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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Oliver Hazard Perry class |
| Builders |
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| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Knox class |
| Succeeded by | Constellation class |
| Subclasses |
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| Cost | US$122 million |
| Built | 1975–2004 |
| In commission | 1977–present |
| Planned | 71 |
| Completed | 71 |
| Active |
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| Laid up | 6 |
| Retired | 51 (USN) some were transferred to other countries where they are in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Guided-missile frigate |
| Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) full load |
| Length |
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| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 176 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 ×LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters (theSH-2Seasprite LAMPS I on the short-hulled ships or theSH-60SeahawkLAMPS III on the long-hulled ships) |
TheOliver Hazard Perry class is a class ofguided-missile frigates named after U.S.CommodoreOliver Hazard Perry, a commander noted for his role in theBattle of Lake Erie. Also known as thePerry or FFG-7 (commonly "fig seven") class, the warships were designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large numbers to replace World War II-eradestroyers and complement 1960s-eraKnox-class frigates.[1]
In AdmiralElmo Zumwalt's "high low fleet plan", the FFG-7s were the low-capability ships, with theSpruance-class destroyers serving as the high-capability ships. Intended to protect amphibious landing forces, supply and replenishment groups, and merchant convoys from aircraft and submarines, they were also later part of battleship-centered surface action groups and aircraft carrier battle groups/strike groups.[1] 55 ships were built in the United States: 51 for theUnited States Navy and four for theRoyal Australian Navy (RAN). Eight were built inTaiwan, six inSpain, and two in Australia for their navies. Former U.S. Navy warships of this class have been sold or donated to the navies ofBahrain,Egypt,Poland,Pakistan,Taiwan, andTurkey.
The first of the 51 U.S. Navy-builtOliver Hazard Perry frigates entered into service in 1977, and the last remaining in active service,USS Simpson, was decommissioned on 29 September 2015.[2] The retired vessels were mostly mothballed with some transferred to other navies for continued service and some used as weapons targets and sunk. Some of the U.S. Navy's frigates, such asUSSDuncan (14.6 years in service), had fairly short careers, while a few lasted as long as 30+ years in active U.S. service, with some lasting even longer after being sold or donated to other navies.[3][4] In 2020, the Navy announced the newConstellation class as their latest class of frigates.
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The ships were designed by theBath Iron Worksshipyard inMaine in partnership withnaval architectsGibbs & Cox. The design process was notable as the initial design was accomplished with the help of computers in 18 hours byRaye Montague, a civilian U.S. Navynaval engineer, making it the first ship designed by computer.[5][6]
TheOliver Hazard Perry-class ships were produced in 445-foot (136 m) long "short-hull" (Flight I) and 453-foot (138 m) long "long-hull" (Flight III) variants. The long-hull ships (FFG 8, 28, 29, 32, 33, and 36–61) carry the largerSH-60 SeahawkLAMPS III helicopters, while the short-hulled warships carry the smaller and less-capableSH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I. Aside from the lengths of their hulls, the principal difference between the versions is the location of the aftcapstan: on long-hull ships, it sits a step below the level of the flight deck to provide clearance for the tail rotor of the longer Seahawk helicopters.[7]
The long-hull ships carry theRAST (Recovery Assist Securing and Traversing) system (also known as aBeartrap (hauldown device)) for the Seahawk. It is a hook, cable, and winch system that can reel in a Seahawk from a hovering flight, expanding the ship's pitch-and-roll range in which flight operations are permitted. The FFG 8, 29, 32, and 33 were built as "short-hull" warships but were later modified into "long-hull" warships.[7]
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were the second class of surface ships (after theSpruance-classdestroyers) in the U.S. Navy to be built with gas turbine propulsion. The gas turbine propulsion plant was more automated than other Navy propulsion plants at the time, and it could be centrally monitored and controlled from a remote engineering control center away from the engines. The gas turbine propulsion plants also allowed the ship's speed to be controlled directly from the bridge via a throttle control, a first for the U.S. Navy.
American shipyards constructedOliver Hazard Perry-class ships for the U.S. Navy and theRoyal Australian Navy (RAN). Early American-built Australian ships were originally built as the "short-hull" version, but they were modified during the 1980s to the "long-hull" design. Shipyards in Australia, Spain, and Taiwan produced several warships of the "long-hull" design for their navies.
Although the per-ship costs rose greatly over the period of production,[8] all 51 ships planned for the U.S. Navy were built.
During the design phase of theOliver Hazard Perry class, the head of theRoyal Corps of Naval Constructors, R.J. Daniels, was invited by an old friend, U.S. Chief of the Bureau of Ships, AdmiralRobert C. Gooding, to advise upon the use of variable-pitch propellers in the class. During this conversation, Daniels warned Gooding against the use of aluminium in the superstructure of the FFG-7 class as he believed it would lead to structural weaknesses. A number of ships subsequently developed structural cracks, including a 40 ft (12 m) fissure in USSDuncan, before the problems were remedied.[9]
TheOliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were designed primarily asanti-aircraft andanti-submarine warfareguided-missile warships intended to provide open-ocean escort ofamphibious warfare ships andmerchant ship convoys in moderate threat environments in a potential war with the Soviet Union and theWarsaw Pact countries. They could also provide air defense against 1970s- and 1980s-era aircraft and anti-ship missiles. These warships are equipped to escort and protectaircraft carrier battle groups, amphibious landing groups, underway replenishment groups, and merchant ship convoys. They can conduct independent operations to perform tasks such as surveillance of illegal drug smugglers, maritime interception operations, and exercises with other nations.[10]
The addition of theNaval Tactical Data System,LAMPS helicopters, and the Tactical Towed Array System (TACTAS) gave these warships a combat capability far beyond the original expectations. They are well suited for operations inlittoral regions and most war-at-sea scenarios.
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates made worldwide news during the 1980s. Despite being small, these frigates were shown to be very durable. During theIran–Iraq War, on 17 May 1987,USS Stark was attacked by an Iraqi warplane and struck by twoExocet anti-ship missiles. Thirty-seven U.S. Navy sailors died in the deadly prelude to the AmericanOperation Earnest Will, the reflagging and escorting of oil tankers through thePersian Gulf and theStraits of Hormuz.
Less than a year later, on 14 April 1988,USS Samuel B. Roberts was nearly sunk by an Iranian mine. There were no deaths, but ten sailors were evacuated from the warship for medical treatment. The crew ofSamuel B. Roberts battled fire and flooding for two days, ultimately managing to save the ship. The U.S. Navy retaliated four days later withOperation Praying Mantis, a one-day attack on Iranian oil platforms being used as bases for raids on merchant shipping. Those had included bases for the minelaying operations that damagedSamuel B. Roberts.Stark andRoberts were each repaired in American shipyards and returned to full service.Stark was decommissioned in 1999 and scrapped in 2006.Roberts was decommissioned at Mayport on 22 May 2015.[11]
On 18 April 1988,USS Simpson was accompanying the cruiserUSS Wainwright and frigateUSS Bagley when they came under attack from the Iranian gunboatJoshan, which fired a U.S.-madeHarpoon anti-ship missile at the ships. WithSimpson having the only clear shot, the frigate fired an SM-1 standard missile, which struckJoshan.Simpson fired three more SM-1s, and with later naval fire fromWainwright, sank the Iranian vessel.[12]
The United States Navy and Royal Australian Navy modified their remainingPerrys to reduce their operating costs, replacingDetroit Diesel 16V149TIelectrical generators withCaterpillar 3512B diesel engines.
Upgrades to thePerry class were problematic due to "little reserved space for growth (39 tons in the original design), and the inflexible, proprietary electronics of the time", such that the "US Navy gave up on the idea of upgrades to face new communications realities and advanced missile threats". The U.S. Navy decommissioned 25 "FFG-7 Short" ships via "bargain basement sales to allies or outright retirement, after an average of only 18 years of service".[7]
From 2004 to 2005, the U.S. Navy removed the frigates'Mk 13 single-arm missile launchers because the primary missile, theStandard SM-1MR, had become outmoded. It would supposedly have been too costly to refit the Standard SM-1MR missiles, which had little ability to bring down sea-skimming missiles. Another reason was to allow more SM-1MRs to go to American allies that operatedPerrys, such as Poland, Spain, Australia, Turkey, and Taiwan.[13] As a result, the "zone-defense"anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) capability of the U.S. Navy'sPerrys had vanished, and all that remained was a "point-defense" type of anti-air warfare armament, so they relied upon cover from AEGIS destroyers and cruisers.[7]
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The removal of the Mk 13 launchers also stripped the frigates of their Harpoon anti-ship missiles. However, their Seahawk helicopters could still carry the much shorter-rangePenguin and Hellfire anti-ship missiles. The last nine ships of the class had new remotely operated25 mmMk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun Systems (MGSs) installed on platforms over the old Mk 13 launcher magazine.
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Up to 2002, the U.S. Navy updated the remaining activeOliver Hazard Perry-class warships'Phalanx CIWS to the "Block 1B" capability, which allowed the Mk 15 20 mm Phalanx gun to shoot at fast-moving surface craft and helicopters. They were also to have been fitted with the Mk 53 Decoy Launching System "Nulka" in place of theSRBOC (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff) and flares, which would have better protected the ship against anti-ship missiles. It was planned to outfit the remaining ships with a 21-cellRIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launcher at the location of the former Mk 13, but this did not occur.[14]
On 11 May 2009, the first International Frigate Working Group met at Mayport Naval Station to discuss maintenance, obsolescence, and logistics issues regardingOliver Hazard Perry-class ships of the U.S. and foreign navies.[15]
On 16 June 2009, Vice Admiral Barry McCullough turned down the suggestion of then-U.S. SenatorMel Martinez (R-FL) to keep thePerrys in service, citing their worn-out and maxed-out condition.[16] However, U.S. RepresentativeAnder Crenshaw (R-FL) and former U.S. RepresentativeGene Taylor (D-MS) took up the cause to retain the vessels.[17]
TheOliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were to have been eventually replaced byLittoral Combat Ships by 2019. However, the worn-out frigates were being retired faster than the LCSs were being built, which may lead to a gap inUnited States Southern Command mission coverage.[18] According to Navy deactivation plans, allOliver Hazard Perry-class frigates would be retired by October 2015.Simpson was the last to be retired (on 29 September 2015), leaving the Navy devoid of frigates for the first time since 1943. The ships will either be made available for sale to foreign navies or dismantled.[19]
Perry-class frigate retirement was accelerated by budget pressures, leading to the remaining 11 ships being replaced by only eight LCS hulls. With the timeline LCS mission packages will come online unknown, there is uncertainty if they will be able to perform the frigates' counter-narcotics and anti-submarine roles when they are gone. The Navy is looking intoMilitary Sealift Command to see if theJoint High Speed Vessel,Mobile Landing Platform, and other auxiliary ships could handle low-end missions that the frigates performed.[20]
TheU.S. Coast Guard harvested weapons systems components from decommissioned NavyPerry-class frigates to save money. Harvesting components from four decommissioned frigates resulted in more than $24 million in cost savings, which increases with parts from more decommissioned frigates. Equipment includingMk 75 76 mm/62 caliber gun mounts, gun control panels, barrels, launchers, junction boxes, and other components was returned to service aboardFamous-classcutters to extend their service lives into the 2030s.[21]
In June 2017,Chief of Naval OperationsAdmiral John Richardson revealed the Navy was "taking a hard look" at reactivating 7-8 out of 12 mothballedPerry-class frigates to increase fleet numbers. While the move was under consideration, there would be difficulties in returning them to service given the age of the ships and their equipment, likely requiring a significant modernization effort. Although bringing the frigates out of retirement would have provided a short-term solution to fleet size, their limited combat capability would restrict them to acting as a theater security cooperation, maritime security asset.[22][23] Their likely role would have been serving as basic surface platforms that stay close to U.S. shores, performing missions such as assisting drug interdiction efforts or patrolling the Arctic so an extensive upgrade to the ships' combat systems would not need to be undertaken.[24] An October 2017 memo recommended against reactivating the frigates, claiming it would cost too much money, taking funding away from other Navy priorities for ships with little effectiveness.[25]
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Australia spent A$1.46bn to upgrade the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN)Adelaide-class guided-missile frigates, including equipping them to fire theSM-2 version of the Standard missile, adding an eight-cellMark 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) forEvolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSMs), and installing better air-search radars and long-range sonar. The RAN had opted to retain theirAdelaide frigates rather than purchase the U.S. Navy'sKidd-class destroyers; theKidds were more capable but more expensive and manpower intensive. However, the upgrade project ran over budget and fell behind schedule.[7]
The first of the upgraded frigates,HMAS Sydney, returned to the RAN fleet in 2005. Four frigates were eventually upgraded at theGarden Island shipyard in Sydney, Australia, with the modernizations lasting between 18 months and two years. The cost of the upgrades was partly offset, in the short run, by the decommissioning and disposal of the two older frigates.HMAS Canberra was decommissioned on 12 November 2005 at naval baseHMAS Stirling inWestern Australia, andHMAS Adelaide was decommissioned at that same naval base on 20 January 2008. HMASSydney was decommissioned at the Garden Island naval base in 2016. HMAS Darwin was also decommissioned at Garden Island in 2018.
TheAdelaide-class frigates were replaced by three spanish designedHobart-class air warfare destroyers equipped with theAEGIS combat system.[citation needed] HMASMelbourne andNewcastle were transferred in May 2020 to the Chilean Navy and serve asCapitan Prat andAlmirante Latorre.[26]
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TheG-class frigates of theTurkish Navy have undergone a major modernisation program, which included the retrofitting of a Turkish digital combat management system named GENESIS (Gemi Entegre Savaş İdare Sistemi).[27] The system was designed & implemented jointly by the Turkish Navy &HAVELSAN, a Turkish electronic hardware systems & software company.[28] The GENESIS upgraded ships were delivered between 2007 & 2011.[29][30]
The GENESIS advanced combat management system has the capacity of tracking more than 1,000 tactical targets, thanks to its digital sensor data fusion, automatic threat evaluation, weapon engagement opportunities, andLink-16/22 system integration.[31]
The modernisation program also included the addition of an 8-cellMk.41 VLS forRIM-162 ESSM, together with the upgrade of the Mk-92fire control system byLockheed Martin;[32] the retrofitting of theSMART-S Mk2 3D air search radar, which replaced theAN/SPS-49;[33] and the addition of a new, long rangesonar.[34][35]
The Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS) has been fitted in front of theMk.13 launcher. TCGGediz was the first ship in the class to receive the Mk.41 VLS installation.[1]
The G-class frigates of the Turkish Navy were also modified with theASIST landing platform system at theIstanbul Naval Shipyard, so that they can accommodate theS-70B Seahawk helicopter.
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Bahrain:USS Jack Williams was purchased from the American government in 1996 and re-christenedSabha.
Chile: On 27 December 2019, it was announced that Australia had soldHMAS Newcastle andHMAS Melbourne to Chile. Both frigates were delivered to the Chilean Navy in May 2020 and namedCapitan Prat andAlmirante Latorre.[26]
Egypt: FourOliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were transferred from the U.S. Navy between 1996 and 1999.[36]
Pakistan: The formerUSS McInerney transferred to the Pakistani Navy asPNSAlamgir (F260) in August 2010.[37]
Poland: Two frigates were transferred from the U.S. Navy in 2000 and 2002.
Spain (Santa María class): Spanish-built: six frigates.
Taiwan (Cheng Kung class): Taiwanese-built. Originally, eight ships were equipped with eight Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles. Now, all but PFG-1103 are carrying four HF-2 and four HF-3 supersonic AShM. The PFG-1103Cheng Ho will change the anti-ship mix upon their major overhaul. Seven out of eight ships added Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns for both surface and anti-air use. On 5 November 2012, Minister of Defense Kao announced the U.S. government would sell Taiwan two additionalPerry-class frigates that are about to be retired from the U.S. Navy for a cost of US$240 million to be retrofitted and delivered in 2015.[38] The ex-USSGary and the ex-USSTaylor were to be reactivated and transferred to Taiwan. In July 2016, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $74 million contract to Virginia-based VSE Corporation to do the work. According to the contract, VSE had 16 months to complete the work. The U.S. State Department officially approved the sale of both ships for $190 million in March 2016.[39] The ships were commissioned into ROCN service on 8 November 2018.[40]
Turkey (G class): Eight former U.S. NavyOliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were transferred to the Turkish Navy between 1998 and 2003.[41] All have undergone extensive advanced modernization programs, and they are now known as the G-class frigates. The Turkish Navy modernized G-class frigates have an additional Mk 41 VLS capable of launching ESSMs for closer-in defense and longer-range SM-1 missiles, advanced digital fire control systems, and new Turkish-made sonars.
Mexico: Two former U.S. NavyOliver Hazard Perry-class frigatesUSS McClusky andUSS Curts were to be sold to theMexican Navy[when?] under theFMS program; however,USS McClusky was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2018 on 19 July 2018[42] andUSS Curts was sunk as a target during Valiant Shield 2020 on 19 September 2020.[43]
Thailand: Two former U.S. NavyOliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were allocated by the U.S. government to theRoyal Thai Navy,[when?] subject to acceptance by the Thai government: the formerUSS Rentz andUSS Vandegrift.[44] This transfer was not carried out;Rentz was sunk as a target during Exercise Valiant Shield 2016,[45] andVandegrift was sunk as a target during Exercise Valiant Shield 2022.[46]
Ukraine: Two former U.S. NavyOliver Hazard Perry-class ships were offered to theUkrainian Navy in 2018 to increase its operational capacity in theAzov andBlack seas after it was significantly reduced following theannexation of Crimea by Russia (a large part of Ukrainian navy vessels stationed there were seized).[47][48]
Australia (Adelaide class): TheRoyal Australian Navy purchased six frigates.[when?] Four of them were built in the United States, while the other two were built in Australia. Four of the ships were upgraded with the addition of an eight-cell Mk 41 VLS with 32 ESSMs, and theStandard Missile SM-2, plus upgradedradars andsonars, while the other two ships were decommissioned at that time. They have been replaced by theHobart-class air-warfare destroyers, with the last Adelaide-class frigateHMAS Melbourne retiring on 26 October 2019.
United States: The U.S. Navy commissioned 51 FFG-7 class frigates between 1977 and 1989. The last of these,Simpson, was decommissioned on 29 September 2015.[49]| Ship name | Hull no. | Hull length | Builder | Commission– decommission | Fate | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S.-built | |||||||
| Oliver Hazard Perry | FFG-7 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1977–1997 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 21 April 2006 | [3] | |
| McInerney | FFG-8 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1979–2010 | Transferred toPakistan Navy asPNSAlamgir (F260), 31 August 2010[50] | [4] | |
| Wadsworth | FFG-9 | Short | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, (Todd, San Pedro) | 1980–2002 | Transferred toPolish Navy asORPGen. T. Kościuszko (273), 28 June 2002[51] | [5] | |
| Duncan | FFG-10 | Short | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division | 1980–1994 | Transferred toTurkish Naval Forces as aparts hulk, 5 April 1999. Scuttled October 2017[52][53] | [6]Archived nvr.navy.mil website | |
| Clark | FFG-11 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1980–2000 | Transferred to Polish Navy asORPGen. K. Pułaski (272), 15 March 2000 | [7] | |
| George Philip | FFG-12 | Short | Todd, San Pedro | 1980–2003 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 23 January 2017[54][55] | [8] | |
| Samuel Eliot Morison | FFG-13 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1980–2002 | Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces asTCGGokova (F 496), 11 April 2002[56] | [9] | |
| Sides | FFG-14 | Short | Todd, San Pedro | 1981–2003 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 25 January 2016[55] | [10] | |
| Estocin | FFG-15 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1981–2003 | Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces asTCGGoksu (F497), 3 April 2003[57] | [11] | |
| Clifton Sprague | FFG-16 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1981–1995 | Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces asTCGGaziantep (F490), 27 August 1997 | [12] | |
| built forRoyal Australian Navy asHMAS Adelaide | FFG-17 | Short | Todd, Seattle | 1980–2008 | Disposed, sunk as diving & fishing reef, 13 April 2011[58] | [13] | |
| built for Royal Australian Navy asHMAS Canberra | FFG-18 | Short | Todd, Seattle | 1981–2005 | Disposed, sunk as diving & fishing reef, 4 October 2009[59] | [14] | |
| John A. Moore | FFG-19 | Short | Todd, San Pedro | 1981–2000 | Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces asTCGGediz (F495), 1 September 2000 | [15] | |
| Antrim | FFG-20 | Short | Todd, Seattle | 1981–1996 | Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces asTCGGiresun (F491), 27 August 1997 | [16] | |
| Flatley | FFG-21 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1981–1996 | Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces asTCGGemlik (F492), 27 August 1998 | [17] | |
| Fahrion | FFG-22 | Short | Todd, Seattle | 1982–1998 | Transferred toEgyptian Navy asSharm El-Sheik (F901), 15 March 1998 | [18] | |
| Lewis B. Puller | FFG-23 | Short | Todd, San Pedro | 1982–1998 | Transferred to Egyptian Navy asToushka (F906), 18 September 1998 | [19] | |
| Jack Williams | FFG-24 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1981–1996 | Transferred toRoyal Bahrain Naval Force asRBNS Sabha (FFG-90), 13 September 1996 | [20] | |
| Copeland | FFG-25 | Short | Todd, San Pedro | 1982–1996 | Transferred to Egyptian Navy asMubarak (F911), 18 September 1996, renamedAlexandria in 2011 | [21] | |
| Gallery | FFG-26 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1981–1996 | Transferred to Egyptian Navy asTaba (F916), 25 September 1996 | [22] | |
| Mahlon S. Tisdale | FFG-27 | Short | Todd, San Pedro | 1982–1996 | Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces asTCGGokceada (F494), 5 April 1999 | [23] | |
| Boone | FFG-28 | Long | Todd, Seattle | 1982–2012 | Disposed, sunk as target, 7 September 2022[60] | [24] | |
| Stephen W. Groves | FFG-29 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1982–2012 | Scrapped 2021[61] | [25] | |
| Reid | FFG-30 | Short | Todd, San Pedro | 1983–1998 | Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces asTCGGelibolu (F 493), 5 January 1999 | [26] | |
| Stark | FFG-31 | Short | Todd, Seattle | 1982–1999 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 21 June 2006 | [27] | |
| John L. Hall | FFG-32 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1982–2012 | Arrived to be scrapped, 19 December 2022[62] | [28] | |
| Jarrett | FFG-33 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1983–2011 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 1 August 2016[55] | [29] | |
| Aubrey Fitch | FFG-34 | Short | Bath Iron Works | 1982–1997 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 19 May 2005 | [30] | |
| built for Royal Australian Navy asHMAS Sydney | FFG-35 | Long | Todd, Seattle | 1983–2015 | Scrapped 2017[63][64][65] | [31] | |
| Underwood | FFG-36 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1983–2013 | Towed to be scrapped, dismantled, 27 February 2023[66] | [32] | |
| Crommelin | FFG-37 | Long | Todd, Seattle | 1983–2012 | Disposed of as target during RIMPAC 2016 SINKEX, 19 July 2016[67] | [33] | |
| Curts | FFG-38 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1983–2013 | Disposed of as target during Valiant Shield 2020 SINKEX, 19 September 2020[68] | [34] | |
| Doyle | FFG-39 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1983–2011 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 12 June 2019[69][70] | [35] | |
| Halyburton | FFG-40 | Long | Todd, Seattle | 1984–2014 | Decommissioned, on hold for donation[71] | [36] | |
| McClusky | FFG-41 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1983–2015 | Disposed of as target during RIMPAC 2018 SINKEX, 19 July 2018[72] | [37] | |
| Klakring | FFG-42 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1983–2013 | Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 22 March 2013[69][73] | [38] | |
| Thach | FFG-43 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1984–2013 | Disposed of as target during RIMPAC 2016 SINKEX, 14 July 2016[74] | [39] | |
| built for Royal Australian Navy asHMAS Darwin | FFG-44 | Long | Todd, Seattle | 1984–2017 | Decommissioned 9 December 2017 | [40] | |
| De Wert | FFG-45 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1983–2014 | Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 4 April 2014[69][75] | [41] | |
| Rentz | FFG-46 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1984–2014 | Disposed of as target during Valiant Shield 2016 SINKEX, 13 September 2016[76] | [42] | |
| Nicholas | FFG-47 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1984–2014 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 28 February 2023 | [43] | |
| Vandegrift | FFG-48 | Long | Todd, Seattle | 1984–2015 | Disposed of as target during Valiant Shield 2022 SINKEX, 17 June 2022[77] | [44] | |
| Robert G. Bradley | FFG-49 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1984–2014 | Decommissioned on 28 March 2014,[69][78][79] to be transferred toRoyal Bahrain Naval Force in late 2019. | [45] | |
| Taylor | FFG-50 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1984–2015 | Transferred to Taiwan as ROCSMing-chuan (PFG-1112), 9 March 2016[80] | [46] | |
| Gary | FFG-51 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1984–2015 | Transferred to Taiwan as ROCSFeng Jia (PFG-1115), 9 March 2016[81][82] | [47] | |
| Carr | FFG-52 | Long | Todd, Seattle | 1985–2013 | Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 13 March 2013[69][83][84] | [48] | |
| Hawes | FFG-53 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1985–2010 | Recycled by 2021[85][86] | [49] | |
| Ford | FFG-54 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1985–2013 | Disposed of as target during Pacific Griffin 2019 SINKEX, 1 October 2019[87] | [50] | |
| Elrod | FFG-55 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1985–2015 | Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 30 January 2015[69][88] | [51] | |
| Simpson | FFG-56 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1985–2015 | Disposed as a target during UNITAS 2025 SINKEX, September 28, 2025[89][90][91] | [52] | |
| Reuben James | FFG-57 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1986–2013 | Disposed of as target during live fire missile test, 19 January 2016[92] | [53] | |
| Samuel B. Roberts | FFG-58 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1986–2015 | Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling by 2022[93] | [54] | |
| Kauffman | FFG-59 | Long | Bath Iron Works | 1987–2015 | Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 18 September 2015[69][94][95] | [55] | |
| Rodney M. Davis | FFG-60 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1987–2015 | Disposed of as target during RIMPAC 2022 SINKEX, 12 July 2022[96] | [56] | |
| Ingraham | FFG-61 | Long | Todd, San Pedro | 1989–2014 | Disposed of as target during LSE 21 SINKEX, 15 August 2021[97] | [57] | |
| Ship name | Hull No. | Builder | Commission– Decommission | Fate | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian-built | |||||
| HMAS Melbourne | FFG 05 | Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated (AMECON),Williamstown, Victoria | 1992–2019 | Decommissioned. Sold to Chile in 2020 | |
| HMAS Newcastle | FFG 06 | 1993–2019 | Decommissioned. Sold to Chile in 2020 | ||
| Spanish-built | |||||
| Santa María | F81 | Bazan,Ferrol | 1986– | In active service | |
| Victoria | F82 | 1987– | In active service | ||
| Numancia | F83 | 1989– | In active service | ||
| Reina Sofía | F84 | 1990– | In active service | ||
| Navarra | F85 | 1994– | In active service | ||
| Canarias | F86 | 1994– | In active service | ||
| Taiwanese-built (i.e. the Republic of China) | |||||
| ROCS Cheng Kung | PFG-1101 | China Shipbuilding,Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 1993– | In active service | |
| ROCS Cheng Ho | PFG-1103 | 1994– | In active service | ||
| ROCS Chi Kuang | PFG-1105 | 1995– | In active service | ||
| ROCS Yueh Fei | PFG-1106 | 1996– | In active service | ||
| ROCS Tzu I | PFG-1107 | 1997– | In active service | ||
| ROCS Pan Chao | PFG-1108 | 1997– | In active service | ||
| ROCS Chang Chien | PFG-1109 | 1998– | In active service | ||
| ROCS Tian Dan | PFG-1110 | 2004– | In active service | ||
The Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013[98] authorized the transfer ofCurts andMcClusky toMexico, and the sale ofTaylor,Gary,Carr, andElrod to theTaipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (which is the Taiwan agency designated under theTaiwan Relations Act) for about $10 million each.[99]
On 13 June 2017, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John M. Richardson said the Navy was looking into the possibility of recommissioning severalOliver Hazard Perry-class frigates from its inactive fleet to support PresidentDonald Trump's proposed 355-ship navy plan.[100] On 11 December 2017, the Navy decided against reactivating the class, saying it would cost too much.[101]
As of 14 October 2025, the decommissioned but extantOliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, kept at theNaval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, were:
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