USS Jack Williams FFG-24 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
FFG-24 (USA) F90 (Bahrain) |
Ordered: |
February 28, 1977 |
Commissioned: |
September 19, 1981 |
Keel Laid: |
February 25, 1980 |
Decommissioned: |
September 13, 1996 |
Launched: |
August 30, 1980 |
Stricken: |
September 13, 1996 |
Fate: |
Transferred to Bahrain on September 13, 1996 and renamed Sabha F-90
Still active. |
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: |
2,900 std. / 3,783 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 Medal of Honor winner Pharmacists Mate 3rd Class Jack Williams USNR (1924-1945). |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Feb. 10, 2007 |