USS Vandegrift FFG-48 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. Seattle, Washington |
Hull Number: |
FFG-48 |
Ordered: |
April 28, 1980 |
Commissioned: |
November 24, 1984 |
Keel Laid: |
October 13, 1981 |
Decommissioned: |
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Launched: |
October 15, 1982 |
Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active Pacific Fleet
Homeport: San Diego, California |
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: |
3,178 std. / 4,083 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
Named in honor of Medal of Honor winner General Alexander Archer Vandegrift USMC (1887-1973). |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Apr. 17, 2007 |