Carriers
Cruisers
Destroyers
Fast Combat Support
Frigates
Submarines
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Frigates |
- Frigates fulfill a Protection of Shipping mission as Anti-Submarine Warfare combatants
for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys.
- Guided missile frigates (FFG) bring an anti-air warfare (AAW) capability to the frigate
mission, but they have some limitations.
- Designed as cost-efficient
surface combatants, they lack the multi-mission capability necessary for modern surface
combatants faced with multiple, high-technology threats.
- Are a robust platform, capable of withstanding considerable damage.
General Characteristics, Oliver Hazard Perry Class
- Power Plant: Two General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines; 1 shaft, 41,000
shaft horsepower total.
- Length: 445 feet (133.5 meters); 453 feet (135.9 meters) with LAMPS III
modification.
- Speed: 29 plus knots (33.4+ miles per hour)
- Aircraft:
Two SH-60 (LAMPS III) in FFG 8,28,29,32,33,36-61
One SH-2F (Lamps Mk-I) in FFG 9-27,30, 31,34.
- Crew: 13 Officers, 287 Enlisted
- Armament: Standard Missile (MR); Harpoon (from Standard Missile Launcher);
Six MK-46 torpedoes(from two triple mounts); One 76 mm (3-inch)/62 caliber MK 75 rapid
fire gun; One Phalanx close-in-weapons system
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