USS Gary FFG-51

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate
Class:
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
San Pedro, California
Hull Number:
FFG-51
Ordered:
May 22, 1981
Commissioned:
November 17, 1984
Keel Laid:
December 18, 1982
Decommissioned:
Launched:
November 19, 1983
Stricken:
Fate:
Active Pacific Fleet
Homeport: Yokosuka, Japan


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:
3,150std. / 4,062 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
Aprox. 220
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Medal of Honor winner Commander Donald Arthur Gary USN (1903-1977).


Builder's Data
Page revised Feb. 7, 2007