USS Fahrion FFG-22 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. Seattle, Washington |
Hull Number: |
FFG-22 (USA) F-901 (Egypt) |
Ordered: |
February 28, 1977 |
Commissioned: |
January 16, 1982 |
Keel Laid: |
December 1, 1978 |
Decommissioned: |
March 31, 1998 |
Launched: |
August 24, 1979 |
Stricken: |
March 31, 1998 |
Fate: |
Transferred to Egypt March 31, 1998 and renamed Sharm El-Sheikh F-901
Still active. |
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: |
3046 std. / 3,928 full |
SHP: |
41,000 |
Speed: |
29 knots |
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Crew: |
Aprox. 220 |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 20 knots |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Notes: |
Named in honor of Admiral Frank George Fahrion USN (1894-1970). |
Christened by Mrs. Frank G. Fahrion. |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Feb. 7, 2007 |