 1 x 20mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS
 * 4 x .50-caliber (12.7mm) machine guns
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x MH-60R Oceanhawk ASW Helicopter)

United States Navy

 * USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-07) - Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 21 April 2006
 * USS McInerney (FFG-08) - Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Alamgir (F-260)
 * USS Wadsworth (FFG-09) - Transferred to Poland as ORP Gen. T. Kościuszko (273)
 * USS Duncan (FFG-10) - Transferred to Turkey as a parts hulk
 * USS Clark (FFG-11) - Transferred to Poland as ORP Gen. K. Pułaski (272)
 * USS George Philip (FFG-12) - Stricken, to be disposed of, 24 May 2004.
 * USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) - Transferred to Turkey as TCG Gokova (F 496)
 * USS Sides (FFG-14) - Stricken, to be disposed of, 24 May 2004.
 * USS Estocin (FFG-15) - transferred to Turkey as TCG Goksu (F 497)
 * USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) - transferred to Turkey as TCG Gaziantep (F 490)
 * Built for Australia as HMAS Adelaide (FFG-17) - Decommissioned, sunk as diving & fishing reef, April 2011
 * Built for Australia as HMAS Canberra (FFG-18) - Decommissioned, sunk as diving & fishing reef, October 2009
 * USS John A. Moore (FFG-19) - transferred to Turkey as TCG Gediz (F 495)
 * USS Antrim (FFG-20) - transferred to Turkey as TCG Giresun (F 491)
 * USS Flatley (FFG-21) - transferred to Turkey as TCG Gemlik (F 492))
 * USS Fahrion (FFG-22) - transferred to Egypt as Sharm El-Sheik (F 901)
 * USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) - transferred to Egypt as Toushka (F 906)
 * USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) - transferred to Bahrain as RBNS Sabha (FFG-90)
 * USS Copeland (FFG-25) - transferred to Egypt as Mubarak (F 911), renamed Alexandria in 2011
 * USS Gallery (FFG-26) - transferred to Egypt as Taba (F 916)
 * USS Mahon S. Tisdale (FFG-27) - transferred to Turkey as TCG Gokceada (F 494)
 * USS Boone (FFG-28) - Decommissioned 23 February 2012
 * USS Steven W. Groves (FFG-29) - Decommissioned 24 February 2012
 * USS Reid (FFG-30) - transferred to Turkey as TCG Gelibolu (F 493)
 * USS Stark (FFG-31) - Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 21 June 2006
 * USS John L. Hall (FFG-32) - Decommissioned 9 March 2012
 * USS Jarrett (FFG-33) - Decommissioned, held for future foreign military sale
 * USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34) - Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 19 May 2005
 * Built for Australia as HMAS Sydney (FFG-35)
 * USS Underwood (FFG-36) - Decommissioned Mar 8, 2013
 * USS Crommelin (FFG-37) - Decommissioned October 26, 2012
 * USS Curts (FFG-38) - Decommissioned January 25, 2013. Granted to Mexico in 2013 but transfer pending.
 * USS Doyle (FFG-39) - Decommissioned July 29, 2011
 * USS Halyburton (FFG-40)
 * USS McClusky (FFG-41) - Ship in active service. Set to be decommissioned in 2014. Granted to Mexico for 2014 but transfer pending.
 * USS Klakring (FFG-42) - Decommissioned Mar 22, 2013
 * USS Thach (FFG-43)
 * Built for Australia as HMAS Darwin (FFG-44)
 * USS De Wert (FFG-45)
 * USS Rentz (FFG-46)
 * USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
 * USS Vandegrift (FFG-48)
 * USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49)
 * USS Taylor (FFG-50)
 * USS Gary (FFG-51)
 * USS Carr (FFG-52) - Decommissioned Mar 13, 2013
 * USS Hawes (FFG-53) - Decommissioned, to be cannibalised in Philadelphia
 * USS Ford (FFG-54)
 * USS Elrod (FFG-55)
 * USS Simpson (FFG-56)
 * USS Reuben James (FFG-57) - To be decommissioned Aug 30, 2013
 * USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)
 * USS Kauffman (FFG-59)
 * USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60)
 * USS Ingraham (FFG-61)

Royal Australian Navy

 * HMAS Adelaide (FFG-01)
 * HMAS Canberra (FFG-02)
 * HMAS Sydney (FFG-03)
 * HMAS Darwin (FFG-04)
 * HMAS Melbourne (FFG-05)
 * HMAS Newcastle (FFG-06)

Republic of China Navy

 * ROCS Cheng Kung (PFG-1101)
 * ROCS Tai Yuan (PFG-1102)
 * ROCS Cheng Ho (PFG-1103)
 * ROCS Hsienning (PFG-1104)
 * ROCS Chi Kuang (PFG-1105)
 * ROCS Yue Fei (PFG-1106)
 * ROCS Tzu I (PFG-1107)
 * ROCS Pan Chao (PFG-1108)
 * ROCS Chang Chien (PFG-1109)
 * ROCS Tian Dan (PFG-1110)

Spanish Navy

 * SPS Santa Maria (F-81)
 * SPS Victoria (F-82)
 * SPS Numancia (F-83)
 * SPS Reina Sofia (F-84)
 * SPS Navarra (F-85)
 * SPS Canarias (F-86)