Reuben James-class Frigate

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An artist rendering of the winning FFG(X) design which is based on the Italian Bergamini-class frigate.

The Reuben James-class is a class of multi-mission guided-missile frigates for the United States Navy, to be contracted from 2020, as a follow-on to the modular Freedom and Independence class littoral combat ships. The FFG(X) was announced in a United States Department of Defense Request For Information (RFI) on July 10th, 2017. Designs from ten shipbuilders are competing to be selected for the proposed twenty FFG(X) guided-missile frigates. On April 30th 2020, it was announced that the Fincantieri-Marinette Marine proposal had been selected as the FFG(X) design.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

  • Characteristics:
    • Length: 496 feet (151.18 meters)
    • Beam: 65 feet (19.81 meters)
    • Draft: 26 feet (7.93 meters)
    • Displacement: 6,112 tons (Light); 7,408 tons (Full Load)
  • Crew: 140-200
  • Propulsion: CODLAG
    • General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbines, 48,700 shp
  • Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 kilometers) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
  • Speed: 26+ knots (48.15 km/h)
  • Sensor Suite:
    • COMBATASS-21 Combat Management System
    • AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar
    • AN/SPS-73(V)18 Surface Search Radar
    • Mk.20 Electro-Optical Gun Fire Control System
    • AN/SLQ-61 Towed Array Sonar
    • AN/SQS-62 Variable Depth Sonar
    • AN/SQQ-89F Undersea/Anti-Submarine Warfare Combat System
    • UPX-29 IFF Interrogator System
  • Countermeasures:
    • AN/SLQ-32(V)6 SEWIP Electronic Warfare Suite
    • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
    • Mk.53 Nulka decoy launcher
  • Armament
    • 1 x 57mm/70-caliber Mk.110 naval gun
    • 1 x 32-cell Mk.41 VLS (fires RIM-66X SM-2MR Blk.IIIC, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-162 ESSM, RIM-174 SM-6)
    • 4 x Mk.141 AShM Launcher (fires RGM-184 Naval Strike Missile)
    • 1 x 24-cell VLS (fires RGM-114L Hellfire and RGM-176 Griffin)
    • 1 x Mk.49 Missile Launchers (fires RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
  • Aircraft Carried: 1 x Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopter and 1 x MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV
  • Boats Carried: 2 x Rigid-hull inflatable boats

Contenders[edit | edit source]

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

  • USS Reuben James (FFG-62) - under construction
  • USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-63) - planned for construction
  • USS Johnston (FFG-64) - planned for construction
  • USS Heermann (FFG-65) - planned for construction
  • USS William D. Porter (FFG-66) - planned for construction
  • USS O'Bannon (FFG-67) - planned for construction
  • USS Hoel (FFG-68) - planned for construction
  • USS Wainwright (FFG-69) - planned for construction
  • USS Laffey (FFG-70) - planned for construction
  • USS Cassin (FFG-71) - planned for construction
  • USS Downes (FFG-72) - planned for construction
  • USS Shaw (FFG-73) - planned for construction
  • USS McClusky (FFG-74) - planned for construction
  • USS Thach (FFG-75) - planned for construction
  • USS Willis A. Lee (FFG-76) - planned for construction
  • USS Hull (FFG-77) - planned for construction
  • USS Somers (FFG-78) - planned for construction
  • USS Turner Joy (FFG-79) - planned for construction
  • USS English (FFG-80) - planned for construction
  • USS Warrington (FFG-81) - planned for construction