USS Reuben James FFG-57

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate
Class:
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
San Pedro, California
Hull Number:
FFG-57
Ordered:
March 22, 1982
Commissioned:
March 22, 1986
Keel Laid:
November 19, 1983
Decommissioned:
July 18, 2013
Launched:
February 8, 1985
Stricken:


Fate:
Decommissioned.


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:
3,199 std. / 4,097 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
Aprox. 220
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Commanders
From
To
Mar. 22, 1986
Apr. 12, 1988
Commander John J. Kieley III
Apr. 12, 1988
July 7, 1990
Commander Nicholas L. Richards
July 7, 1990
Mar. 20, 1992
Commander James C. Day
Mar. 20, 1992
Jan. 14, 1994
Commander Michael A. Calhoun
Jan. 14, 1994
Nov. 25, 1995
Commander Edward J. Gilmore
Nov. 25, 1995
June 20, 1997
Commander William L. Richards
June 20, 1997
Feb. 12, 1999
Commander Faris T. Farwell Jr.
Feb 12, 1999
Feb. 18, 2000
Commander Steven L. Richter
Feb. 18, 2000
Sept. 14, 2001
Commander Carl W. Cramb
Sept. 14, 2001
May 16, 2003
Commander Edward J. Lester
May 16, 2003
Dec. 15, 2004
Commander John M. Figuerres
Dec. 15, 2004
Present
Commander Logan S. Jones


Notes:
Named in honor of Boatswain's Mate Reuben James USN (1776-1838).
Christened by Lois Haight Herrington.


Builder's Data
Page revised Apr. 17, 2007