Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Frigate (1979)

Oliver Hazard Perry class

USS Curtz (FFG-38)

Preceded by:

Knox (1969)

Succeeded by:

Freedom (2008)
Independence (2010)

Datafile

ClassOliver Hazard Perry
TypeGuided Missile Frigate
Year1979
Crew176
Dimensions
Length124.4 m (pp)
135.7 m
Beam14.5 m
Draught4.4 m
Displacement
Empty2,648 t
Loaded3,486 t
Performance
Speed53 km/h
Range8,334 km @ 37 km/h
Machinery
Shafts1
Turbines2 x Gas turbine
40,000 hp
General Electric
LM2500

Fuel-
Armament
Main1 x 76-mm/62 (1 x 1)
3"/62 Mk. 75
-15° / +85°

Torpedo tubes3x2 x (12.75-in) [Mk. 32]
Launcher40 x Mk. 13 GMLS
AA WeaponsSM-1 (40)
RGM-84 (40)
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarSPS-49
Mk. 92
SonarSQS-56
Aircraft
Helicopters2
Production
Built55
Total63

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Oliver Hazard Perry (Short):
Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 Bath Iron Works12/06/197525/09/197617/12/197720/02/1997Sold/Scrapped
Wadsworth FFG-9 Todd13/07/197729/07/197828/02/198028/06/2002Transferred
Duncan FFG-10 Todd29/04/197701/03/197815/05/198017/12/1994Used as spares
Clark FFG-11 Bath Iron Works17/07/197824/03/197909/05/198015/03/2000Transferred
George Philip FFG-12 Todd14/12/197716/12/197810/10/198015/03/2003Sold/Scrapped
Samuel Eliot Morison FFG-13 Bath Iron Works04/12/197814/07/197911/10/198010/04/2002Transferred
Sides FFG-14 Todd07/08/197819/05/197930/05/198128/02/2003Sold/Scrapped
Estocin FFG-15 Bath Iron Works02/04/197903/11/197910/01/198103/04/2003Transferred
Clifton Sprague FFG-16 Bath Iron Works30/07/197916/02/198021/03/198102/06/1995Transferred
(Unnamed) FFG-17 Todd----Foreign purchase
(Unnamed) FFG-18 Todd----Foreign purchase
John A. Moore FFG-19 Todd19/12/197820/10/197914/11/198101/09/2000Transferred
Antrim FFG-20 Todd21/06/197827/03/197926/09/198108/05/1996Transferred
Flatley FFG-21 Bath Iron Works13/11/197915/05/198020/06/198108/05/1996Transferred
Fahrion FFG-22 Todd01/12/197824/08/197916/01/198231/03/1998Transferred
Lewis B. Puller FFG-23 Todd23/05/197915/03/198017/04/198218/09/1998Transferred
Jack Williams FFG-24 Bath Iron Works25/02/198030/08/198019/09/198113/09/1996Transferred
Copeland FFG-25 Todd24/10/197926/07/198007/08/198218/09/1996Transferred
Gallery FFG-26 Bath Iron Works17/05/197920/12/198005/12/198108/05/1996Transferred
Mahlon S. Tisdale FFG-27 Todd19/03/198007/02/198127/11/198227/09/1996Transferred
Reid FFG-30 Todd08/10/198027/06/198119/02/198325/09/1998Transferred
Stark FFG-31 Todd24/08/197930/05/198023/10/198207/05/1999Sold/Scrapped
Aubrey Fitch FFG-34 Bath Iron Works10/04/198117/10/198109/10/198212/12/1997Sold/Scrapped
(Unnamed) FFG-35 Todd----Foreign purchase
(Unnamed) FFG-44 Todd----Foreign purchase
Oliver Hazard Perry (Long):
McInerney FFG-8 Bath Iron Works16/01/197804/11/197815/12/197931/08/2010Transferred
Boone FFG-28 Todd27/03/197916/01/198015/05/198223/02/2012Inactive
Stephen W. Groves FFG-29 Bath Iron Works16/09/198004/04/198117/04/198224/02/2012Inactive
John L. Hall FFG-32 Bath Iron Works05/01/198124/07/198126/06/198209/03/2012Inactive
Jarrett FFG-33 Todd11/02/198117/10/198102/07/198326/05/2011Sold/Scrapped
Underwood FFG-36 Bath Iron Works30/07/198106/02/198229/01/198308/03/2013Inactive
Crommelin FFG-37 Todd30/05/198002/07/198118/06/198331/10/2012Inactive
Curts FFG-38 Todd01/07/198106/03/198208/10/198327/02/2013Inactive
Doyle FFG-39 Bath Iron Works23/10/198122/05/198221/05/198329/07/2011Inactive
Halyburton FFG-40 Todd26/09/198013/10/198107/01/198408/09/2014Inactive
McClusky FFG-41 Todd21/10/198118/09/198210/12/198409/01/2015Inactive
Klakring FFG-42 Bath Iron Works19/02/198218/09/198220/08/198322/03/2013Inactive
Thach FFG-43 Todd06/03/198118/12/198217/03/198401/11/2013Inactive
De Wert FFG-45 Bath Iron Works14/06/198218/12/198219/11/198304/04/2014Inactive
Rentz FFG-46 Todd18/09/198216/07/198330/06/198423/05/2014Inactive
Nicholas FFG-47 Bath Iron Works27/09/198223/04/198310/03/198417/03/2014Inactive
Vandegrift FFG-48 Todd13/10/198115/10/198224/11/198431/03/2015Inactive
Robert G. Bradley FFG-49 Bath Iron Works28/12/198213/08/198330/06/198428/03/2014Inactive
Taylor FFG-50 Bath Iron Works05/05/198305/11/198301/12/198408/05/2015Transferred
Gary FFG-51 Todd18/12/198219/11/198317/11/198423/07/2015Transferred
Carr FFG-52 Todd26/03/198226/02/198327/07/198513/03/2013Inactive
Hawes FFG-53 Bath Iron Works26/08/198318/02/198409/02/198510/12/2010Inactive
Ford FFG-54 Todd11/07/198323/06/198429/06/198531/10/2013Inactive
Elrod FFG-55 Bath Iron Works21/11/198312/05/198418/05/198530/01/2015Inactive
Simpson FFG-56 Bath Iron Works27/02/198431/08/198420/09/198529/09/2015Inactive
Reuben James FFG-57 Todd19/11/198308/02/198522/03/198601/08/2013Inactive
Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58 Bath Iron Works21/05/198408/12/198412/04/198622/05/2015Inactive
Kauffman FFG-59 Bath Iron Works08/04/198529/03/198628/02/198718/09/2015Inactive
Rodney M. Davis FFG-60 Todd08/02/198511/01/198609/05/198731/01/2015Inactive
Ingraham FFG-61 Todd30/03/198725/06/198805/08/198930/01/2015Inactive
Cheng Kung (Perry):
Cheng Kung PFG-1101 China SB Corp.02/12/199005/10/199107/05/1993-Active
Cheng Ho PFG-1103 China SB Corp.13/11/199115/10/199328/03/1994-Active
Chi Kuang PFG-1105 China SB Corp.04/10/199227/09/199307/03/1995-Active
Yueh Fei PFG-1106 China SB Corp.05/09/199326/08/199406/02/1996-Active
Tzu I PFG-1107 China SB Corp.07/08/199413/07/199509/01/1997-Active
Pan Chao PFG-1108 China SB Corp.17/01/199504/07/199616/12/1997-Active
Chang Chien PFG-1109 China SB Corp.04/12/199614/05/199701/12/1998-Active
Tian Dan PFG-1110 China SB Corp.21/02/200117/10/200209/03/2004-Active
Transfers:
Ship Code Former Code Comm Decomm Fate
Sabha FFG-90 Jack Williams FFG-24 13/09/1996-Active
Sharm El-Sheik 901 Fahrion FFG-22 31/03/1998-Active
Toushka 906 Lewis B. Puller FFG-23 18/09/1998-Active
Mubarak 911 Copeland FFG-25 26/09/1997-Active
Taba 916 Gallery FFG-26 26/09/1997-Active
Alamgir F260 McInerney FFG-8 31/08/2010-Active
Gen. Kazimierz Pulaski 272 Clark FFG-11 25/06/2000-Active
Gen. Thadeuz Kosciuszko 273 Wadsworth FFG-9 28/06/2002-Active
Gaziantep F490 Clifton Sprague FFG-16 27/08/1997-Active
Giresun F491 Antrim FFG-20 27/08/1998-Active
Gemlik F492 Flatley FFG-21 27/08/1998-Active
Gelibolu F493 Reid FFG-30 05/01/1999-Active
Gökçeada F494 Mahlon S. Tisdale FFG-27 05/04/1999-Active
Gediz F495 John A. Moore FFG-19 01/09/2000-Active
Gökova F496 Samuel Eliot Morison FFG-13 10/04/2002-Active
Göksu F497 Estocin FFG-15 03/04/2003-Active
Ming Chuan PFG-1112 Taylor FFG-50 08/11/2018-Active
Feng Chiah PFG-1115 Gary FFG-51 08/11/2018-Active

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