USS Thach FFG-43

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate
Class:
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
San Pedro, California
Hull Number:
FFG-43
Ordered:
April 27, 1979
Commissioned:
March 17, 1984
Keel Laid:
March 6, 1982
Decommissioned:
Launched:
December 18, 1982
Stricken:
Fate:
Active Atlantic 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:
3,183 std. / 4,091 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
Aprox. 220
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Admiral John Smith Thach USN (1905-1908).


Builder's Data
Page revised Apr. 17, 2007