USS Aubrey Fitch FFG-34 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
FFG-34 |
Ordered: |
January 23, 1978 |
Commissioned: |
October 9, 1982 |
Keel Laid: |
April 10, 1981 |
Decommissioned: |
December 12, 1997 |
Launched: |
October 17, 1981 |
Stricken: |
May 3, 1999 |
Fate: |
Sold March 11, 2004 to Metro Machine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped. Scrapping completed on May 19, 2005. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
445' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
16' (25' sonar) |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
3,109 std. / 3,993 full |
SHP: |
41,000 |
Speed: |
29 knots |
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Crew: |
Aprox. 220 |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 20 knots |
Notes: |
Named in honor of Admiral Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch USN (1883-1978). |
Christened by Mrs. Fracesca Ferguson. |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Feb. 2, 2007 |