USS Elrod FFG-55 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
FFG-55 |
Ordered: |
May 22, 1981 |
Commissioned: |
May 18, 1985 |
Keel Laid: |
November 21, 1983 |
Decommissioned: |
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Launched: |
May 12, 1984 |
Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active Atlantic Fleet
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
453' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
17' (26' sonar) |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
3,121 std. / 4,031 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 Medal of Honor winner Major Henry T. Elrod USMC (1905-1941). |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Feb. 5, 2007 |