USS Fahrion (FFG-22)
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 USS Fahrion (FFG-22) |
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| Career (US) |   |
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| Ordered: | 28 February 1977 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1978 |
| Launched: | 24 August 1979 |
| Acquired: | 29 December 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 16 January 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1998 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1998 |
| Homeport: | Mayport, Florida (former) |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load |
| Length: | 453 ft (138.1 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 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 (.25 MW) retractable electric azipods for maneuvering and docking. |
| Speed: | 29+ knots (54+ km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar. |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: | As built: One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
USS Fahrion (FFG-22), fourteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Frank George Fahrion (1894–1970). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Fahrion was laid down on 1 December 1978, launched on 24 August 1979, and commissioned on 16 January 1982. Transferred to Egypt on 15 March 1998 as that nation's Sharm El-Sheik (F 901), she was formally decommissioned and stricken on 31 March 1998.
Fahrion (FFG-22) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
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- List of United States Navy ships
- List of ship launches in 1979
- List of ship commissionings in 1982
- List of ship commissionings in 1998
- List of ship decommissionings in 1998
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