USS Sides FFG-14 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp San Pedro, California |
Hull Number: |
FFG-14 |
Ordered: |
February 27, 1976 |
Commissioned: |
May 30, 1981 |
Keel Laid: |
August 7, 1978 |
Decommissioned: |
February 28, 2003 |
Launched: |
May 19, 1979 |
Stricken: |
May 24, 2004 |
Fate: |
At the inactive ships yard Bremerton, Washington
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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: |
3,197 std. / 4,082 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 John H. Sides
USN |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Apr. 17, 2007 |