USS Gallery (FFG-26)

USS Gallery (FFG-26)
History
United States
Name: Gallery
Namesake: Rear Admirals, brothers, Philip D. Gallery, Daniel V. Gallery, William O. Gallery
Ordered: 28 February 1977
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down: 17 May 1980
Launched: 20 December 1980
Sponsored by: Co-sponsored by Mrs. Philip D. Gallery and Mrs. Daniel V. Gallery
Acquired: 10 November 1981
Commissioned: 5 December 1981
Decommissioned: 14 June 1996
Struck: 14 June 1996
Homeport: Mayport, Florida and Pascagoula, Mississippi
Identification:
Motto:
  • "Manu Forti"
  • (With A Strong Hand)
Fate: transferred to Egyptian Navy, 25 September 1996[1]
Badge:
Egypt
Name: Taba
Namesake: Town of Taba, Egypt
Acquired: 25 September 1996[1]
Commissioned: 13 July 1997[1]
Identification: F916
Status: in active service, as of 2007[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement: 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length: 445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam: 45 feet (14 m)
Draft: 22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range: 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 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:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[3]

USS Gallery (FFG-26), eighteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for three brothers: Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery (1901–1977), Rear Admiral William O. Gallery (1904–1981), and Rear Admiral Philip D. Gallery (1907–1973). Ordered from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Gallery was laid down on 17 May 1980, launched on 20 December 1980, co-sponsored by Mrs. Philip D. Gallery and Mrs. Daniel V. Gallery, and commissioned on 5 December 1981, commanded by Commander Norman Stuart Scott. Decommissioned and stricken on 14 June 1996, she was transferred to Egypt on 25 September 1996 as Taba (F916). As of 2007, she remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.[1]

Gallery was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

Coat of arms

Shield

The colors green and gold, and the rampant lions have been adapted from a personal device of the Gallery family. The lions, symbolic of courage and strength, face in different directions indicating that the brothers for whom this ship is named, served in both theaters of operation during World War II. The star alludes to their many awards, and denote excellence and achievement. The crossed swords, adapted from the Officer and Enlisted badges, allude to Naval Combat Operations.

Crest

Blue and gold are the colors traditionally associated with the Navy. The upraised arm in green and gold is an adaptation from the Gallery family device. The collared and chained sea-wolf symbolizes the only capture of a U-boat from the German wolf-packs during World War II. The crest also symbolizes the curbing and destruction of the enemy sub activities in the Pacific theatre.

Motto

Manu Forti – "With a Strong Hand"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Egypt". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.
  2. ↑ "USS Gallery (FFG 26)". Navsource.org. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "USS Gallery (FFG 26)". Navysite.de. Retrieved April 11, 2015.

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