Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54)

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Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54)

At sea with USS Ford (Sep. 25, 1997) -- The Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54) was on deployment in the South China Sea as part of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) battle group

USS FORD was one of the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY - class guided missile frigates and the first ship in the Navy named after Gunner’s Mate Second class Patrick Osborne Ford. The ship was last homeported at Everett, Wash.

General Characteristics: Keel Laid: July 16, 1983
Christened: June 23, 1984
Commissioned: June 29, 1985
Decommissioned: October 31, 2013
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, Ca.
Propulsion system: two General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines, two 350 Horsepower Electric Drive Auxiliary Propulsion Units
Propellers: one
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 453 feet (135.9 meters)
Beam: 45 feet (13.5 meters)
Draft: 24,6 feet (7.5 meters)
Displacement: 4,100 tons
Speed: 28+ knots
Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS 3)
Armament: one Mk 75 76mm/62 caliber rapid firing gun, MK 32 ASW torpedo tubes (two triple mounts), one Phalanx CIWS, one Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun system
Crew: 17 Officers and 198 Enlisted
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