The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of guided-missile frigates designed as general-purpose escorts for the United States Navy, named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of the War of 1812, with the lead ship entering service in 1977 and the last American example decommissioned in 2015. Displacing around 4,100 tons fully loaded and capable of about 30 knots, the class was intended to protect amphibious groups, supply convoys and merchant shipping from aircraft and submarines while operating alongside larger carrier battle groups, and a total of 71 ships were eventually built. Beyond the 51 built for the United States Navy, the design was built for or transferred to several allied navies including Australia, Taiwan and Spain, making it one of the most widely used frigate designs among Western-aligned navies of the late twentieth century.
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Why were so many Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates built?
It was designed as an inexpensive general-purpose escort that could be bought in large numbers.
The class was designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels, inexpensive enough to be bought in large numbers to replace Second World War-era destroyers.
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Guided-missile frigate
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Navy-built Oliver Hazard Perry frigates entered into service in 1977, and the last remaining in active service, USS Simpson, was decommissioned on 29 September 2015.
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The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of guided-missile frigates designed as general-purpose escorts for the United States Navy, named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of the War of 1812, with the lead ship entering service in 1977 and the last American example decommissioned in 2015
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Navy-built Oliver Hazard Perry frigates entered into service in 1977, and the last remaining in active service, USS Simpson, was decommissioned on 29 September 2015.
Operated By: Egyptian Armed Forces, Users section
Egypt: Four Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were transferred from the U.S. Navy between 1996 and 1999.
Operated By: Mexican Armed Forces, Users section
Mexico: Two former U.S. Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates USS McClusky and USS Curts were to be sold to the Mexican Navy under the FMS program; however, USS McClusky was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2018 on 19 July 2018 and USS Curts was sunk as a target during Valiant Shield 2020 on 19 September 2020.
Operated By: United States Armed Forces, Users section
United States: The U.S. Navy commissioned 51 FFG-7 class frigates between 1977 and 1989. The last of these, Simpson, was decommissioned on 29 September 2015.
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