USS Stephen W. Groves FFG-29 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
FFG-29 |
Ordered: |
January 23, 1978 |
Commissioned: |
April 17, 1982 |
Keel Laid: |
September 16, 1980 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
April 4, 1981 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Active Atlantic Fleet Naval Reserve Force Homeport: Mayport, Florida |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
445' |
Engines: |
2 GE LM 2500 Gas Turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
16' (25' sonar) |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
3,190 std. / 4,094 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 Ensign Stephen W. Groves USN (1917-1942). |
Christened by Mariam Groves-Landry. |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Apr. 17, 2007 |